Comparison

RetroGlass vs PlainTick Flip Clock

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

Head to head
About

RetroGlass

Features
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RetroGlass turns time into a tiny piece of living art. A neon, pixel-perfect hourglass drains grain by grain on your screen, in real time. Flip it over to start, tap to pause, and let the falling sand pull your attention back to the present. No noise. No clutter. Just a calm, glowing timer that makes minutes feel good. FEATURES - Real pixel-sand physics: every grain falls on a wall-clock-accurate timer - Flip-to-start with a satisfying, tactile turn - Tap to pause and resume, double-tap to reset - Loop mode: the glass flips and restarts forever, with a turn counter - Optional on-screen countdown - Preset durations (1, 5, 10 minutes) plus your own custom lengths - Gorgeous neon color themes and an ambient glow that reacts as it runs - Designed for iPhone and iPad PERFECT FOR - Focus sessions, Pomodoro and deep work - Studying, writing and reading sprints - Tea, coffee and cooking timers - Breathing, meditation and winding down for sleep - A beautiful ambient centerpiece on your desk RetroGlass Premium (one-time purchase, no subscription) unlocks every color theme and unlimited custom durations. Buy once, keep forever. Turn time into art. Flip the glass and breathe.

About

PlainTick Flip Clock

A full-screen clock with flip animations, customizable skins, and timing tools for iPhone and iPad. It offers timers, focus sessions, and widgets for your home and lock screens.

Highlights
  • Full-screen clock with flip animations
  • Customizable skins and layouts
  • Timers and focus sessions (Pomodoro)
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Live Activities support
  • Automatic night dimming
Features
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Make time easy to read with PlainTick Flip Clock. A quiet full-screen clock for your iPhone and iPad, with flip animations, dark and light skins, and tools for everyday timing. CLOCK • Portrait and landscape layouts • Optional seconds, date and current weather • 24-hour time with a choice of time zone • Sixteen skins, including classic, outline, geometric and handwritten styles; swipe up or down on the clock to switch • Automatic night dimming based on your device’s local time TIMERS AND FOCUS • Count up, count down or set a target date and time • Start, pause, resume and reset • Pomodoro work and break sessions with adjustable lengths • Optional timer notifications, daily alarms and hourly chimes • Optional ambient audio WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES • Four Home Screen widgets: ivory flip clock, sundial with a night moondial, retro cassette and retro radio, in small, medium and large sizes • Widgets show the date, current weather and a monthly calendar; the cassette reels, radio needle and flip clock gear move • Widget seconds follow your Show seconds setting • The small widget also works in StandBy • Live Activities for the clock and countdowns on supported devices No account required. No ads. Skins are included. Available in 22 languages with 28 locale variants. Weather requires internet access and optional location permission; weather data is provided by Open-Meteo. The clock and timers work offline. iOS manages widget update timing and Live Activity duration; seconds may update less often in some system display states. Notifications require permission. Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

RetroGlass4 screens
PlainTick Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlainTick Flip Clock at none against RetroGlass's 1. PlainTick Flip Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. RetroGlass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlainTick Flip Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
RetroGlass versus PlainTick Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroGlassPlainTick Flip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMewey路 林

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RetroGlass

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
None

PlainTick Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetroGlass free?
RetroGlass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlainTick Flip Clock free?
PlainTick Flip Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RetroGlass or PlainTick Flip Clock have ads?
Neither RetroGlass nor PlainTick Flip Clock shows ads.

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