Chess Clock Premium vs Lichess
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.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lichess at fortnightly against Chess Clock Premium's every 75 months. Lichess also leads on ratings volume (604 vs 9) and chart position (#73 vs unranked). Chess Clock Premium's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 51%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Chess Clock Premium holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 604 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Chess Clock Premium's written reviews are positive against 51% of Lichess's.
Chess Clock Premium ships an update every 75 months, Lichess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Clock Premium | Lichess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better | 4.0 (604 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 51.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 604 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 75 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #73 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Ricciotti | LICHESS.ORG |
Customer experience
Chess Clock Premium
Lichess
Bugs and requests
Chess Clock Premium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
In-app purchases
Chess Clock Premium
No in-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
Questions
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