Comparison

Lumitron vs Flip Clock Simple

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

Head to head
About

Lumitron

Features
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Lumitron turns any screen into a full-screen retro clock - and nothing else. No status bar. No navigation buttons. No browser address bar, no home indicator, no window frame, no menu. Open Lumitron and the only thing left on your screen is the time. EIGHT REAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES Every theme recreates the physics of an actual historic display, not just a different font color: - LCD - familiar liquid-crystal segments, including the classic grey-green look - LED - vintage red glow, plus white, green, amber and blue variants - CRT - cathode-ray tube look with soft glow and scanlines - VFD - vacuum fluorescent display with its signature blue-green light - Nixie - neon glow-discharge tubes in warm orange-red - Panaplex - flat neon seven-segment displays - Numitron - incandescent filament digits, steady warm light, no flicker - Electroluminescent (EL) - glowing teal EL panel AUTHENTIC PHYSICAL EFFECTS Glow, bloom, ghost segments, fine scan lines and vignette, segment grids, gentle flicker - each effect recreated for the technology it belongs to, and each one can be switched on or off. MAKE IT YOURS - Color variants within every display technology - 12-hour or 24-hour format - Show or hide seconds - Adjustable digit size, from compact to full screen - Thin, regular or bold weight - Authentic seven-segment DSEG7 font TIME, YOUR WAY - System time - accurate, always in sync - Custom time - set any hour, minute and second - Frozen time - lock the display at a chosen moment, perfect for photos or a shop window display ALWAYS ON While Lumitron is open, the screen stays awake - no dimming, no sleep. Leave it running as a bedside clock, a desk display, or a second-screen companion. LEARN AS YOU LOOK Each display technology comes with a short explanation of how it works and why it looks the way it does. ONE TAP, NOTHING ELSE Settings open with a single tap anywhere on screen, and close the same way. In normal view there isn't a single button visible - just the clock. Lumitron is exactly what it looks like: a clock. There's no alarm, no timer and no date - just an honest, true full-screen digital clock built around eight real display technologies.

About

Flip Clock Simple

Features
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Flip Clock Simple is a quiet clock for a desk, nightstand, tablet, or spare screen. The large animated display shows the local time and date without an account, advertising, or distractions. Swipe to either side when you need more than the time: • Set a Pomodoro work and break timer. • Start a meditation timer with optional interval bells. • Dim the display for a dark room. • Rotate between portrait and landscape layouts. Your brightness and timer preferences stay on your device. The app has no login, analytics, advertising, cloud sync, or tracking. It works without an internet connection. Flip Clock Simple is free. This release contains no purchases or subscriptions.

Screenshots

Lumitron4 screens
Flip Clock Simple3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flip Clock Simple at 13.0 against Lumitron's 18.2. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
Lumitron versus Flip Clock Simple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumitronFlip Clock Simple
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolai EmelianovSumit Sen

In-app purchases

None

Lumitron

No in-app purchases

None

Flip Clock Simple

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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