Comparison

Flip Clock vs KeepCue

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

KeepCue

This app helps users establish structure and flexibility in their daily planning through cue-based routines and visual timelines. It allows for time blocking and task management, with preset routines for various parts of the day.

Highlights
  • Cue-anchored routines
  • Visual timeline view
  • Quick task creation
  • Break tasks into subtasks
  • Preset routines for morning, afterwork, and night
  • Flexible time blocking
Features
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KeepCue is a day planner with a visual timeline that shows your calendar alongside. You can add your own tasks, activities, and routines. It comes with helpful ready-made routines that you can easily add to your planner. For those of us who need structure, routines, and flexibility in planning. VISUAL TIMELINE WITH YOUR CALENDAR See your work and personal life at a glance, alongside your existing calendar events. Your schedule and free time in one view: find the time you didn't know you had, fix an overlap you didn't intend, or swap an activity just for this week. KeepCue can show any calendar your Apple Calendar app can access, including iCloud, Google, Outlook, Holidays, Birthdays, and subscribed calendars. KeepCue only reads your calendars, and what it reads stays on your device. ADD YOUR OWN TASKS, ACTIVITIES, AND ROUTINES • Add activities and routines, anchored to time and real moments. • Unlimited one-time activities. Up to 3 repeating activities free. • Repeat daily, on chosen weekdays, or every few days or weeks. • Break anything overwhelming into a checklist of smaller steps. • Customize each activity with your selection from a variety of icons and colors. • Choose how completed activities look: a color tint, dimmed, or a strikethrough line. FLEXIBLE CUE-BASED ROUTINES Let your cues guide you back on track. Instead of fixed times, anchor activities and routines to approximate time blocks plus something that already happens in your daily life, e.g., when you wake up, when you walk through the front door, when you close your laptop. A cue is something that already happens in your day that you can tie to your routine, something that tells your brain the routine starts now. KeepCue provides 60+ cue ideas to get you started. READY-MADE ROUTINES KeepCue comes with real, helpful routines for morning, afterwork, night, and weekends that you can easily add to your planner. Morning: Core, Full Afterwork: WFH Afterwork Transition, Post-shift Recovery Night: Minimalist, Wind-Down, Work & School Weekends: Sunday Reset, Weekend Recovery DARK MODE KeepCue goes by your iPhone's settings, whether Light or Dark mode. There are also dark and tinted app icons, for when you customize your Home Screen icons to Dark or Tinted. REMINDER NOTIFICATIONS Get a reminder when an activity is about to start, or 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes before. Reminders cover your KeepCue activities only, not your calendar events. Tapping a reminder opens the activity's details. Completing an activity clears its reminder. HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS • Small widget: the activity you're on, or the next one. Also works in StandBy mode. • Lock Screen widget: see what's next on the Lock Screen. • (Pro) Next activities medium widget: a short list of activities coming up today. • (Pro) Checklist widgets: choose a routine and check off its steps right on the widget. You can add more than one checklist widget. PRIVACY No ads, no account, and your data is never sold. Your activities and routines stay on your device. FREE AND PRO KeepCue has a generous free tier with no time limit. It includes the visual timeline with your calendar, ready-made routines, up to 3 repeating activities, unlimited one-time activities, cues, checklists, reminders, and the small and Lock Screen widgets. An optional upgrade to KeepCue Pro adds the next activities and checklist widgets, unlimited repeating activities, and every future Pro feature. Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime. Monthly and yearly renew automatically until you cancel. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with access forever. All plans support Family Sharing. Early users: If you first downloaded KeepCue before version 2.7, you have KeepCue Pro for life, including every future Pro feature. No purchase or code is needed. Thanks for being early. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Reach out at support@keepcue.app Website: https://keepcue.app Terms of Use: https://keepcue.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://keepcue.app/privacy

Screenshots

Flip Clock4 screens
KeepCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Flip Clock at free with in-app purchases against KeepCue's paid. Flip Clock also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 KeepCue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Flip Clock against 4.5 for KeepCue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, KeepCue every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flip Clock versus KeepCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip ClockKeepCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHai Nam TrinhStart in June LLC

Customer experience

Flip Clock

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KeepCue

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$1.99
3 purchases

KeepCue

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KeepCue free?
KeepCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flip Clock or KeepCue?
KeepCue is rated higher. Flip Clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while KeepCue averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Flip Clock or KeepCue have ads?
Neither Flip Clock nor KeepCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip Clock or KeepCue?
Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, and KeepCue every 4 days. Most recently, Flip Clock was updated on November 5, 2026 and KeepCue on October 31, 2026.

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