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Flip Clock is a stylish flip style clock for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Bring it on a trip instead of a separate clock, or stand it up beside your bed or on your desk at work. It provides a stylish, readable clock without taking up all the space a real clock would.

Features include:

- Realistic number flip animation
- Portrait mode!
- NEW! Dimmer controls for night time use.
- 24 hour mode
- Stop phone from sleeping
- Hide status bar

Original flip clock graphics © Guy Hoffman

App Details

Category:: Utilities
Release Date:: Jan 28, 2009
Homepage:: http://larvalabs.com
Publisher:: Larva Labs Ltd.
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The iPad as a Peripheral Display

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:47:30 UTC +00:00

TheAppleBlog

I was thrilled to hear that current apps will be compatible with the iPad, but I’m more excited for apps that haven’t been written yet. Apps for the iPhone and iPod touch are designed for use while being held. There’s an exciting new use case that comes with the iPad — when it’s sitting in the dock. Owners not only have a new device to read news while on the couch, but they also have the perfect peripheral display. What’s a peripheral display? Something that provides basic information without distracting you from your primary task. It runs silently in the background and it’s there when you need to retrieve some glanceable information. You already use plenty of them every day: clocks, stock tickers, weather icons, unread email icons, etc. I currently use one app on my iPhone as a peripheral display: Flip Clock. I think we are soon going to see Read More

Reviews

Nice App

Cocosky

Version: 1.0

Really nice clock. Well design. Problem is the battery usage. Fully charged iPhone at 7AM. All of the following apply from 7AM to 3PM. No 3G, Bluetooth off, Location Services off, Fetch new data off, not a single phone call or SMS. Not running any games or anything. Just left it on my desk. Had the Flip Clock on at 9AM, iphone complaint about battery down to 20% at 3pm. Unless you plan on a 6-7 hr sleep, don't plan on using Flip Clock alone your bedside, battery will drain out. I don't know if the developer can do anything about it, could be just how Apple design the iphone. It just wan't design for you to leave an app open for over 10+ hours. So if you plan on using it to replace your counter clock on a trip, don't count on it.

Info Icon

piethout

Version: 1.0

You gotta make that info icon on the bottom right way darker or have it fad out when there hasn't been any touches for a few seconds and fade back in when the phone is touched again. Also i think there should be an option to hide the am/pm. Who needs it. Its taking away from the beauty of this thing. Other than that its beautiful. I have a case for my phone so that i can velcro it to my scooter and get driving directions, im gonna velcro this to my wall now too as a clock during the day. Perfect. Fix the 2 things above and ill give you 5 stars! Wouldn't hurt to have a vertical mode as well for dock charging... Maybe the numbers are just smaller near the top of the screen and the rest is blank black as you have it now.

Slick app, couple flaws

Futonmike

Version: 1.0

Very nice flip clock animation. This is the only clock application I have seen yet that gives you the option to hide the system status bar for a very clean display, it also stays open without having to modify your system settings. However, the clock only orients horizontally, meaning that when your phone is in the dock the clock will always be sideways. If the developer can scale the graphic back a bit for viewing in vertical orientation this will probably become my full time bedroom clock application as I am quite partial to flip clocks. Night time dimming would be a big plus as well.

dimmer works but...

macjoga

Version: 1.02

I'm loving this app but the dimmer doesn't dim the "black" areas around the numbers enough. So in a totally dark room, the "black" areas are actually quite bright. I have to dim the display in the "settings" tab but that doesn't make the black any blacker, just not as bright...hard to explain. And the kicker is, with all the dimming going on, when you wake up in a sun drenched room, you can't see the display! The apps dimmer should be able to brighten as the room gets brighter.

Brightness slider locks in full position

BarrySullens

Version: 1.02

Upon updating, screen was completely dimmed. Once I moved the slider on the brightness control to full, it will not move anymore. Now, the brightness is stuck in the full position, and I cannot dim the display. I think the upgrade needs some work. Other than that, I love it. I use this app exclusively as my bedside clock. It reminds me of the clock we used to have on top of the TV when I was a kid. With the Flip Clock displaying on my night stand, a relaxation playlist on the iPhone's built-in iPod puts me to sleep, and the built-in iPhone alarm clock wakes me (different schedule each DOW). Quite a nice combination. Just fix the problem with the brighness slider. Please.

Great until this release

shaug

Version: 1.02

The new release introduced a brightness control. Unfortunately, it starts out on the lowest brightness, so when you start the clock, the numbers aren't visible and it looks like it's broken. Thankfully, they fixed the responsiveness of the 'info' button, but it also disappears at the lowest brightness. If you press it where it should be, you'll get the settings screen, and you'll be able to increase the brightness. Unfortunately, the brightness slider doesn't seem to let me reduce the brightness; only increase it. So now my flip clock is back at the highest brightness, with no way to lower it, which is essentially where I was before the update.

no longer works

this nickname is taken...

Version: 1.02

Reported this problem almost a day ago, but no response, so I'm posting here. I downloaded the latest version (released 12/17) and now instead of the flip clock, which worked perfectly fine before the update, I get nothing but the "black" background squares. No numbers, no info button. Just a big black screen. Please fix ASAP, particularly given that this is a paid app. It's not expensive, but I don't like paying even one penny for something that doesn't actually work.

Still not right for me

CasinoOwl

Version: 1.01

I waited til they added a portrait mode before reviewing, but then they made the clock display in a four-square shape instead of just putting the numbers in a line... you know, like a clock. I just found a free clock called Night Stand that looks good and does a usable portrait mode so i will recommend that. Night Stand claims to be adding a flip clock skin soon, so I look forward to that. This Flip Clock is super nice if you can lay your phone on it's side (ie. not in a dock or speakers). They did add a portrait mode, but it's more for design majors than someone who wants it to read like a clock.

Animation needs work

j.Franco

Version: 1.01

Works as advertised, however the animation is hardly noticeable. With the brightness dimmed down to about 40 percent the animation is not noticable from even 2 feet away. On the plus side the bold numbers are readable from even 10 ft away, but that animation just doesn't cut it. Perhaps a glow on the numbers or a shadow. My wife and I both found the animation lacking. Hope to see an update soon.