Board Game Timer vs Game Turn Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Board Game Timer
This app helps keep board games moving by timing players. It offers countdown, count-up, and time-per-turn modes for up to eight players. Customize player names and pawns to match your game, and use the built-in dice to select a starting player.
- Multiple timing modes (count up, count down, time per turn)
- Supports up to 8 players
- Customizable player names and pawns
- Integrated dice for random player selection
- Official timer for German Board Game Championship
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When heavy thinking stalls your board game, let Board Game Timer call out those snail's pacing players and give them a friendly nudge. Keeps track of up to 8 players in 3 modes: Count up - simply count up each player's time, no stress! - or - Count down - set a time limit for each player - or - Time per turn - set a maximum time per turn. Customize, name and rearrange your pawns to match your board game setup. And it has a dice to pick a random starting player too! Official timer for the German Board Game Championship for Teams: https://www.dmmib.de/
Game Turn Timer
This app helps you manage turn-based games by setting time limits for each player's move. It provides on-screen alerts and optional voice announcements to keep the game fair and engaging. You can customize alert settings and choose to remove ads with an in-app purchase.
- Set turn time limits (60, 90, 120 seconds)
- Start/Restart timer per player
- Pause/Time Out functionality
- On-screen alerts for time remaining
- Optional voiced announcements
- Discreet vibration alerts
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Love playing Scrabble, Chess, or your favourite board game, with friends and family? Why not make things interesting by imposing a time limit, per turn/move ? With Game Turn Timer, things are easy. - Set the turn time limit at 60, 90 or 120 seconds. - Start / Restart when each player starts their move/turn/shot. - Time Out / Pause the turn, if necessary. - On screen alerts as "30 Seconds Remain", "10 Seconds Remain" and "TIME UP" on reaching the time limit. - Turn Alerts on or off. - Turn on discreet "vibrate" on alert. - Turn on voiced / spoken announcements. - Turn on Animation during play. "Game Turn Timer" is supported by Interstitial Ads, which load when you click "Stop" on the timer. Optionally, an In-App Purchase can be made to remove the advertisements permanently. -- A special request from the developer... If you like the app, please share the app, or leave a review in the App Store, to help other people find out about the app. You can perform either of these actions from the "About" screen in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Board Game Timer at 4.7 against Game Turn Timer's 2.5. Board Game Timer also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). Game Turn Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Board Game Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Game Turn Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Board Game Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Board Game Timer has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Board Game Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Game Turn Timer's.
Board Game Timer ships an update every 13 months, Game Turn Timer every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Board Game Timer | Game Turn Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sublab Games ApS | Mike Irving |
Customer experience
Board Game Timer
Game Turn Timer
In-app purchases
Board Game Timer
- Customization$5.99
Game Turn Timer
- Go Ad Free$0.99
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