Comparison

Split Flap vs A Clock For You

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

A Clock For You

Features
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A Clock For You lets you put the clock face you like on your Home Screen. ■ 81 clock faces 42 analog and 39 digital faces are included, from antique and Japanese styles to fantasy, cute, mechanical and nature designs. ■ Home Screen widget The face you pick is shown in the Home Screen widget (small and large). Touch and hold a widget and choose "Edit Widget" to set a different face for each widget you place. Analog second hands move once a second in the iPhone app and widget. ■ Desk clock mode Tap the clock to fill the screen with it - the tab bar and status bar go away, leaving only the clock. The screen does not dim while the clock is full screen, so you can stand your iPhone on a desk and use it as a desk clock while it charges. Tap again to go back. Turn on "Keep Screen On" in Settings to also stop the screen dimming when the Clock tab is open but not full screen. The clock shifts by a few points every couple of minutes to avoid burn-in. ■ Digital faces are adjustable For each digital face you can set: - 12-hour or 24-hour time - The digit typeface (35 to choose from) - The text color (hue, saturation and brightness sliders) Each face remembers its own settings, so switching faces does not reset them. ■ Apple Watch clock app Show the clock selected on your iPhone in the Apple Watch app. Choose and purchase clocks on your iPhone. The Watch also uses your 12/24-hour format, text color and background brightness settings. When disconnected, it displays the last clock settings it received. Analog second hands move once a second while the app is active and are hidden in the dimmed Always On state. The Watch app includes clock display and connection status. ■ Hourglass A sandglass made for watching, with no numbers at all. Choose 30 seconds, or 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 45 or 60 minutes. Repeat up to five times: when the sand runs out the glass turns itself over. An optional gentle tap tells you when the last run ends. No sound. Tap the screen while it runs and the controls disappear, leaving the glass. The screen stays on while it runs. Leave the app and time keeps going; come back to see the sand where it should be. No notifications. ■ Hourglass designs Twenty-two hourglasses. Walnut & Brass is free from the start. Plain Walnut, Black Lacquer, Sakura, Bronze, Midnight, Frost, Azure, Royal, Gold, Navy Silver, Coral Sea, Rose, Deep Sea, Sapphire, Rose Quartz, Aquamarine, Amethyst, Ruby, Platinum, Obsidian and Emerald can each be bought on their own. Every one is a one-time purchase. Independently choose one of six sand styles: Natural Sand, Gold Dust, Silver Sand, Night Star Sand, Pink Sand or White Sand. ■ Clock packs The free Starter Pack gives you 8 faces to begin with. More faces come as packs you can buy: - Classic (15 faces) - Wa Modern (14 faces) - Fantasy (13 faces) - Cute (11 faces) - Mech & Pop (11 faces) - Nature (9 faces) Every pack is a one-time purchase. There is no subscription. You can see how any face looks before you buy the pack it belongs to. ■ About this app - No ads - No account needed - No personal information collected - Nothing is sent to our own servers Requires iOS 26.0 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10.0 or later and a paired compatible iPhone. For iPhone and Apple Watch.

Screenshots

Split Flap4 screens
A Clock For You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: A Clock For You at fortnightly against Split Flap's monthly. Split Flap's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Split Flap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and A Clock For You sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Flap ships an update monthly, A Clock For You fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Split Flap versus A Clock For You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit FlapA Clock For You
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHello Good Day LLCtomohide yanome

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Flap

One-time1
  • SplitFlap Premium$1.99
10 purchases

A Clock For You

One-time10
  • Hourglass: Sapphire$1.99
  • Hourglass: Rose$1.99
  • Hourglass: Rose Quartz$1.99
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  • Hourglass: Amethyst$1.99
  • Hourglass: Platinum$1.99
  • Hourglass: Obsidian$1.99
  • Hourglass: Emerald$1.99
  • Hourglass: Deep Sea$1.99
  • Hourglass: Aquamarine$1.99
  • Hourglass: Ruby$1.99

Questions

Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A Clock For You free?
A Clock For You is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Split Flap or A Clock For You have ads?
Neither Split Flap nor A Clock For You shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Flap or A Clock For You?
Split Flap ships an update monthly, and A Clock For You fortnightly. Most recently, Split Flap was updated on October 31, 2026 and A Clock For You on October 31, 2026.

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