Comparison

NoteGarden vs Fliptik

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

Head to head
About

NoteGarden

Easily capture your day with mood icons, photos, and short notes. Revisit past moments through a calendar view, photo timeline, and "On This Day" memories. Secure your entries with app lock and sync across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking with icons
  • Photo and short note entries
  • Calendar and timeline views
  • Search and favorites
  • iCloud sync
  • App lock security
  • 30-day trash recovery
Features
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NoteGarden is a gentle journaling app that lets you quickly save today’s mood, photos, and notes, then look back on them later. It is designed to feel lighter than a traditional diary, while keeping your records safely stored. Choose your mood, add photos, and write a short note — your entry is saved automatically. [ Key Features of NoteGarden ] Record today in under a minute • Quickly choose today’s mood with 10 mood icons • Add photos and notes to simply capture your day • Write notes neatly line by line with bullet lists • Organize entries more easily with tags • Keep your writing safe with automatic saving Look back with calendar and timeline views • Review past entries with daily moods and previews • Browse older records more easily with monthly section headers • Jump quickly to a specific year when you have entries across multiple years • See the time written and whether an entry was edited • Find the records you need with favorites and search • Revisit memories from the same date with the “On This Day” card Photo timeline • View photos added to your entries by date • Look back on past moments in chronological order from the Photos tab • Keep photos safely stored together with your records Reflect on your records with statistics • View your records by This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last Year, or All Time • Check record count, photo count, character count, and average character count • See your mood distribution at a glance with a donut chart • Track your journaling habit with your writing streak Safe backup and sync • Continue viewing your records and photos across devices with iCloud sync • Keep a single backup file with file export and import • Protect your private records with app lock • Restore deleted entries from the 30-day trash NoteGarden is made for people who find it hard to write a long diary every day. A mood, a photo, and a short note can be enough to remember your day. Save today in a small way, and quietly return to it later.

About

Fliptik

Transform your iPhone into a stylish flip clock with this app. Enjoy the classic split-flap display experience, complete with realistic 3D card turns, subtle sounds, and haptic feedback. Customize themes, fonts, and time formats for your desk or nightstand.

Highlights
  • StandBy mode flip clock
  • Home Screen widgets
  • 3D card turning animation
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Optional seconds and date display
  • Flip sound and haptic feedback
  • Keep Screen Awake feature
Features
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Place the hour and minute widgets side by side in StandBy to turn your iPhone into a stylish flip clock. Enjoy the classic flip clock experience with Fliptik. Fliptik is a flip clock inspired by the split-flap boards of airports and train stations. Every minute a card turns over with a soft flip, paired with a quiet tick and a gentle haptic — the feel of analog time, on your iPhone. One clock that belongs on your desk, your nightstand, or your studio shelf. — A flip clock that fills the screen — · Hour and minute cards turn in real 3D, like actual flaps · Adapts to portrait and landscape — lay it down and it becomes a desk clock · Tap once for settings; the rest is nothing but time — StandBy desk clock — · A step-by-step StandBy setup guide built right into the app · Place the HOUR and MINUTE widgets side by side for a full-width flip clock · Just set your charging iPhone on its side and it becomes a bedside clock — Home Screen widgets — · Hour — a small widget showing the current hour · Minute — a small widget showing the current minute · Time — a medium widget with hour and minute together · Calendar Clock — month, date, analog clock, and weekday in one widget · Widgets automatically match the theme you picked in the app — Make it yours — · Various themes & fonts · 24-hour or 12-hour time · Optional seconds and date — Thoughtful details — · Flip sound — a restrained flip on every minute · Haptics — feel time pass without a sound · Keep Screen Awake — leave it running all night as a desk clock · Localized in 24 languages [ Fliptik Pro ] One purchase unlocks every theme and every font. · All color themes · All premium fonts · Every future Pro style included · Applied to your widgets too Bring Fliptik to your desk today.

Screenshots

NoteGarden4 screens
Fliptik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: NoteGarden at free against Fliptik's freemium. Fliptik's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. NoteGarden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fliptik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteGarden ships an update every 8 days, Fliptik every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NoteGarden versus Fliptik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteGardenFliptik
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChanGyu KangMORETHAN APPS

Customer experience

NoteGarden

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fliptik

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NoteGarden

One-time1
  • NoteGarden Pro Lifetime$1.99
1 purchases

Fliptik

One-time1
  • Pro$1.99

Questions

Is NoteGarden free?
NoteGarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fliptik free?
Fliptik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NoteGarden or Fliptik have ads?
Neither NoteGarden nor Fliptik shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteGarden or Fliptik?
NoteGarden ships an update every 8 days, and Fliptik every 3 days. Most recently, NoteGarden was updated on October 17, 2026 and Fliptik on October 16, 2026.

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