PiTimer vs Flip Clock 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiTimer
This app offers a clear, visual countdown timer. It's ideal for situations requiring a visual representation of remaining time, particularly helpful for managing children's activities at home or in educational settings.
- Visual time representation
- Simple countdown timer
- Useful for children
- Clean interface
- Ideal for home and class
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PiTimer is a clean and simple visual timer. It is useful for any situation where you want a visual representation of time remaining. This is especially useful for timing children at home or in class.
Flip Clock 3D
Enhance your workspace with a realistic 3D mechanical flip clock. This app helps improve focus and productivity during work or study sessions by providing a clear time display. Customize with various fonts and themes, and utilize the alarm feature when the app is active.
- Vivid 3D mechanical components
- Adjustable viewing angles
- 12/24 hour mode switching
- Multiple font and theme options
- Foreground alarm functionality
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This app uses high quality 3D models to bring beautiful machanical style flip clock to your screen. Put it on your desk, you can easily track time. When you're working or studying, it's great to improve your productivity and help you get focus. Key features: # vivid 3D machanic components and gears # you can view the clock at different angles # switch between 12 hour or 24 hour mode # multiple fonts and themes # alarm functionality (works only when app is in foreground)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flip Clock 3D at 100% against PiTimer's 36%. Flip Clock 3D also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). PiTimer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. PiTimer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Flip Clock 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flip Clock 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Clock 3D has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of PiTimer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flip Clock 3D's.
PiTimer ships an update every 5 months, Flip Clock 3D weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PiTimer | Flip Clock 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Descalzo | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
PiTimer
Flip Clock 3D
In-app purchases
PiTimer
- Chocolate Bar$0.99
- Cup of Coffee$1.99
- Doughnut$2.99
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- Coffee-themed Beverage$4.99
- Bag of Coffee$14.99
- Sack of Coffee$29.99
Flip Clock 3D
- Unlock all contents$1.99
