Comparison

Split Flap vs Minimal Clock

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

Head to head
About

Split Flap

Transform your devices into a retro split-flap display. Enjoy various modes like clock, weather, messages, and timers with satisfying mechanical sounds. Customize your display with unique themes and patterns across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Split-flap display simulation
  • Multiple display modes (Clock, Weather, Message, Timer)
  • Customizable themes and flip patterns
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Cross-platform support (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV)
  • Satisfying mechanical sound effects
  • StandBy mode integration
Features
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Turn any screen into a split-flap departure board. Split Flap brings the look and sound of a mechanical airport board to your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV — with one purchase and no subscription. MODES FOR EVERY MOMENT Clock — A flip clock with custom time zones, 12 or 24 hours and optional seconds. Focus Clock — A big, calm clock made for your desk or nightstand. World Clock — Up to eight cities at once, like a real departures board: LON, NYC, TYO and more. Weather — Today's conditions, high, low and chance of rain for any city, flipping onto the board. Message — Type anything and watch it flip into place letter by letter. Start from ready-made templates, add emoji, and share your board as an image. Quotes — Your favourite quotes, rotating automatically. Hide a quote or schedule it for certain hours and days. Syncs with iCloud. Music — The song and artist that's playing flips into view as your music changes. (iPhone, iPad and Mac) Timer — Countdown presets from 5 to 90 minutes, or a stopwatch. Big digits you can read across the room. Paint — 43 colour patterns, from flags to gradients, plus a pixel editor to paint your own. Put text over a pattern for a colourful sign. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN A Lock Screen flip clock with seconds that keep ticking, a sweeping minute ring and quotes on real flap tiles. Home Screen widgets for the clock, quotes, messages, timer and colour patterns, and StandBy when your phone charges on its side. A running timer counts down live in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, each built for the device. Apple TV has a Top Shelf that plays the board right on your Home Screen. Mac has desktop widgets, a menu bar clock and a screen saver. iPhone Duo gets a Nightstand clock when half folded. LOOK AND FEEL 9 colour themes including Neon and Confetti, light and dark boards, and 10+ flip patterns — spiral, matrix, snake and more — that control how the board reveals new content. Bedtime auto-dim keeps it gentle at night. SOUNDS THAT SATISFY Three sound themes — Mechanical, Typewriter and Soft — synthesised to match the animation. Every clack lands at the moment each flap snaps into place. HANDS-FREE Siri and Shortcuts can show the clock, post a message, start a timer or switch modes. Send to Apple TV posts a message from your iPhone straight to the board on your TV. ONE PURCHASE. EVERY PLATFORM. One purchase unlocks premium on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. No subscription. No ads.

About

Minimal Clock

Features
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Hey, this is Minimal Clock! A simple minimalist clock, timer and countdown app!

Screenshots

Split Flap4 screens
Minimal Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minimal Clock at none against Split Flap's 1. Minimal Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and device support (6 vs 4). On price 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. Split Flap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimal Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Flap ships an update monthly, Minimal Clock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Split Flap versus Minimal Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit FlapMinimal Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHello Good Day LLCAmit Sondhi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Flap

One-time1
  • SplitFlap Premium$1.99
None

Minimal Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minimal Clock free?
Minimal Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Split Flap or Minimal Clock have ads?
Neither Split Flap nor Minimal Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Flap or Minimal Clock?
Split Flap ships an update monthly, and Minimal Clock every 3 days. Most recently, Split Flap was updated on October 31, 2026 and Minimal Clock on November 10, 2026.

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