Chess Clock Premium vs Tempest Game Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Clock Premium
A free, simple, and easy-to-use game timer designed for over-the-board chess matches. It offers pre-set timer controls for various chess formats like Blitz, Classical, and Bullet, with support for increment time controls.
- Free to use
- Simple and easy interface
- Pre-set timer controls
- Supports Blitz, Classical, Bullet chess
- Increment time control support
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Play over the board chess with this FREE chess game timer! This clock is simple and easy to use. Use one of the many pre-set timer controls for Blitz, Classical, or Bullet chess. Support for increment time controls as well. Customizable chess time controls is coming soon! This is a new app so we appreciate your patience.
Tempest Game Clock
This companion app transforms your iPhone into a high-definition display for a physical, tournament-style game clock. It pairs with the clock to provide clear analog and digital timing for various board games, including a strict tournament mode.
- iPhone display integration
- Analog and digital game timing
- Supports increments and delays
- Tournament mode
- Compatible with Chess, Backgammon, Go, Scrabble, etc.
- Pairs with physical game clock
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This is a COMPANION APP to the Tempest Game Clock (available at tempestclock.com) A unique, tournament-style, heavy-weighted game clock that uses your own iPhone as its high definition, full color display. This app is intended only for owners of the Tempest Game Clock: a deluxe traditional form factor chess clock (using a patented precision rocker to control play during the game, not the touch screen). It pairs with this app to deliver clear analog and digital game timing with or without increments, delays, sudden death or OT time controls. Perfect for Chess, Backgammon, Go, Scrabble, Othello/Reversi, Checkers/Draughts, and other board games. Tempest features a strict TOURNAMENT MODE - which disables all phone / text functionality during rated games per FIDE and USCF guidelines. To see the clock in action and to order yours, please visit tempestclock.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tempest Game Clock at 100% against Chess Clock Premium's 67%. Tempest Game Clock also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 75 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Tempest Game Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Chess Clock Premium's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tempest Game Clock's.
Chess Clock Premium ships an update every 75 months, Tempest Game Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Clock Premium | Tempest Game Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 75 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Ricciotti | TEMPO-GAMES LLC |
Customer experience
Chess Clock Premium
Tempest Game Clock
In-app purchases
Chess Clock Premium
No in-app purchases
Tempest Game Clock
No in-app purchases
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