Comparison

DimClock vs Smart Flip Clock

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

Head to head
About

DimClock

This app provides a simple, dimmable clock with customizable text colors for the time, date, and seconds. It's designed for low energy consumption by reducing screen backlight brightness.

Highlights
  • Dimmable backlight
  • Customizable text colors
  • Low energy consumption
  • Displays time, date, and seconds
  • Simple interface
Features
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DimClock is a dimmable simple clock app that works with low energy consumption by reducing brightness of backlight of iPhone screen. You can customize the brightness of the backlight and the color of the date, time, and seconds text.

About

Smart Flip Clock

A full-screen digital clock featuring a minimalist page-flipping animation for time display. It's designed for easy viewing from any angle and can aid in focused study, reading, and work sessions.

Highlights
  • Full-screen clock display
  • Page-flipping animation
  • Minimalist and practical design
  • Assists in focused study and work
  • Easy time viewing from any angle
Features
Currently charting
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Smart Flip Clock is a beautiful full-screen clock that displays time changes with a minimalist and practical page-flipping animation. The simple design allows you to easily view time changes from any angle. Smart Flip Clock can be used to assist learning, effectively helping you focus on studying, reading, and working within a scientific time.

Screenshots

DimClock4 screens
Smart Flip Clock2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Flip Clock at 100% against DimClock's 50%. Smart Flip Clock also leads on chart position (#195 vs unranked). DimClock's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DimClock is free to download; Smart Flip Clock costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DimClock ships an update every 5 days, Smart Flip Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
DimClock versus Smart Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDimClockSmart Flip Clock
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—4.9 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKatsuhiko Noda泳诗 陈

Customer experience

DimClock

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Smart Flip Clock

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DimClock

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DimClock free?
DimClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Flip Clock free?
Smart Flip Clock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DimClock or Smart Flip Clock have ads?
Neither DimClock nor Smart Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DimClock or Smart Flip Clock?
DimClock ships an update every 5 days, and Smart Flip Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, DimClock was updated on August 24, 2026 and Smart Flip Clock on August 14, 2026.

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