Comparison

Flip Clock vs DayRecall

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

Head to head
About

Flip Clock

Features
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Your phone is full of noise. Your desk deserves a clock that is just time. Flip Clock turns your iPhone or iPad into a calm, full-screen flip clock with real page-turning animation, a Pomodoro focus timer, alarms and countdowns, all in one place. Set it on your desk, nightstand or study table, and let the numbers do the talking. FLIP CLOCK, TIMER AND POMODORO • Three tabs share one gesture set: Pomodoro, Clock and Timer. Swipe left or right to switch. • Leave it alone for five seconds and it slides into full-screen mode, leaving nothing but the digits. Tap to come back. • Swipe up or down to adjust brightness. Long-press to lock the screen against stray touches. • Pomodoro with short and long breaks, plus date countdowns, duration countdowns and a stopwatch with laps. • Set focus and break lengths, auto-start the next phase, or turn on strict focus mode. • Focus statistics for today, yesterday, the last seven days and six months, with tags and a full session history. A CLOCK WORTH LOOKING AT • Real flip animation in Classic, Paper, Retro and LCD styles. • 29 complete themes, from clean and minimal to neon, retro and scenic. Tap once to change the face, colors, font and background. • 12 digit fonts, 12 or 24-hour time, date, big or small seconds, horizontal or vertical layout and your own personal signature. • Original nature scenes with slow, moving light, or use your own photo as the background. WIDGETS, LOCK SCREEN AND STANDBY • Home Screen, Lock Screen and calendar clock widgets that follow your theme, font and colors. • Live Activities and Dynamic Island for your running timer, with pause and resume. • Landscape and full-screen layouts that look right in StandBy while your phone charges on the nightstand. ALARMS AND COUNTDOWNS • Multiple alarms with a scroll-wheel time picker, one-time, daily, weekday and weekend repeats, and snooze. • Countdown days and yearly events for birthdays, exams, trips and deadlines. • Uses AlarmKit on iOS 26 and system notifications on earlier versions. If permission is denied, the app tells you clearly. WHITE NOISE AND SLEEP TIMER • Nine looping soundscapes with independent mixer volumes. • Sleep timer, and the option to play your saved soundscape automatically while you focus. • Import your own audio files, with download progress, preview and offline cache. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no subscription and no in-app purchases. • Your settings, photos, audio and history stay on your device. • Clock and timer work fully offline. Perfect for studying, deep work, reading, workouts, meditation and winding down at night. Download Flip Clock and give your desk a clock it has been missing.

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DayRecall

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Promises made in meetings, advice heard on the way, something someone said last night—gone before you know it? DayRecall listens through your day, keeps the speech and turns it into text. In the evening, ask “What did I promise today?” and the answer comes with the original words. A DAY IN YOUR LIFE Head out in the morning and your watch starts listening. 9:40 A client asks for a quote by next Wednesday. 12:30 A colleague recommends a place to visit. 18:10 You promise to call Mom over the weekend. Open DayRecall in the evening and ask “What did I promise today?” Three things, each with its source. Tap to check what was actually said. LISTEN ALL DAY, KEEP THE SPEECH Set your listening hours and Apple Watch starts and stops automatically. On-device speech detection saves only the parts where someone is talking, so quiet periods take up no storage. Your watch keeps recording when your iPhone is away and transfers the recordings when they reconnect. You can also record directly on iPhone or import an audio file. GO BACK TO ANY DAY AND ASK The day’s conversations form a timeline. Pick a day, search for a keyword or ask a question. Answers include the original passages they rely on. TO-DOS SURFACE ON THEIR OWN To-dos, deadlines and meetings mentioned in conversation go into a list for your review. Tap to accept an item and add it to Calendar; you can also sync with Reminders. WHO SAID IT, IN WHICH LANGUAGE See which words are yours and which belong to someone else. Once a conversation in another language has been transcribed, you can translate it into your main language. WHERE YOU WERE, HOW YOU FELT Add places and clues such as sleep and heart rate to your timeline to help bring the moment back. LET AN AI YOU TRUST HELP Apple’s on-device model is the default. If Apple Intelligence is unavailable on your device or in your region, you can connect your own API. You can also share the day’s text with another AI to help you reflect. You’ll be asked for permission before text goes to the cloud. Audio is never sent. YOUR WORDS STAY IN YOUR HANDS No account registration is required. Speech is transcribed on your iPhone, and audio is deleted by default 24 hours after recording, once it has been transcribed. DayRecall has no server that stores your conversations. Requires iOS 26 or later. Apple Watch is optional and requires watchOS 26 or later. Official website: https://dayrecall.com/ FAQ: https://dayrecall.com/faq/ Support email: support@dayrecall.com

Screenshots

Flip Clock4 screens
DayRecall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flip Clock at none against DayRecall's 2. Flip Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. DayRecall sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Flip Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, DayRecall weekly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Flip Clock versus DayRecall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip ClockDayRecall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB111 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer彩月 姚韦举 吴

In-app purchases

None

Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DayRecall

One-time2
  • 3-day TrialFree
  • DayRecall Full Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayRecall free?
DayRecall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flip Clock or DayRecall have ads?
Neither Flip Clock nor DayRecall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip Clock or DayRecall?
Flip Clock ships an update every 3 days, and DayRecall weekly. Most recently, Flip Clock was updated on November 10, 2026 and DayRecall on November 10, 2026.

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