Portrait vs Chess Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Portrait
Easily separate foreground subjects from their backgrounds and apply creative filters. Enhance your photos with focus effects, background adjustments, black and white options, and skin improvement tools.
- Background separation
- Foreground subject isolation
- Focus filter
- Background adjustment filter
- Black and white filter
- Skin improvement filter
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A very useful tools to separate foreground with background image. It also provide four filters: 1. focus. 2. background. 3. black and white. 4. skin improve. Try it and you will like it. Smartkids Media @2020
Chess Clock
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Upgrade your over-the-board games with the ultimate digital chess clock. Built for players who demand precision, reliability, and a clean interface, this app brings professional tournament-grade time control right to your iPhone or iPad. Whether you are grinding casual blitz matches at your local club, practicing for an official FIDE-rated tournament, or simply need a reliable tabletop timer for family game night, this app is designed to deliver a flawless experience. READY FOR ANY TIME CONTROL Configure your match parameters instantly. Easily select or customize time settings to fit your exact play style: • Blitz Chess Clock: Zero lag, hyper-responsive tapping for intense, high-stakes games. • Bullet Chess Timer: Rapid-fire 1-minute setups optimized for maximum speed. • Rapid Chess: Clean, readable displays for longer, highly strategic calculation sessions. ADVANCED TOURNAMENT MODES Play by the official rules. The app includes standard time structures used by Grandmasters worldwide: • Fischer Increment: Add crucial bonus seconds to the clock after every move you complete. • Bronstein Delay: Keep your games moving smoothly with an integrated countdown time delay. • Custom Controls: Save your favorite custom presets to launch a match in a single tap. FEATURES BUILT FOR HASSLE-FREE PLAY • High-Contrast Minimalist Interface: Ultra-large, high-visibility buttons that ensure you never miss a tap, even in peripheral vision. • Universal Tabletop Timer: Not just for chess! Works perfectly as a multi-game timer for Go, Shogi, Checkers, Scrabble, Backgammon, and other 2-player board games. • Sound & Haptic Feedback: Optional crisp audio cues and subtle vibrations to alert you when your time is running critically low. • Seamless Rotation Support: Adapts instantly to landscape or portrait orientation depending on how you place your device on the table. • Battery Optimized: Minimalist engine designed to consume minimal power, ensuring your phone won't die mid-tournament. Leave the clunky, expensive physical hardware behind. Download the most reliable free chess clock on the App Store today and focus entirely on finding the winning combination! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JA2qbmN_dbOuV3B5ATYa6hLgcpbH-VOieW1uxV3V4wI
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Portrait at none against Chess Clock's shown. Portrait also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Portrait ships an update every 3 days, Chess Clock every 11 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Portrait | Chess Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hung-Yao Chen | Freedom Media Apps |
In-app purchases
Portrait
No in-app purchases
Chess Clock
No in-app purchases
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