Comparison

Sundae vs Aesthetic Flip Clock

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

Head to head
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Sundae

Features
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Time you can't see is time you can't feel. Sundae turns it into something you can watch — an ice cream that melts, a candle that burns down, a train that rides home. Start a session, set your phone down, and just glance. MADE FOR TIME BLINDNESS • Every second is visible: the scene is consumed smoothly in real time, on screen and on your Lock Screen • Live Activity + Dynamic Island: the melting sundae stays with you even when the phone is face up on your desk • Start in three seconds: two taps, no setup, no account NO GUILT. EVER. • Step away anytime — your session just naps. Nothing withers, nothing breaks, nothing is lost • Streaks only celebrate. Miss a day and the app simply says nothing • Rest counts: Lounge Mode is an official do-nothing timer. A sun sets over the sea while you lie flat. Finishing a rest keeps your streak alive A FRIEND, NOT A COACH • Pebble the sea otter waits with you, naps with you, and floats in the dessert lake when you finish • Write one thing ("Reply to Sam's email") and the whole app becomes about just that — even on your Lock Screen • Finished time becomes a collection of little dioramas ONE THING A DAY • Tell Sundae what you're working toward, and roughly how you'd get there • Each day it puts a single step on your Lock Screen — tap it and you're focusing • Skip one and it rotates to the next. Nothing is ever overdue, nothing accumulates • Never a list, never a checkbox, never a nag TWELVE SCENES, THREE UNIVERSES • Dessert: Sundae, Popsicle, Hot Cocoa, Cotton Candy • Flame: Candle, Campfire, Sparkler, Firefly Jar • Journey: Night Train, Sailboat, Balloon, Snail SOUND THAT ACTUALLY HELPS • Real rain and ocean recordings, crackling fireplace, summer crickets, brown noise • Gentle music-box chime when you finish — never an alarm PAY ONCE. YOURS FOREVER. • Free: full timer, Pebble, and three scenes • Sundae Full ($9.99, one-time): every scene, Lounge Mode, the full collection • Never a subscription PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works completely offline. No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collected — the app has no networking capability at all

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Aesthetic Flip Clock

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A flip clock you actually want on your desk - and it counts your focus while you watch it. FlipAura turns your iPhone into a big, calm flip clock. Swipe the strip under it to change what it is: a clock, a Pomodoro timer, a countdown, a stopwatch. Start a session, put the phone down, and it keeps counting on your Lock Screen. A CLOCK WORTH LEAVING ON • Big flip cards and a soft aura glow, filling the whole screen • Five faces on one swipe: Clock, Focus, Break, Countdown, Stopwatch • Hide the controls and the status bar goes too - just a clock, sitting on your desk • Turn the phone sideways and the digits grow to the full height of the screen • Under the clock, only what you want there: the date, a greeting, your session tally, the task at hand, a quote IT KEEPS GOING WHILE YOU WORK • Live Activity and Dynamic Island count down while you are in another app • Pause, resume or skip a stage straight from the Lock Screen • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, in the theme you already use • A Control Center button that starts a focus session in one tap RAIN, A CAFE, OR NOTHING AT ALL • 25 ambient layers: rain on the window, ocean, mountain stream, cafe murmur, night train, fireplace, brown noise, deep space and more • Blend several at once and save the mix you keep coming back to • A soft chime when a session ends, and a flip sound you choose • Sound keeps playing while you work in another app; turn it off and FlipAura steps aside A HUNDRED LOOKS, OR MAKE YOUR OWN • 100 themes built in, from near-black night to soft pastel • A community library: browse, try one on, download it for offline, keep the ones you like • The Studio, ten tabs deep - layout, card, digits, depth, flip, sound, aura, backdrop, grain, satellites • Fifteen digit fonts, six aura shapes, and your own photo on the card face or behind it • Publish a theme, keep it private, or hand one person a link WHERE THE HOURS ACTUALLY WENT • Total time, sessions, streak and best day, in four numbers • Fourteen days, a full year, and the hour of the day you focus best • Time split by task, so the week stops being a blur • A leaderboard if you want one - real sessions only, and only if you opt in FREE, AND PLUS Free gives you 6 themes, 3 digit fonts, 4 ambient layers, 5 tasks, one saved design and a week of stats. FlipAura Plus opens all 100 themes, all 15 fonts, all 25 sound layers, unlimited tasks and saved designs, the whole Studio, and your entire history. Monthly, yearly, or one payment that lasts. ONE ACCOUNT, PHONE AND WEB Sign in and your themes, tasks and settings move between this app and flipaura.app. Plus bought on one side works on the other. In 12 languages, and no account needed to start. Open it, pick a look you like, and go. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flipaura.app/privacy

Screenshots

Sundae4 screens
Aesthetic Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sundae and Aesthetic Flip Clock are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Sundae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aesthetic Flip Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sundae versus Aesthetic Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSundaeAesthetic Flip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer飞 徐Huong Le Dieu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sundae

One-time1
  • Sundae Full$9.99
3 purchases

Aesthetic Flip Clock

Subscriptions2
  • FlipAura Plus$4.991 Month
  • FlipAura Plus$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • FlipAura Plus Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Sundae free?
Sundae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aesthetic Flip Clock free?
Aesthetic Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sundae or Aesthetic Flip Clock have ads?
Neither Sundae nor Aesthetic Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sundae or Aesthetic Flip Clock?
Sundae ships an update every 4 days, and Aesthetic Flip Clock every 4 days. Most recently, Sundae was updated on October 10, 2026 and Aesthetic Flip Clock on October 13, 2026.

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