ClockWork vs PlainTick Flip Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClockWork
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Alarms that ring only on days you actually work. ClockWork follows the official public holidays and makeup workdays of the country you choose, so your alarm stays silent on days off — no more switching it off by hand. ■ SMART ALARMS · Workday alarm: follows holidays and makeup days automatically · Shift alarm: work X days, rest Y days cycles ■ INTERVAL ALARMS · Repeat reminders inside a time window (stand up, drink water, eye breaks) · Specific date / rotating weeks / yearly (birthdays) / monthly (rent, bills) · Label colours, custom ringtones (import your own audio), snooze length, skip on leave days ■ CALENDAR · Gregorian + lunar calendar + 24 solar terms; holidays and makeup days at a glance · This month's workdays / rest days, month and year progress · Check-in projects and records (Pro) ■ WORLD CLOCK · Live time differences and day/night for the cities you follow · Time conversion: pick any city as the reference and see the rest (Pro) ■ COUNTDOWN / TIMER / STOPWATCH / DATE CALCULATOR · Countdown progress at a glance (Pro) · Multiple timers, stopwatch with laps, date and interval maths ■ WIDGETS & DYNAMIC ISLAND · Monthly/weekly calendar, world clock, countdown, check-in, stopwatch and timer widgets · Dynamic Island shows your running timer and countdown ■ VERSION BACKUP · Automatic daily snapshots, keep 7 / 30 / 60 / 90 days · Optional sync to your own iCloud — sign in with the same Apple ID on a new device to restore ■ ABOUT PRO The free version includes alarms, calendar, world clock, timer/stopwatch and the date calculator, plus a 30-day Pro trial. Pro unlocks countdowns, check-in, interval alarms, leave-day schedules for the ringing calendar, world-clock time conversion and unlimited random alarm sounds. Local pricing is shown on the purchase page. Privacy first: your data stays on your device by default; backups are optional and go to your own iCloud. No location or contacts collection, no ads, no third-party analytics SDKs.
PlainTick Flip Clock
A full-screen clock with flip animations, customizable skins, and timing tools for iPhone and iPad. It offers timers, focus sessions, and widgets for your home and lock screens.
- Full-screen clock with flip animations
- Customizable skins and layouts
- Timers and focus sessions (Pomodoro)
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Live Activities support
- Automatic night dimming
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Make time easy to read with PlainTick Flip Clock. A quiet full-screen clock for your iPhone and iPad, with flip animations, dark and light skins, and tools for everyday timing. CLOCK • Portrait and landscape layouts • Optional seconds, date and current weather • 12-hour or 24-hour time and a choice of time zone • Sixteen skins, including classic, outline, geometric and handwritten styles; swipe up or down on the clock to switch • Automatic night dimming based on your device’s local time TIMERS AND FOCUS • Count up, count down or set a target date and time • Start, pause, resume and reset • Pomodoro work and break sessions with adjustable lengths • Optional timer notifications, daily alarms and hourly chimes • Optional ambient audio WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES • Four Home Screen widgets: ivory flip clock, sundial, retro cassette and retro radio, in small, medium and large sizes • Widgets show the date, current weather and a monthly calendar; the cassette reels, radio needle and flip clock gear move • Widget seconds follow your Show seconds setting • The small widget also works in StandBy • Live Activities for the clock and countdowns on supported devices No account required. No ads. Skins are included. Available in 22 languages with 28 locale variants. Weather requires internet access and optional location permission; weather data is provided by Open-Meteo. The clock and timers work offline. iOS manages widget update timing and Live Activity duration; seconds may update less often in some system display states. Notifications require permission. Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlainTick Flip Clock at none against ClockWork's 1. PlainTick Flip Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). ClockWork's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price and ads 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. ClockWork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlainTick Flip Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
ClockWork ships an update every 2 days, PlainTick Flip Clock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClockWork | PlainTick Flip Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 德华 周 | 路 林 |
In-app purchases
ClockWork
- ClockWork Pro (Lifetime)$2.99
PlainTick Flip Clock
No in-app purchases
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