Comparison

Clepsydris vs Ludoya

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

Head to head
About

Clepsydris

Track board game sessions, time turns, and analyze your gaming habits with detailed statistics and achievements. Sync across devices, integrate with BoardGameGeek, and share results. Offers multiple scoring modes and timers.

Highlights
  • Log game sessions with scores and player times
  • Advanced turn and game timers
  • Multidevice sync via QR code
  • Six scoring modes
  • Detailed statistics and charts
  • Badges and achievements
  • BoardGameGeek integration
Features
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Clepsydris is the ultimate companion for board game enthusiasts. Track every play, time every turn, and uncover deep insights about your gaming habits. All wrapped in a beautiful, ad-free interface. **Track Every Detail of Every Play** Log your board game sessions with scores, player times, locations, expansions, team compositions, roles, notes, and photos. Whether it's a quick filler or an all-day marathon, Clepsydris captures it all. **Powerful Game Timers** Turn your phone into a chess clock for board games. Track total game time, per-player time, and per-round time. Advanced bank time modes include Fischer increment, Bronstein delay, cumulative rollover, and per-turn budgets. Perfect for timed tournaments or friendly competition. **Multidevice Sync** Start a game on one device and let other players join by scanning a QR code. Everyone's timers stay synced in real time. **Play With Friends** Add friends by scanning a QR code and link them to your local players. Get a heads-up when a friend starts a game with you and jump in with live shared timers. When a friend finishes a game with you, their play is pulled into your own history automatically. **Six Scoring Modes** Highest score, lowest score, manual ranking, cooperative, solo, and no-score. With optional tiebreakers. Fits virtually any game. **Beautiful Statistics** Dive into rich, filterable charts and stats across every dimension: by game, player, location, date range, and player count. See win rates, score timelines, points-per-minute efficiency, position distributions, H-index, personal records, and more. **Variant Stats** Break down games by variant — deck, faction, clan, or role — based on the player details set in each play. See win rates, matchups, and who plays each variant. **Badges & Achievements** Earn badges for being the fastest player, the most efficient scorer, setting personal bests, and more. Build your collection over time and compare with friends. **BoardGameGeek Integration** Connect your BGG account to import your full play history and collection. New plays are automatically synced back to BGG. **Share Your Results** Generate beautiful shareable screenshots of your play results, or share plays directly with other Clepsydris users via QR code. **Cloud Backup & Photos** Back up your entire database to the cloud. Take photos during gameplay and store them securely. Restore on any device. More Features You'll Love - Dark and light themes - Tablet-optimized layout - Track rules explanation and setup time separately - Quick-add mode for logging past plays without timers - Rematch button to instantly replay with the same group - Dashboard timeline with daily, weekly, and monthly views - Player management with avatars, colors, and merging - Cleanup tool to merge different spellings of player details or fix a typo across all plays in one tap - Location tracking with custom icons - 9 languages supported - Completely ad-free Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ludoya

This app serves as a social network and game tracker for board game enthusiasts. It allows users to connect with a global community, manage their game collections, log plays, and organize game nights.

Highlights
  • BGG account integration
  • Personalized home feed
  • Event creation and management
  • Detailed game information
  • User profile and activity tracking
  • Log game sessions
  • Game assistant tools
Features
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Ludoya is the board game platform for the table and everything around it: keep score, log your plays, sync your BGG collection and find game nights near you. KEEP SCORE AT THE TABLE - Live score sheets everyone at the table fills in from their own phone - Totals added up and the winner ranked for you, ties settled the way the rulebook says - Community kits for hundreds of games: setup steps, round guides and score sheets - Pick who goes first, keep track of the rounds, and follow a running game from your lock screen LOG EVERY PLAY - Log a play in two questions: which game, and now or already played. Scores are optional - Works offline: log at the cabin, it syncs later - Your plays sync with BoardGameGeek, and Board Game Arena games come in as plays - Tag who you played with, so they can add it to their own history YOUR PLAYS, IN NUMBERS - Win rates, play time and who you play with most, from what you log - A stats page for every game you play, and head to head against any regular opponent - Replay: an animated recap of your month or your year, made to share YOUR COLLECTION - Sync with BoardGameGeek, or build it from scratch - Owned, wishlisted and preordered games, with expansions, editions, prices and custom lists - Shelf Planner: see how your games fit your real shelves, from each box's dimensions - Share one collection with your partner, and always know who has what on loan FIND YOUR TABLE - Game nights and events near you, sorted by distance, as a list or on a map - RSVP in a tap, and see who's coming and which games they're bringing - Open tables: take the free seat, or open your own - Clubs, cafés and shops near you, with their events, game library and group chats - Tickets for board game days and conventions ORGANIZE YOUR OWN - Repeating game nights with capacity and a wait list, in your calendar - Tournaments in Swiss, cut and bracket stages, with players reporting their own tables and live standings - Campaigns that keep the world and every character across sessions BUY, SELL AND TRADE - List a game with photos, condition and price in a minute - Browse listings from players near you and chat with sellers on Ludoya - Rate each other after the deal RULES HELP - Ask the rules assistant about the games it supports, right from the play you're in CONNECTED TO YOUR HOBBY BoardGameGeek, Board Game Arena, Google sign-in, calendar export, Telegram and Discord. In 23 languages, on iOS, Android and the web.

Screenshots

Clepsydris4 screens
Ludoya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ludoya at none against Clepsydris's 5. Clepsydris's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 60%). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Clepsydris sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Ludoya asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clepsydris ships an update fortnightly, Ludoya every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clepsydris versus Ludoya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClepsydrisLudoya
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMaciej Brazewicz-DosiolkoTenkai Workshop

Customer experience

Clepsydris

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Ludoya

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Clepsydris

Subscriptions4
  • Into the clouds - photos$0.491 Month
  • Into the Clouds$0.993 Months
  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Stats$2.99
None

Ludoya

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clepsydris free?
Clepsydris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ludoya free?
Ludoya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clepsydris or Ludoya have ads?
Neither Clepsydris nor Ludoya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clepsydris or Ludoya?
Clepsydris ships an update fortnightly, and Ludoya every 3 weeks. Most recently, Clepsydris was updated on October 14, 2026 and Ludoya on October 9, 2026.

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