Comparison

My Typewriter vs Go Clock

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

Head to head
About

My Typewriter

Experience the charm of a vintage typewriter with modern word processing features. This app offers authentic sounds and visuals, with options to save, print, and export your work. Optimized for social media, it's perfect for poets and writers seeking a unique creative tool.

Highlights
  • Authentic vintage typewriter look and feel
  • Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell sounds
  • Randomized ink patterns
  • Save, print, and export creations
  • Optimized page size for social media
  • Delete mistakes and manual cursor movement
  • Font randomizer and vintage font selection
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My Typewriter combines the look and feel of working on a vintage typewriter with the convenience of a modern day word processor. With My Typewriter you have a typewriter to-go right in the palm of your hand. From the Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell to the randomized ink patterns, this app was designed with the authentic experience of the classic writing machine in mind. Anything you create on My Typewriter can be saved, printed, exported, and uploaded to any platform you would like. Furthermore, the page size of My Typewriter has been optimized for social media posting to give your work the highest aesthetic quality on what’s becoming the chosen platform for the modern day poet. Some advantages My Typewriter has over other typewriter apps are the ability to delete mistakes, a longer page to be better-suited for long-form works, a font randomizer, a selection of vintage fonts to choose from, and the ability to move the cursor around manually in order to play with poetic form or to function like a traditional word-processor. We hope the next wave of Kerouacs, Plaths, and Hemingways use My Typewriter to create their masterworks just as we hope anyone with the inkling to write finds true joy from this virtual typewriter. Writers write, so get to it! Developed by Winnona Partners, LLC https://winnonapartners.com

About

Go Clock

Features
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The Go clock that speaks byo-yomi. Digits large enough to read across a goban, two halves facing opposite directions, and tap zones you can hit without looking down. Byoyomi Timer turns your iPhone or iPad into the clock your club has always needed. TIME SYSTEMS • Japanese byo-yomi — main time plus numbered periods that reset in full with every completed move • Canadian overtime — stone-based blocks such as 25 stones in 10 minutes, with a tappable stone counter • Fischer bonus time — with optional cap, the current AGA standard • Ing overtime — three purchasable periods, two penalty points each • NHK format — 30 seconds a move backed by ten one-minute reserves • Progressive overtime — the stone quota grows with each block • Sudden death — a plain absolute limit PRESETS FOR EVERY OCCASION Blitz, quick game, club standard, tournament, tournament Canadian, AGA bonus time, NHK style, professional game, title match and Ing official. Edit any of them, or build and name your own. A VOICE THAT COUNTS FOR YOU The last ten seconds of every period are announced aloud, so you can keep your eyes on the board. Available in English, German, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin — chosen independently of the interface language. Prefer beeps, or silence? Both are one tap away. PASS BUTTONS Two consecutive passes stop the clock, exactly as the game does. TEACHING GAMES AND HANDICAPS Both clocks are fully independent. Different systems, different times, different period counts on each side — a teacher can play three minutes against a student's forty. FOR REFEREES Time, periods and stones can all be corrected mid-game without restarting. WORKS ANYWHERE Fully offline, even in airplane mode. Runs on the Lock Screen as a Live Activity. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your settings and history stay on your device. ALSO AT HOME WITH Shogi, chess, Xiangqi, Gomoku and any other two-player board game — byo-yomi is the Shogi standard, and Fischer and sudden death come from chess. FREE AND PRO The core clock — byo-yomi, Canadian, Fischer, sudden death and per-move play — stays free, without ads and without a time limit. Pro adds custom time systems, tournament presets, independent clocks for teaching games, fifteen further colour themes, sound packs, landscape mode, saved setups and game history. Available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://byoyomitimer.com/privacy/

Screenshots

My Typewriter4 screens
Go Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Go Clock at Free against My Typewriter's $1.99. My Typewriter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On 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

Go Clock is free to download; My Typewriter costs $1.99 up front. Go Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. My Typewriter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
My Typewriter versus Go Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy TypewriterGo Clock
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (133 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings133 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEcho GarrettVincent Grellert

Bugs and requests

My Typewriter

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently, especially when saving
  • Data loss when app crashes mid-typing
  • Saved canvases display cut off or out of view
  • Keyboard input not synced properly
  • Text overwrites or misaligns during editing
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  • Line break functionality inconsistent
  • App freezes on device rotation
  • Paste functionality not working
  • Cannot load multiple pages for continuous typing

Requested features

15 requests
  • Bluetooth/external keyboard support
  • Sound toggle/mute option
  • Multiple page support
  • Autosave functionality
  • Copy and paste text capability
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  • Export as editable text file (not just image)
  • Different background/paper options
  • Dark mode or inverted colors
  • Spellcheck and advanced editing tools
  • User guide and in-app help documentation
  • Custom canvas/background import
  • Different export dimensions (Instagram square)
  • Watermark option
  • Red ink ribbon option
  • Landscape orientation support

Go Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My Typewriter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Go Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Byoyomi Timer Pro$24.99

Questions

Is My Typewriter free?
My Typewriter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Go Clock free?
Go Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Typewriter or Go Clock have ads?
Neither My Typewriter nor Go Clock shows ads.

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