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FlipClock

A flip clock for Windows that sits on your wallpaper, turns its cards like a real split-flap board, and fills the screen when you want a bedside or desk clock.

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It sits on your desktop, wherever you drag it — and stays there across restarts.
It actually flips. The top leaf falls, the bottom rises behind it, and the seam never moves.
Full screen means the whole screen — edge to edge, over the taskbar, and back to where it was when you leave.
Two themes. Dark for a desk at night, light for the rest of the day.
Any size from 60px to 260px. One slider moves the whole board.
Every setting in one window, and your settings from the old version carry over on first launch.

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It actually flips. The top leaf falls, the bottom rises behind it, and the seam never moves.
It actually flips. The top leaf falls, the bottom rises behind it, and the seam never moves.
Full screen means the whole screen — edge to edge, over the taskbar, and back to where it was when you leave.
Full screen means the whole screen — edge to edge, over the taskbar, and back to where it was when you leave.
Two themes. Dark for a desk at night, light for the rest of the day.
Two themes. Dark for a desk at night, light for the rest of the day.
Any size from 60px to 260px. One slider moves the whole board.
Any size from 60px to 260px. One slider moves the whole board.
Every setting in one window, and your settings from the old version carry over on first launch.
Every setting in one window, and your settings from the old version carry over on first launch.

A flip clock for Windows that stays on the desktop

Most flip clock options for Windows are screensavers: the time only appears once you stop using the PC. Flip Clock works the other way around. It is a widget that sits on the desktop all day, below the windows you have open, so a glance past your work tells you the time.

The cards behave like a mechanical board. The upper half of the old digit drops, the lower half of the new one swings up into place, and the line through the middle holds still while it happens. With seconds shown, the right-hand card turns once a second; hide them and the board moves only on the minute.

You can still have the screensaver look whenever you like. Right-click the clock, choose Full screen, and it covers the entire display, taskbar included. Click it again and the widget returns to the exact place it was sitting before.

How to set up a flip clock widget on your desktop

Drag the clock to the spot you want; it remembers that position the next time Windows starts. Right-click it for Full screen, Settings and Exit. The Settings window groups everything into three parts: The clock, How it looks, and On the desktop.

  • The clock: 24-hour time, Show seconds, Label the cards (HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND under the digits), Tick, and Time offset.
  • How it looks: a Dark or Light Theme, and a Size slider from 60 to 260 pixels that scales the whole board at once.
  • On the desktop: Sits either On the desktop or Above other windows, Start with Windows, and Language.

Run the clock a few minutes fast

Plenty of people set a bedroom or kitchen clock five minutes ahead so they leave on time. Time offset does that here: slide it anywhere from 60 minutes slow to 60 minutes fast, and the cards show the adjusted time while Windows keeps its own clock untouched.

The offset is applied to the cards only, so alarms, calendar reminders and the taskbar clock stay on true time. Set it back to zero to show true time again.

A world clock board under the flip clock

The optional Departure Board Pack adds a row of cities beneath the main cards, styled like an airport arrivals board. Add up to 24, set how many rows show at once (three to six), and the rest rotate onto the board every ten seconds.

Each city can carry a Nickname you type yourself, a Count down to date for a trip, a Who's awake status, and a marker for Public holidays in that country. Click a row and the big cards switch to that city's time; click it again to return to your own. The pack also brings four extra finishes: Departure board, Vintage, Platform and Tangerine.

What the flip clock does

  • Split-flap animationThe upper leaf falls while the lower one rises, with a fixed center seam
  • Lives on the desktop layer, or above other windows if you prefer
  • Full screen from the right-click menu, covering the taskbar, then back to its old spot
  • Size slider from 60 to 260 pixels
  • 12-hour with an AM or PM marker, or 24-hour
  • Optional seconds card and HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND labels
  • Time offset of up to 60 minutes either way
  • Optional tick sound on each flip
  • Dark and Light themes, and a Start with Windows switch

Where people put it

A second monitor as a desk clock

Full screen on a spare display turns it into a large wall-style clock that is readable from across the room.

A calm corner of the desktop

Hide seconds, pick the Dark theme and a small size, and the board only moves once a minute beside your icons.

Keeping track of a remote team

With the pack, put colleagues' cities on the board and see at a glance who is still working and who has a holiday.

What's new in 2.1.5

  • The Departure Board Pack, an optional add-on: up to 24 cities under the clock, with their local time, who's at work or asleep, your own names for them and a countdown to a trip
  • Four new finishes with the pack: Departure board, Vintage, Platform and Tangerine
  • Search more than 69,000 cities by name
  • Public holidays for each city's country
  • Click a city to show its time on the big clock

Questions

Anything else? Ask us

Can the flip clock go full screen?

Yes. Right-click the clock and choose Full screen, and it covers the whole display, taskbar included. Click it to leave full screen, and it goes back to the spot it came from.

Does it make a ticking sound?

Only if you want it to. The Tick switch is off by default; turned on, it plays the original app's click on each flip, which is once a second when seconds are shown and once a minute when they are not.

Can it show 12-hour time with AM and PM?

Yes. It starts in 24-hour time; turn 24-hour time off for a 12-hour clock with an AM or PM marker on the hour card. Seconds can be shown as a third card or hidden.

What does the Departure Board Pack add?

A board of up to 24 cities under the clock, chosen from a built-in list of 69,763 cities, each showing its local time and a +1 when it is already tomorrow there. Rows can show whether people there are at work, awake or asleep, mark public holidays, carry your own nickname or count down to a date, and clicking a city puts its time on the big cards. It also adds four finishes: Departure board, Vintage, Platform and Tangerine.

Which languages does the flip clock come in?

English, Spanish, German, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese. By default it follows the Windows display language, and you can pick one in Settings.

Will my settings carry over from the old Flip Clock app?

Yes. On first launch it brings over the 24-hour setting, seconds, sound, light or dark theme, size, position on screen and language from the previous version.

Is this a screensaver or a widget?

A widget. It runs as a small window on the desktop and is visible whenever the desktop is. Full screen gives you a screensaver-style view on demand, and you leave it by clicking the clock.

Can I make the flip clock bigger?

Yes. The Size slider in Settings goes from 60 to 260 pixels and resizes the cards, digits, seam and labels together. For the largest view, use Full screen.

Can the clock stay on top of other windows?

Yes. Set Sits to Above other windows in Settings. Set it back to On the desktop and it returns to sitting underneath your open windows.

Which versions of Windows does it run on?

Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.

Is it a subscription?

No. FlipClock is a one-time purchase of $2.99, and updates are included.

How do I get it?

Buy it on this page and your license key arrives by email. If the button says Notify me, FlipClock is not on sale here yet; leave your email and we will tell you when it is.

Prefer widgets? The Flip Clock widget on WidgetSpark does a similar job, alongside over 100 other desktop widgets in one app.

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