Comparison

Flowplayer vs ClockChime

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

Head to head
About

Flowplayer

An immersive video player designed for iOS devices that offers a smooth viewing experience with intuitive gesture controls. It allows users to organize and cherish video memories, add personal notes, and share them securely with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Ultra-smooth immersive viewing
  • Intuitive gesture controls
  • Automatic continuous play
  • Supports local and album videos
  • Full format compatibility
  • Add moods and stories to videos
  • Dual password protection and encryption
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Tailored exclusively for iOS and iPadOS, FlowPlayer is an immersive and heartwarming video player. More than a plain tool for video playback, it is a warm haven for your life fragments and precious moments, turning every frame of light and shadow into your exclusive memories. Enjoy an ultra-smooth immersive viewing experience with effortless vertical swipe playback and automatic continuous play. Intuitive gesture controls let you freely adjust playback progress, brightness and volume. The UI controls auto-hide intelligently, never interrupting your viewing mood. Supporting videos imported from albums and local folders with full format compatibility including MP4, MOV and MKV, it perfectly retains the original texture and warmth of every footage. Every fleeting moment deserves to be cherished and recorded. You can write down your moods and stories for every video and photo, and turn precious moments into exquisite memory cards to share unique beautiful memories with your loved ones. Custom colorful tags and iCloud cross-device synchronization help you organize all your memories neatly. Equipped with dual password protection and end-to-end encryption, it fully safeguards your private moments. Let light preserve tenderness, let memories have a home.

About

ClockChime

This app announces the current time hourly and on the half-hour, helping you stay aware without checking your device. It offers native performance, low resource usage, and customizable chime settings.

Highlights
  • Hourly chime announcements
  • Half-hourly chime announcements
  • Voice time announcements
  • Smart skip during silent mode/calls
  • Customizable active days
  • Shake to speak functionality
  • Custom event reminders
Features
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ClockChime is more than an hourly chime — it's a talking desk clock and a focus companion for your bedside, desk and workspace. Built natively in SwiftUI: instant to launch, feather-light on battery, and completely offline. Every hour, a clear voice tells you the time, so you never have to pick up your phone to know what it is. ◆ 18 FULL-SCREEN CLOCK FACES • Flip Clock with authentic split-flap animation and satisfying tick sounds • Calendar Wall with bold oversized date typography • Halo and LED — a focus progress ring and retro fluorescent digits • Seven analog dials: railway, index, minimal, crosshair, sector, grid and hairline • Five typographic faces: vertical, split, offset, stencil and broadsheet • Scale Lab — read the time on a ruler and a vernier caliper • Works in portrait and landscape, with an always-on option that turns your device into a bedside clock ◆ FOCUS TIMER & NATURE SOUNDS • Set any duration and watch the countdown live on the clock face • Six soothing nature soundscapes: rain, ocean waves, wind, stream, birdsong and crickets • A completion chime and an end notification — never lose track, even if you leave the app ◆ CHIMES, DOWN TO EVERY DETAIL • All 24 hours individually switchable — hourly chimes are free forever • Half-hour chimes for tighter time awareness • Native iOS text-to-speech with selectable premium voices: crisp and instant • Automatically muted in silent mode or during calls — respectful in meetings and at night • Choose the weekdays you want chimes to be active ◆ CUSTOM ALERTS THAT SPEAK • Set a personal reminder to be announced as spoken text, a system voice, a chosen sound, or even your own recorded voice ◆ SHAKE TO TELL THE TIME Give your phone a gentle shake and hear the current time — no screen required. ◆ PURE NATIVE PERFORMANCE • Written in SwiftUI, not a wrapped web page — fast launch, buttery animation • Tiny memory footprint; background scheduling keeps chimes alive on the lock screen • Fully supports Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver — a genuine talking clock for low-vision users • Interface and voice available in 12 languages ◆ FREE VS UNLOCK ALL FEATURES Free forever: hourly voice chime, smart mute, weekday scheduling, plus the Flip and Calendar Wall faces. One-time purchase unlocks: half-hour chimes, shake-to-tell, custom alerts, premium voices, the other 16 clock faces, flip themes (including your own photo), tick sounds, and the focus timer with nature soundscapes. No subscription. No hidden fees. No ads. No sign-in required. Restore purchases anytime. Perfect for study sessions, pomodoro work blocks, bedside timekeeping, kitchen timers and shop displays. Download ClockChime and give time a warm voice.

Screenshots

Flowplayer4 screens
ClockChime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ClockChime at Free against Flowplayer's $1.99. ClockChime also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). Flowplayer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

ClockChime is free to download; Flowplayer costs $1.99 up front. ClockChime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flowplayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowplayer ships an update every 2 weeks, ClockChime every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Flowplayer versus ClockChime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowplayerClockChime
Price$1.99Free — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMirror Space小明 张

Customer experience

Flowplayer

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%

ClockChime

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flowplayer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockChime

One-time1
  • Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Flowplayer free?
Flowplayer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClockChime free?
ClockChime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flowplayer or ClockChime have ads?
Neither Flowplayer nor ClockChime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flowplayer or ClockChime?
Flowplayer ships an update every 2 weeks, and ClockChime every 8 days. Most recently, Flowplayer was updated on October 28, 2026 and ClockChime on October 28, 2026.

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