Comparison

Book Flip Notes vs Glance

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

Head to head
About

Book Flip Notes

Features
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Book Flip Notes is a realistic handwriting notebook for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It combines the tactile rhythm of a physical book with a focused digital creative space. Key features • Natural 3D page turning from the spine, with paper curvature, depth, and dynamic light. • Fluid writing, sketching, annotation, and planning with Apple Pencil. • Lined, grid, Cornell, planner, meeting, and music paper templates. • Artistic covers and colors for your personal library. • High-quality PDF export for archiving and sharing. • iCloud sync across devices signed in to the same Apple ID, with safe local editing when offline. • Privacy first: your notebook content remains on your devices and in your personal iCloud. Book Flip Pro is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that permanently unlocks premium covers, professional templates, unlimited notebooks, and high-quality export.

About

Glance

Features
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Glance turns your phone into a large clock for your desk or nightstand. Clock, Alarm, Timer, Shower and D-DAY are free in BASIC. See the time at a glance, count down to the days that matter, keep track of a shower, or open a running timer as a calming water clock. Highlights • A large full-screen digital clock in portrait and landscape • Date, 12/24-hour time, a scheduled night mode with 9 night colors, 8 kinds of quiet scenery and friendly companions • Multiple alarms with quick scheduling, a specific date or chosen weekdays; the Weekend shortcut follows your region • Snooze ON/OFF and a 1–60 minute interval measured from the tap, with no app-imposed limit on manual snoozes • Dismiss the current ring without cancelling other alarms or the next scheduled repeat • Multiple named timers with quick presets, repeats and a water-clock view • Shower elapsed time with a friendly animated companion • D-DAY countdowns that can renew every year • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Live Activities for alarms, timers and showers • 32 languages Ads and PRO The main clock and ringing screens have no banner, even in BASIC. Other screens may show one banner. No full-screen ad appears automatically. Completing an optional rewarded ad grants 7 days of PRO. PRO removes banners and unlocks personal photos (a slideshow of up to 10), custom colors for individual clock digits, a custom night color, saved clock looks and a D-DAY photo background. Scenery, decorations and preset colors remain free. Optional support Support purchases are one-time, not an automatically renewing subscription. Candy, Snack and Coffee add 1, 2 and 3 stamps. Verified support purchases grant PRO immediately: 15 days with 1 valid stamp, 30 days with 2, and lifetime PRO with 3 or more. Purchase periods run from the purchase time; restoring does not restart them, and a later existing expiry is preserved. Optional rewarded ads still grant 15 or 30 days with 1 or 2 valid stamps. Each stamp allows one optional public message in the Supporter Hall of Fame. Messages pass a safety review, and messages with links or contact details wait for manual review. Purchase details and local prices are shown before checkout. A separate Restore Purchases button is provided. Restore Purchases does not recover local photos, clock settings or remaining rewarded PRO time. Supporters with at least one stamp can optionally back up settings, clock looks, alarms, timers and D-DAYs (never photos) while they have 3 or more stamps or an active PRO period from a purchase or a verified rewarded ad, and restore them after reinstalling. Restored alarms start turned off. Without a backup, reinstalling may lose this local data. Alarm behavior Requires iOS 26 or later. Alarms use AlarmKit. Alarm delivery depends on permissions and operating-system conditions. Sound, vibration and screen duration follow platform behavior; Glance does not promise endless ringing or alarms when the phone is powered off. There is no automatic snooze for an unanswered alarm. Privacy No account or sign-up is required. Selected photos stay on the device. Settings stay on the device unless you turn on supporter backup. Ads use Google AdMob with Google's consent message (UMP). Glance asks for tracking permission only after that message allows ads. Purchases are verified through RevenueCat, and the support ledger, backups and supporter messages are stored on Cloudflare. Update checks and fonts also use online services. See the Privacy Policy for details.

Screenshots

Book Flip Notes3 screens
Glance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Book Flip Notes at none against Glance's shown. Book Flip Notes also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Book Flip Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Glance sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Flip Notes ships an update every 9 days, Glance weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Book Flip Notes versus Glance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Flip NotesGlance
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperlecooJinho Park

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Book Flip Notes

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$0.99
3 purchases

Glance

One-time3
  • Candy Support2 variants$0.49
  • Snack Support2 variants$0.95
  • Coffee Support2 variants$1.39

Questions

Is Book Flip Notes free?
Book Flip Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glance free?
Glance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book Flip Notes or Glance have ads?
Glance shows ads; Book Flip Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Book Flip Notes or Glance?
Book Flip Notes ships an update every 9 days, and Glance weekly. Most recently, Book Flip Notes was updated on October 25, 2026 and Glance on October 25, 2026.

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