Comparison

Nano Notes vs Chess Clock

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

Head to head
About

Nano Notes

Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple note-taking tool. Access and review your notes conveniently on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Quick note creation
  • Apple Watch access
  • Simple interface
  • Instant synchronization
Features
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Take quick notes, and read them on your Apple Watch!

About

Chess Clock

Features
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A clock for games played across a board. Six time controls, not one. Sudden death. Fischer increment, added after your move. Bronstein delay, which gives back exactly what you used. Simple delay, which makes the clock wait before it counts. Multi-period for tournament schedules. Byo-yomi for go and shogi. Delay and increment are different rules, and you can pick either. Increment banks time when you move fast. Delay never adds anything — it postpones. Most clock apps ship one of them and call it the other. This one names both and lets you choose, with the same clarity in the app that a real tournament clock has. A low time warning you set. Three thresholds in seconds, and they are yours to change. Colour on the panel, a sound, and a vibration — because during a game you are looking at the board, not at the phone. Most clocks give you nothing until the flag falls. The clock counts real seconds. It measures elapsed time, not screen frames. A slow frame never eats your clock, and changing the phone's time or time zone does not move it. If a clock cannot count seconds it is not a clock. The screen never sleeps. Not while a game is running. And a tap with your whole hand counts once, the way you would hit a real clock — not only when exactly one finger lands. When the game ends, it tells you where the time went. Total used, moves, average, the longest think and which move it was, how long you spent under your own warning, and how much you earned back from increment. 24 presets, from bullet to a two-period tournament schedule. Different times per side for handicap games. Pause and arbiter time adjustment. No account. No purchase. Works in airplane mode.

Screenshots

Nano Notes3 screens
Chess Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Nano Notes at 4 against Chess Clock's 2. Nano Notes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nano Notes versus Chess Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNano NotesChess Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (150 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings150 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVincent TourraineJinwan Kim

Bugs and requests

Nano Notes

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes
  • Notes disappear after watch restart
  • Notes not syncing between iPhone and iPad
  • Blank screen when opening notes on phone app
  • Cannot delete a note from the Apple Watch without phone interaction and watch restart
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  • Notes deleted when Apple Watch turned off and on
  • Notes not showing on Apple Watch

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more object types (tables, drawings)
  • Add complication shortcut to watch face
  • Enable typing on the Watch
  • Add iCloud syncing
  • Add ability to edit/delete/add notes from Apple Watch
Show 5 more
  • Add spell check
  • Enable microphone dictation on Apple Watch
  • Support for shortcuts (share notes to app)
  • Pin notes to avoid reordering
  • Automatic iCloud synchronization

Chess Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nano Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nano Notes free?
Nano Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Clock free?
Chess Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nano Notes or Chess Clock have ads?
Neither Nano Notes nor Chess Clock shows ads.

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