Focus Timer Desk Clock vs FlipTick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Timer Desk Clock
This app transforms your iPhone into a minimalist desk clock with a focus timer. It offers customizable countdowns, ambient sounds, and gesture controls for a distraction-free experience. Track your daily focus sessions for free, with an optional subscription for advanced history and premium features.
- Minimalist desk clock display
- Customizable focus timer and stopwatch
- Integrated ambient soundscapes
- Gesture-based controls for brightness, volume, and sound
- Optional Pomodoro cycling
- Distraction-free progress bar
- Daily focus statistics
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Focus Timer Desk Clock turns your iPhone into an elegant, minimalist desk clock — completely free, zero ads, for all core features. Prop it on your desk: a refined black-screen clock with large digital time. Switch to focus mode anytime — tap to start, swipe to adjust brightness, volume, and ambient sound with silky-smooth gestures. ELEGANT DESK CLOCK Turn your phone into a refined, minimalist desk clock. Large digits on a calm black screen. The interface rotates with your phone in any orientation — perfect for landscape desk setups. Clock mode and focus timer in one beautifully simple app. FOCUS TIMER & STOPWATCH Set any countdown up to 99 hours. Start at 00:00:00 for stopwatch mode. Tap anywhere to start or pause. Optional periodic haptic reminders during long sessions. Flexible sessions — not a rigid pomodoro cycle, but works great for 25-minute blocks too. POMODORO MODE Optional automatic Pomodoro cycling — alternate focus and break sessions hands-free while the countdown runs, with a fully customizable break length. Off by default; countdown mode only. DISTRACTION-FREE PROGRESS BAR Swipe with two fingers to flip to a minimal progress bar — track time left without digits competing for your attention. Swipe back anytime for the numbers. SILKY-SMOOTH GESTURES Swipe left for brightness. Swipe right for volume. Swipe horizontally to change ambient sound. Gesture-first design keeps the running screen clean and effortless. AMBIENT SOUNDS Built-in ambient sounds for study, deep work, and calm focus. Rain, ocean, café murmur, library quiet, binaural beats, white noise, and more. Swipe to switch without leaving the timer. LIFT LOCK Optional Lift Lock encourages phone-down focus. Pick up your phone mid-session and the app helps you put it back down. FOCUS STATISTICS See how much you actually focused. Today's total, session count, and how today compares to your daily average — plus average session length and completion rate, free. Premium unlocks the full history: streaks, this week vs last week, best focus hours, and all-time totals. Everything stays on your device — no account, no sign-in. ZERO ADS. EVER. No banner ads, no interstitials, no rewarded videos. Nothing interrupts your session. Open the app and you're immediately in the zone — pure, clean, distraction-free. Rare in this category. COMPLETELY FREE Every core feature is free: timer, stopwatch, desk clock, ambient sounds, Lift Lock, swipe controls, and your daily focus stats. No signup. No account. No ads. No paywall on what matters. Ultra-minimal. One screen. Open and start. Timer completion uses on-screen alerts and haptics. Optional monthly auto-renewable subscription: unlocks the full premium focus experience — premium ambient sounds, animated focus companions, and the complete focus statistics history — with new sounds and animations added every month. Subscription name, length, and price are shown in the in-app purchase sheet before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tranbaphuc99.github.io/WBBDocs/focus-timer/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://tranbaphuc99.github.io/WBBDocs/focus-timer/privacy-policy
FlipTick
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Prop up your phone and it becomes a giant flip clock that keeps time while you study. Plan your day in time blocks, tap Start, and let FlipTick run every focus session on a clock you can read from across the room. A FOCUS TIMER YOU CAN SEE FROM ANYWHERE • Full-screen flip clock digits that flip in real time, not a tiny number in the corner • On iPad the clock fills the whole screen, upright or in landscape • Countdown, stopwatch or Pomodoro: set focus and break rounds and FlipTick switches between them for you • Turn your phone sideways and the clock turns with it • Brightness control, auto-dim and an optional glow keep it easy on your eyes and your battery BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS WHILE YOU FOCUS • Pick the apps, categories and websites that pull you away, just once • They lock when a session starts and open again the moment it ends • Open one mid-session and a calm "Stay with it" screen shows your time left • Built on Apple's Screen Time, so your list stays private. Every list and Strict mode are free. Needs iOS 16 or later PLAN YOUR DAY IN TIME BLOCKS • Give every task a time, a length and a Start button • Add subtasks, notes, alerts and repeats (Pro) • Finish a focus block and it ticks itself off in your plan • Keep your streak going as finished tasks fill in your calendar, day after day SEE WHERE YOUR HOURS GO • Day and week reports, plus month and year with Pro, split by activity • Your peak focus hours, plus average and longest sessions • A daily focus goal, with your progress always in view • Track Study, Deep Work, Reading, Exercise and Meditation, or add your own activities STAY ON TRACK OUTSIDE THE APP • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A floating timer (Picture in Picture) that stays on top of other apps while a session runs • 10 Home Screen widgets with Pro, including a flip clock, calendars and world clocks ON YOUR APPLE WATCH AND ACROSS YOUR DEVICES • FlipTick for Apple Watch: start, pause and end sessions from your wrist and tick off today's tasks • While you focus, the Watch shows your progress instead of a ticking clock. Tap to see the time • iCloud sync keeps tasks, focus history and settings the same on your iPhone and iPad, with no account A DESK CLOCK WORTH LOOKING AT • Use FlipTick as a desk or bedside clock between sessions • Show the time where you are or in cities around the world • 20 clock faces, from Flip, Neon and Liquid Glass to Candle and Hourglass, 8 backgrounds, 7 flip finishes and your own colors • Ambient sounds for focus: rain, brown noise, campfire, sea, thunder, morning, a pendulum, a pocket watch and a ticking clock MADE FOR THE WAY YOU WORK FlipTick is built for students preparing for exams, writers, developers, designers and anyone who does their best work in focused sprints. And a big, always-visible clock makes a simple visual timer for anyone with ADHD or anyone who loses track of time. FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU WANT MORE FlipTick is free, with no account: unlimited focus sessions, two clock faces to start and a new one every two focus days, the full planner with subtasks, app blocking and Live Activities, all supported by short ads. FlipTick Pro removes the ads and adds every clock face, repeating tasks and Home Screen widgets, plus your month and year history and reports. Subscribe, or pay once and keep Pro forever. FlipTick speaks 15 languages: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 中文, हिन्दी, Türkçe, Nederlands, Polski and Bahasa Indonesia. FlipTick Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. FlipTick Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase and doesn't renew. Terms of Use: https://fliptick.riservo.tech/terms Privacy Policy: https://fliptick.riservo.tech/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FlipTick at every 5 days against Focus Timer Desk Clock's every 10 days. FlipTick also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Focus Timer Desk Clock sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FlipTick sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Focus Timer Desk Clock ships an update every 10 days, FlipTick every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Timer Desk Clock | FlipTick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phuc Tran Ba | ABUZAR MUNIR |
In-app purchases
Focus Timer Desk Clock
- One-month subscription package.$1.991 Month
- Focus Premium Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Annual premium$15.991 Year
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- Focus Premium Yearly1 Year trial$15.991 Year
- Focus Premium Lifetime$35.99
- Lifetime premium$39.99
FlipTick
- FlipTick Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- FlipTick Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Ember Pro Lifetime$19.99
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