Comparison

Flip Clock vs Summon

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

Head to head
About

Flip Clock

Transform your device into a beautiful, distraction-free desk clock. This app offers a fullscreen flip clock experience with smooth animations, customizable themes, and built-in focus tools like Pomodoro timers. It's designed for deep concentration and quiet productivity, working fully offline without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Fullscreen flip clock with realistic animations
  • Built-in Pomodoro timer (Focus/Break/Cycles)
  • Customizable themes and clock styles
  • Screen stays awake for desk use
  • Works fully offline
  • Subtle haptic feedback
Features
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▶ Flip Clock – Zen Focus Timer A premium flip clock designed for deep focus and quiet productivity. Turn your device into a beautiful desk clock and take control of your time — with a premium focus experience. ▶ Core Experience ▷ Fullscreen flip clock with smooth, realistic animations ▷ Large, clear time display ▷ 12h / 24h format support ▷ Quick and simple alarm setup ▶ Focus & Pomodoro ▷ Quick countdown or custom timer ▷ Built-in Pomodoro (Focus / Break / Cycles) ▷ Seamlessly resume sessions when reopening the app ▶ Designed for Focus ▷ Keep the screen awake for desk use ▷ Auto-hide UI for a clean, distraction-free look ▷ Subtle haptic feedback for key actions ▶ Sound & Atmosphere ▷ Optional sounds with multiple styles: • Soft Flip • Mechanical • Studio Chime ▶ Personalization ▷ Carefully crafted themes: • Midnight, Light, Paper, Amber, Studio • Ember, Solar, Lime, Ocean ▷ Multiple clock styles and fonts ▷ Optional date display ▶ Privacy by Design ▷ Works fully offline ▷ No ads. No tracking. No analytics ▷ Your data stays on your device ▶ Made for Calm Focus ▷ Flip Clock – Zen Focus Timer is designed for quiet, intentional use ▷ No ads — just a premium focus experience

About

Summon

Features
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Your next meeting shouldn't have to beg for your attention. Summon rings a full-screen alarm right before your meeting starts — through Silent mode, through Focus — with the join link already detected and one button to get in. Free to download. No nags, no timers, no locked alerts. AN ALARM, NOT A NOTIFICATION Banner notifications are built to be ignorable. Summon isn't. It schedules a real system alarm for your meeting, so it takes over the screen, rings at alarm volume even when your phone is silenced or a Focus is on, and counts down in the Dynamic Island. It stays up until you join or dismiss it. ONE TAP AND YOU ARE IN Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, FaceTime, WhatsApp and many more links are detected automatically from your event's URL, location and notes. The alarm carries a Join button: tap it and the meeting opens. No hunting through the invite for the link while everyone waits. THREE DAYS AT A GLANCE The agenda shows today, tomorrow and the day after, with what is up next raised to the top. Tap any meeting for its notes, the dial-in code, the join link and whether an alarm is armed. Meetings with no join link can be hidden entirely. ALARMS THAT RESPECT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE - Ring 1, 2 or 5 minutes before the meeting starts - Five tones to choose from, plus No Sound for a silent full-screen takeover - Quiet Hours: a nightly window where alarms stay silent - Pause alarms for a while and they resume automatically — anything ringing after the pause still rings - Cancel a meeting in Calendar and Summon cancels its alarm, even in the background YOUR CALENDAR NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE Summon reads your calendar through Apple EventKit entirely on-device, and schedules every alarm locally. Zero outbound network connections. Your schedule, your meetings, your attendees: none of it is transmitted. This is a verifiable promise, not a privacy policy paragraph. SUMMON PRO: MONTHLY, YEARLY OR LIFETIME Unlimited alarms (vs 10 for FREE) on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Three ways to have it, and all three unlock exactly the same thing: - Monthly: auto-renewing, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Yearly: auto-renewing, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Lifetime: one payment, yours for good Bought Summon PRO before? It is Lifetime and stays unlocked forever. Restore Purchases brings it back on any device. Late to calls because your phone was face-down or on silent? This is the alarm that gets through. Running back to back and losing the two minutes before every call hunting for the link? One tap, every time. Experience time blindness or hyperfocus where standard notifications disappear entirely? A full-screen alarm is the intervention that works. iPhone and iPad. iOS 26 or later required. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm, or when the free trial ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account's subscription settings. Lifetime is a single payment and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://arrcade.dev/apps/summon/privacy.html

Screenshots

Flip Clock4 screens
Summon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flip Clock at every 3 days against Summon's monthly. Flip Clock also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Flip Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Summon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, Summon monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flip Clock versus Summon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip ClockSummon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHai Nam TrinhAnand Raj R

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$1.99
3 purchases

Summon

Subscriptions2
  • Summon Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Summon Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Summon Pro (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Summon free?
Summon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flip Clock or Summon have ads?
Neither Flip Clock nor Summon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip Clock or Summon?
Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, and Summon monthly. Most recently, Flip Clock was updated on November 5, 2026 and Summon on November 5, 2026.

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