Comparison

MyStageTimer 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

MyStageTimer

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Simplicity is the ultimate focus. We’ve stripped away all complex features, delivering nothing but a pure speech countdown experience. Minimalist Design: Only the time is displayed full-screen, zero distractions. Intuitive Reminder: The color auto-shifts from white to red as time elapses, at a glance. Zero Learning Curve: Select the time, click start, and focus on your speech instantly. Professional Details: Screen never turns off, preventing speech interruptions.

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

PlainTick Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PlainTick Flip Clock at 4 against MyStageTimer's —. PlainTick Flip Clock also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MyStageTimer versus PlainTick Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyStageTimerPlainTick Flip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer凌云 孙路 林

In-app purchases

None

MyStageTimer

No in-app purchases

None

PlainTick Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyStageTimer free?
MyStageTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlainTick Flip Clock free?
PlainTick Flip Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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