Nano Notes vs Chess Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nano Notes
Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple note-taking tool. Access and review your notes conveniently on your Apple Watch.
- Quick note creation
- Apple Watch access
- Simple interface
- Instant synchronization
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Take quick notes, and read them on your Apple Watch!
Chess Clock
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Nano Notes | Chess Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (150 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 150 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vincent Tourraine | Jinwan 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
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- 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
Nano Notes
No in-app purchases
Chess Clock
No in-app purchases









