Comparison

X Clock vs Flip Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

X Clock

This app offers a minimalist clock display with customizable themes and widgets. It includes features like timers, reminders, and a focus clock to enhance productivity during study or work sessions. Personalize your device with its transparent widget effects.

Highlights
  • 14 colorful themes
  • Rich widgets with transparent effects
  • Countdown and reminder functionality
  • Focus clock for productivity
  • Multiple widget support
  • New clock styles and widgets
Features
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X Clock is a lightweight clock application that displays the time in a concise way and accompanies your study, work and study. - 14 colorful themes, more will be added in the future. - Rich widgets, support transparent effects, can beautify your desktop and create a personalized desktop. - Multiple widgets, support countdown, countdown, reminder, focus clock. Recent Updates: - Two new clock styles and widgets have been added: Cheering Duck and Childlike

About

Flip Clock

Transform your device into a stylish digital or analog clock. Offers extensive customization with various styles, fonts, skins, and backgrounds. Choose between light and dark modes, 12 or 24-hour formats, and enable or disable flip animations and background sounds.

Highlights
  • Full-screen time and date display
  • Landscape and portrait modes
  • 12/24 hour format toggle
  • Dark/light mode switch
  • Flip clock and analog clock options
  • Customizable styles, fonts, and skins
  • Background sound on/off
Features
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Make time a calmer part of your day. Flip Clock turns your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a beautifully clear digital clock, with realistic flip animations, practical timers and soothing ambient sounds. Keep it beside your bed, set it on your desk or use it to give your next study session a clear beginning and end. A classic mechanical look meets the everyday tools you need, with no in-app paywall or subscription required to unlock features. A CLASSIC FLIP CLOCK, REFINED Watch the hours, minutes and seconds turn with carefully crafted mechanical motion. Large, easy-to-read numbers keep the time in focus. Choose a 12-hour or 24-hour display, show or hide seconds and the date, and hide the controls for a clean clock view. MAKE IT YOURS Match your space with Classic, Paper and Night appearances. Choose Rounded, Standard, Mono or Serif numerals for a softer, modern, technical or vintage look. Your preferred style carries across the clock, countdown and stopwatch. A QUIETER BEDSIDE DISPLAY Switch on the night preset for a dimmer clock and quieter presentation. Adjust the clock's dimming, automatically hide controls and choose whether to keep the display awake. On iPhone and iPad, use portrait or landscape. On Mac, make the clock part of your desktop setup. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP Set a countdown for focused work, reading or a well-earned break. Save frequently used durations as presets, or use the stopwatch to see how long a task takes. Both modes use the same distinctive flip display. Switching modes resets the previous timer so you can begin a new task with a clean start. FIND YOUR BACKGROUND SOUND Choose white, pink or brown noise, or settle into rain, ocean waves, a forest brook, gentle wind, birds, crickets or a campfire. Adjust the volume and set an automatic stop time for your listening session. Built-in sounds loop, so your session is not limited by the length of an audio track. SLEEP AND FOCUS, READY TO START Apply a Sleep or Focus scene to bring your preferred appearance, sound and timer settings together. Customize the presets to fit your evening routine or next work session. TIME AT A GLANCE On iPhone and iPad, add widgets to supported Home and Lock Screens. On Mac, add clock widgets to your desktop. Live Activities show an active countdown or stopwatch on supported iPhone and iPad systems. Use Shortcuts to start a scene or countdown, or stop ambient sound. Widget placement and Live Activities depend on your device and system version. DESIGNED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE VoiceOver support, Reduce Motion support and increased-contrast styling help make the clock easier to use. A focused interface keeps everyday controls close without crowding the time. Enjoy a familiar clock experience across iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Choose your look. Set your pace. Make a little room for calm with Flip Clock. Support Email: support@flipclocker.com Website: https://flipclocker.com Terms: https://flipclocker.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flipclocker.com/privacy

Screenshots

X Clock4 screens
Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flip Clock at every 2 weeks against X Clock's every 6 weeks. Flip Clock also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 1). X Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. X Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flip Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for X Clock against 5.0 for Flip Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Clock has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Flip Clock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
X Clock versus Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX ClockFlip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓伟 庄通 张

Customer experience

X Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flip Clock

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

X Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flip Clock

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Cannot set lock screen

Requested features

29 requests
  • Change background colors
  • Add white noise options
  • Task scheduling feature
  • Resizing to fit phone screen
  • Landscape and portrait modes
Show 24 more
  • Timed reminders with soothing music
  • Multiple looks/themes
  • Countdown feature
  • More white noise options
  • Rotation options (landscape and portrait)
  • Automatic flipping
  • Customizable font size
  • Change thickness of clock hands
  • Shrink the widget
  • Weather temperature as a plugin
  • More beautiful backgrounds
  • Add sound of the flip book
  • More customization options
  • Make each hand a different color
  • Set alarm clock
  • Full screen for bedside clock
  • Larger numbers for low vision/night use
  • Increase white noise options
  • Color of clock border to be transparent
  • More background sounds (rain, thunder, nature)
  • Change day and date colors
  • Open app of choice on click
  • Lock screen functionality
  • Brightness adjustment for numbers/letters

In-app purchases

1 purchases

X Clock

One-time1
  • XClock Permanent Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is X Clock free?
X Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, X Clock or Flip Clock?
X Clock and Flip Clock are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 28 ratings respectively.
Do X Clock or Flip Clock have ads?
Neither X Clock nor Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Clock or Flip Clock?
X Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, and Flip Clock every 2 weeks. Most recently, X Clock was updated on October 10, 2026 and Flip Clock on October 27, 2026.

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