FlapX Support

FlapX turns your iPhone into a split-flap board: the time, world clocks, weather and stocks, one flap at a time.

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Using the board

Tap anywhere to turn every flap over.
Swipe left or right to move between Cities, Weather and Markets.
Touch and hold to switch between the simple board, which shows one page at a time, and the full board, which shows Here Now, Next Up, Weather and Markets together. On iPhone Duo opened flat, each touch and hold moves on through four faces: the simple board, the full board, a big clock, and a clock with the date.
Lists, the button at the bottom, is where you choose your cities and stocks. Search finds any stock, ETF, index, future or cryptocurrency.
The speaker button turns the flap sounds on or off.
The buttons fade away when nobody’s touching the board. Tap once to bring them back.

On iPhone Duo, FlapX lays the board out for every pose and keeps the flaps clear of the fold. Unfolding the phone turns every flap over.

Why the board dims

OLED screens can wear unevenly when the same bright image stays in one place for hours, and a clock is exactly that. So when nobody has touched FlapX for a while, it protects your screen and battery:

After 5 minutes, the board dims a little and the buttons hide.
After 30 minutes on a charger, the tiles turn black, the board dims further, and it shrinks slightly and drifts slowly around the screen.
On battery, after 30 minutes (5 in Low Power Mode), FlapX lets your iPhone lock as usual. On a charger, it does the same after 12 hours.

Tap the board and everything comes straight back. The tiles also change on their own: white during the day and black at night, switching at sunrise and sunset where you are.

Widgets

FlapX has three widgets: Flip Clock, Flip Board and Big Clock.

Add a widget

Home Screen: touch and hold an empty spot, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and choose FlapX.
Lock Screen: touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, then add FlapX to the widget area or the line above the time.
StandBy: charge your iPhone, lock it and turn it on its side. Touch and hold StandBy, choose the Modular face, and add FlapX from its widgets.

Choose what a widget shows

Touch and hold the widget and tap Edit Widget. Flip Board shows World Time, Weather or Markets. Flip Clock can add one of them beside or below the time. Tiles can be Automatic, Black or White. Widgets use the lists you made in the app, unless you pick cities or stocks in the widget itself.

The time in widgets is always current. Weather and prices refresh periodically, as often as iOS allows. Tapping a widget opens the matching board in FlapX.

What the messages mean

LOCATINGFlapX is finding where you are.

LOCATION OFFLocation access is off. Turn it on in Settings → Apps → FlapX → Location.

NO CALENDARCalendar access is off. Turn it on in Settings → Apps → FlapX → Calendars.

NO EVENTSNothing is coming up in your calendar.

MARKET CLOSEDThe market is closed, so prices are from its last session. Widgets say CLOSED.

DELAYEDPrices may be delayed.

OFFLINEThere’s no internet connection. FlapX shows the last prices and weather it received.

QUOTES NOT UPDATINGThe price service didn’t answer. FlapX keeps the last prices and tries again later. Widgets say NOT UPDATING.

UNAVAILABLEWeather couldn’t be loaded right now. It will try again.

12- or 24-hour time

FlapX follows your iPhone’s setting in Settings → General → Date & Time → 24-Hour Time. In 12-hour time, AM or PM is printed on the hour flap, and city times end in A or P, as on an airport board.

Where the data comes from

Weather comes from Apple Weather. Data sources.
Stock prices come from Yahoo Finance. They may be delayed, and they’re for information only, not for trading.

Privacy

FlapX has no accounts, ads, analytics or tracking. Read the FlapX Privacy Policy for exactly what the app sends to Apple and Yahoo, and why.