Comparison

Kotsumi vs FlipTick

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

Head to head
About

Kotsumi

Features
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Turn your study plans into focused sessions. Kotsumi brings a focus timer, daily planner, personal notebooks, and shared study rooms into one calm space. Whether you're preparing for an exam, working through homework, or building a study routine, take it one session at a time. FIND YOUR FOCUS Choose a timed focus session with breaks, or study at your own pace with an open-ended session. Start with a task in mind and see the time you put in. MAKE YOUR PLAN YOUR OWN Organize daily tasks and keep notes in your notebooks. Add stickers and study icons to give your planner a personal touch. STUDY TOGETHER Join study rooms, chat with members, and take part in shared focus sessions. Optional room challenges give you another way to work toward a goal together. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Look back on your study history, explore your statistics, and follow your streaks. Notice the sessions that add up over time. PERSONALIZE AS YOU GO Earn Kotsu Coins through studying and use them to personalize your experience. Coins are earned in the app and cannot be purchased for real money. CHOOSE WHAT YOU SHARE Manage your profile visibility and decide what to share through Study Updates. Report content, block accounts, and delete your account from Settings. A little planning. A focused session. Time well spent. Kotsumi is currently available in English.

About

FlipTick

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Prop up your phone and it becomes a giant flip clock that keeps time while you study. Plan your day in time blocks, tap Start, and let FlipTick run every focus session on a clock you can read from across the room. A FOCUS TIMER YOU CAN SEE FROM ANYWHERE • Full-screen flip clock digits that flip in real time, not a tiny number in the corner • On iPad the clock fills the whole screen, upright or in landscape • Countdown, stopwatch or Pomodoro: set focus and break rounds and FlipTick switches between them for you • Turn your phone sideways and the clock turns with it • Brightness control, auto-dim and an optional glow keep it easy on your eyes and your battery BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS WHILE YOU FOCUS • Pick the apps, categories and websites that pull you away, just once • They lock when a session starts and open again the moment it ends • Open one mid-session and a calm "Stay with it" screen shows your time left • Built on Apple's Screen Time, so your list stays private. One list is free; Pro adds more lists and Strict mode. Needs iOS 16 or later PLAN YOUR DAY IN TIME BLOCKS • Give every task a time, a length and a Start button • Add subtasks, notes, alerts and repeats • Finish a focus block and it ticks itself off in your plan • Keep your streak going as finished tasks fill in your calendar, day after day SEE WHERE YOUR HOURS GO • Day, week, month and year reports, split by activity • Your peak focus hours, plus average and longest sessions • A daily focus goal, with your progress always in view • Track Study, Deep Work, Reading, Exercise and Meditation, or add your own activities STAY ON TRACK OUTSIDE THE APP • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A floating timer (Picture in Picture) that stays on top of other apps while a session runs • 10 Home Screen widgets, including a flip clock, calendars and world clocks ON YOUR APPLE WATCH AND ACROSS YOUR DEVICES • FlipTick for Apple Watch: start, pause and end sessions from your wrist and tick off today's tasks • While you focus, the Watch shows your progress instead of a ticking clock. Tap to see the time • iCloud sync keeps tasks, focus history and settings the same on your iPhone and iPad, with no account A DESK CLOCK WORTH LOOKING AT • Use FlipTick as a desk or bedside clock between sessions • Show the time where you are or in cities around the world • 14 clock faces, from Flip, Fire, Neon and Liquid Glass to Nixie and LED, 8 backgrounds, 7 flip finishes and your own colors • Ambient sounds for focus: rain, brown noise, campfire, sea, thunder, morning, a pendulum, a pocket watch and a ticking clock MADE FOR THE WAY YOU WORK FlipTick is built for students preparing for exams, writers, developers, designers and anyone who does their best work in focused sprints. And a big, always-visible clock makes a simple visual timer for anyone with ADHD or anyone who loses track of time. FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU WANT MORE FlipTick is free to use, with no account: every day, 4 focus sessions of up to 25 minutes or one long session of up to 60 minutes, plus 3 clock faces, the planner, widgets, Live Activities and a week of history. The free version shows an occasional ad after a session, never during one. FlipTick Pro removes the ads and limits and unlocks every clock face, background, flip color and sound, repeating tasks and your full history and reports. FlipTick speaks 15 languages: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 中文, हिन्दी, Türkçe, Nederlands, Polski and Bahasa Indonesia. FlipTick Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://ember-focus.jabbarsales.xyz/terms Privacy Policy: https://ember-focus.jabbarsales.xyz/privacy

Screenshots

Kotsumi4 screens
FlipTick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kotsumi at none against FlipTick's 3. Kotsumi also leads on ads (none vs shown). FlipTick's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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. FlipTick sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kotsumi asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Kotsumi versus FlipTick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKotsumiFlipTick
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB75 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSticker MoriABUZAR MUNIR

In-app purchases

None

Kotsumi

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FlipTick

Subscriptions2
  • FlipTick Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • FlipTick Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ember Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Kotsumi free?
Kotsumi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlipTick free?
FlipTick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kotsumi or FlipTick have ads?
FlipTick shows ads; Kotsumi does not.

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