Comparison

Flip Clock Pro 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

Flip Clock Pro

This app offers a minimalist clock, a professional Pomodoro timer with white noise, and a versatile stopwatch. It features intuitive gestures, personalized themes, and fluid interactions for a distraction-free time management experience.

Highlights
  • Minimalist full-screen clock
  • Immersive Pomodoro timer with white noise
  • Versatile stopwatch and countdown timer
  • Customizable themes and digit animations
  • Intuitive gesture controls
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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"Less is more. Pure time, right on your desk." Flip Clock Pro is a minimalist full-screen desk clock and focus companion designed for study sessions, deep work, and curated desk setups. Turn your iPhone or iPad into an aesthetic retro flip clock, bauhaus mechanical display, or translucent frosted glass timepiece. No ads, no tracking, and no required accounts. Just open and enter flow. 【ARTISANAL CLOCK FACES】 • Classic Flip: Authentic vintage mechanical flip style inspired by iconic design. • Bauhaus Mechanical: Industrial precision gears with tactile dynamics. • Aura Glass: Modern translucent frosted glass floating against ambient backdrops. • Cyber Matrix: Retro green phosphor LED dot matrix for tech enthusiasts. • Diverse Motion Styles: Mechanical shutters, tear-off calendars, and odometer counters. 【COLORWAYS & TYPOGRAPHY】 • Crafted Palettes: Deep Dark, Ivory White, Morandi Sand, Wabi-Sabi, and non-glare Zen Night vision. • Distinct Fonts: Hand-picked serif, condensed, rounded, and futuristic typography. • Lunar & Date Display: Gregorian dates, weekday, and lunar calendar accurately aligned. 【FOCUS FLOW (POMODORO)】 • Structured Sessions: Focus intervals, short breaks, and long cycles tailored to your day. • Ambient Audio: Calming rain, coffee shop murmur, and soothing white noise. • Background Reliability: Timers and focus sessions remain accurate even when multitasking. 【VERSATILE TIME SUITE】 • Target Countdown: Track milestones, birthdays, exam dates, and special occasions. • Precision Stopwatch: Reliable split timing for workouts and tasks. • Shareable Time Cards: Export elegant visual snapshots of your current look to share with friends. 【INTUITIVE GESTURES】 • Vertical Slide: Drag up and down anywhere to dim or brighten screen light. • Pinch to Scale: Resize time digit tiles freely for any viewing distance or dock angle. • Keep Screen Awake: Screen stays lit effortlessly while docked. • Pro Benefits: Unlock exclusive scene presets (Aura Glass, Cyber Matrix), signature themes, designer typography, and all upcoming clock faces. • Flexible Plans: Monthly, yearly, or lifetime one-time purchase. • Auto-Renewal: Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage anytime in App Store Account Settings. • Privacy Policy: https://www.2best2.com/privacy/SavingDiary-en.html • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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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A quiet flip clock for your desk. Full-screen time, Pomodoro and timers — without ads or sign-up. Sixteen skins and four crafted Home Screen widget styles, included. 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

Flip Clock Pro4 screens
PlainTick Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlainTick Flip Clock at none against Flip Clock Pro's 3. PlainTick Flip Clock also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Flip Clock Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. PlainTick Flip Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flip Clock Pro against 5.0 for PlainTick Flip Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Clock Pro ships an update every 4 months, PlainTick Flip Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Flip Clock Pro versus PlainTick Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip Clock ProPlainTick Flip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer颖 杨路 林

Customer experience

Flip Clock Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PlainTick Flip Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flip Clock Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$0.291 Month
  • Yearly Pro (Best Value)$0.691 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$2.99
None

PlainTick Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flip Clock Pro free?
Flip Clock Pro 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.
Which has better reviews, Flip Clock Pro or PlainTick Flip Clock?
Flip Clock Pro and PlainTick Flip Clock are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flip Clock Pro or PlainTick Flip Clock have ads?
Neither Flip Clock Pro nor PlainTick Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip Clock Pro or PlainTick Flip Clock?
Flip Clock Pro ships an update every 4 months, and PlainTick Flip Clock fortnightly. Most recently, Flip Clock Pro was updated on November 5, 2026 and PlainTick Flip Clock on November 10, 2026.

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