Stage Clock Viewer vs PlainTick Flip Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stage Clock Viewer
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Stage Clock Viewer turns any Apple TV, iPhone, or iPad into a production display for StageClock, the production clock system for churches, theaters, and live events. Point it at your StageClock operator and it becomes one of your screens — backstage confidence monitor, green-room rundown, lobby clock — rendering live and in perfect sync. THREE VIEWS • Stage — the timer output: big digits, item name, time of day, warnings and negative time in red, cue messages. • Rundown — the live run of show with section headers, the current item highlighted, what's next, and the Started / On time / Ends strip. • Clock — a huge time-of-day display, 12/24-hour per screen. BUILT FOR SHOW NIGHT • Finds your operator automatically — even on networks that block Bonjour — or connect by address once and it remembers. • Clocks keep running through network hiccups and reconnect on their own. The screen never sleeps while the app is open. • Your operator assigns each screen its view from the console and can restyle everything live — colors, flashes, your own logo. Requires the StageClock desktop app (macOS or Windows) running on the same network as the operator. No account, no tracking — the app talks only to your operator. Try it without a server: open the app and choose "Watch a demo."
PlainTick Flip Clock
This app offers a full-screen flip clock experience with focus timers and customizable widgets. Enjoy various skins, weather integration, and Pomodoro sessions without ads or sign-ups.
- Full-screen flip clock display
- Pomodoro focus timer
- Customizable skins and widgets
- Optional weather and date display
- Portrait and landscape layouts
- Live Activities support
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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.
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Verdict
Stage Clock Viewer and PlainTick Flip Clock are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Stage Clock Viewer | PlainTick Flip Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Emerick | 路 林 |
In-app purchases
Stage Clock Viewer
No in-app purchases
PlainTick Flip Clock
No in-app purchases
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