Comparison

Flip Clock vs Needless Clock

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

Head to head
About

Flip Clock

Features
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"Flip Clock - Eye-friendly Large Screen" — A minimalist eye-friendly flip clock designed exclusively for iPhone. Optimized for iOS StandBy bedside mode, it works seamlessly with home screen and lock screen widgets, wrapping your quiet nights in warm, gentle tones. Key Differentiated Features • StandBy Bedside Mode: Exclusive iPhone optimization. Place your phone horizontally to transform it into a bedside clock, perfect for charging standby scenarios. • Eye-Friendly Design: Low-brightness warm tones, gentle on your eyes at night. Custom screen brightness adjustment is supported. • Full-Scene Adaptation: Home screen/lock screen widgets, portrait/landscape modes, covering all usage scenarios. Practical Clock Functions • 24-hour/12-hour time format switch, with optional seconds display to keep track of every moment precisely. • Customizable footer text, support for inspirational quotes or personalized signatures to create your exclusive clock experience. • One-tap theme switching, with options like Warm Wood Minimal, Ink Wash, Caramel Red, Bamboo Green, and more. • Night eye comfort mode with customizable brightness, eliminating harsh glare to protect your sleep. Multi-Style Themes Free Themes: Warm Wood Minimal, Clean White for daily basic use. Premium Themes: Ink Wash Classic, Caramel Red, Bamboo Green, Warm Flip Classic to unlock more styles. All themes are permanently unlocked with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no hidden fees, no gimmicks. In-App Purchase Info Purchase the "Lifetime Pro Version" to unlock all premium themes permanently and remove all ads in the app forever. Enjoy a clean, ad-free clock experience. The purchase supports restore purchase, and your rights are valid forever, even after app updates. Privacy & Permissions This app works offline and does not collect any of your personal data. All data is stored locally only, so your usage privacy is fully protected. Frequently Asked Questions Q: Will my purchased themes and benefits disappear? A: No. One-time purchase unlocks all themes permanently. Restore purchase is supported, and your rights are valid forever. Q: Does this app collect my personal information? A: Absolutely not. The app does not require an internet connection and does not upload any personal information. All data is stored locally. Q: Which iPhone models are supported? A: Supports all iPhone models running iOS 17.0 and above, with perfect adaptation for StandBy mode and widgets. If you enjoy our app, please leave a review on the App Store. Your support is our motivation to keep optimizing the experience. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us via the in-app feedback form.

About

Needless Clock

This app offers a collection of living, animated clocks that display time through unique visual narratives. Interact with the scenes to alter elements and enjoy a calming visual experience that goes beyond simple timekeeping.

Highlights
  • Living, animated clock designs
  • Interactive visual elements
  • Customizable clock scenes
  • Scheduled display dimming
  • Short clock film creation
  • No ads or third-party tracking
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People do not open Needless Clock merely to find out the time. More often, they want the glowing screen beside them to grow quiet without becoming empty: something to glance at between tasks, a little light at night, time passing without hurrying anyone along. Needless Clock is a collection of living, animated clocks. They all keep the same real time, but each inhabits a world of its own. Fish turn through water, birds arrive from far away, ants hurry under the weight of a treat, cars follow the painted lines of a car park, and a brush writes numerals in water. At the turn of a minute the picture wakes; once everything has found its place, only small movements, wings, shadows and breathing remain. TIME HAS ELEVEN PLACES TO GO Fish gather into figures. Touch the water and those nearby scatter, then swim home along their own curved paths. Birds perch on five wires. Some leave at the next minute, others find a new place, and now and then a distant bird crosses the clouds. Tap once and the sky sinks beneath the sea, the flock becoming fish of different forms. Ants carry biscuits, rock sugar, dried fish, winter-melon candy and leaves. Cars pull into bays. Metal blocks fall one by one. These digits are not displayed; they are made. Water runs from a brush onto stone and disappears first from the finest ends of the strokes. Oracle bone, bronze, seal and clerical scripts sit beside the hands of Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Huang Tingjian, letting one numeral travel through centuries. A gnomon casts its shadow among the twelve Earthly Branches, its length changing through the twenty-four solar terms. There is also a wall of cooperating clock faces, a luminous word clock, figures revealed by paper and shadow, and mechanical flaps that fall like those once heard in stations and airports. GOOD JUST LEFT THERE Swipe to move between clocks. Tap to change a material, colour or world. Or choose a few favourites and let them rotate by themselves, from every minute to every hour. At night the display can dim on your schedule. Keep the screen awake, or hide the title, date and time zone until only time remains. It belongs on an iPhone stand, across an iPad, beside a Mac workspace, or spread quietly over the television in a living room. A MOMENT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU On supported devices, Share waits for the next minute. It keeps the stillness before the change and stops after the movement has come to rest, making a short clock film to save or send. No account, no advertising and no third-party tracking. The clocks and their calculations stay on the device. Location is off by default and, if enabled, is used only to let the car park grow dark near your own sunset. Supports Reduce Motion and VoiceOver. Made for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. May it do more than tell the time. May it keep the time with you for a while.

Screenshots

Flip Clock4 screens
Needless Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Needless Clock at none against Flip Clock's 1. Needless Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flip Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Needless Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Flip Clock versus Needless Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip ClockNeedless Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer有春 袁路 林

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • Flip Clock Lifetime Pro$1.99
None

Needless Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Needless Clock free?
Needless Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flip Clock or Needless Clock have ads?
Neither Flip Clock nor Needless Clock shows ads.

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