Shogi Timer vs ベタ問の森
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shogi Timer
This application provides a versatile timer for Japanese chess (Shogi) games. It supports various timing methods, allows for individual player time settings, and offers voice announcements for remaining time. A pause function is also included for convenience during play.
- Multiple timing methods (tear-off, countdown, consideration, Canadian, Fisher)
- Customizable time settings per player
- Voice announcements for remaining time
- Pause functionality
- Supports Japanese, electronic sound, and English voice prompts
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▼ Support method In addition to the tear-off method, countdown method, consideration time method, Canadian method Supports the Fisher method. The following functions are available. ■ Time setting You can set the holding time, countdown time, consideration time, and Fisher time. ■ Time setting for each player Two players can have different time settings. ■ Reading the remaining time by voice The voice will read out the remaining time of 30 seconds, 20 seconds and less than 10 seconds. Supports Japanese, electronic sound, and English ■ Pause button You can pause while playing.
ベタ問の森
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「ベタ問の森」の問題を一覧で見ることができます。 早押しボタンを使って押しポイントを確認しながらの実践練習ができます。 分からない問題はお気に入り登録をして重点的に覚えることができます。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shogi Timer at none against ベタ問の森's 1. Shogi Timer also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.2). ベタ問の森's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ベタ問の森 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shogi Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Shogi Timer against 4.0 for ベタ問の森. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Shogi Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of ベタ問の森's.
Shogi Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, ベタ問の森 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shogi Timer | ベタ問の森 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keisuke Tanaka | Iori Kodama |
Customer experience
Shogi Timer
ベタ問の森
In-app purchases
Shogi Timer
No in-app purchases
ベタ問の森
- お気に入り上限を100増やす$0.49
