Comparison

Triple Chess Timer vs Maglev Metro

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

Head to head
About

Triple Chess Timer

Features
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Triple Chess Timer is a chess clock designed specifically for three-player chess on a physical board. Place your iPhone or iPad where every player can reach it. After each move, tap your color to pass the turn in white–red–black order. Features: • Three independent chess clocks • Preset or custom playing time in seconds • Landscape and portrait timer layouts • Pause or remove a player at any time • Choose whether the game ends when a clock reaches zero or continues with the remaining two players • Designed for both iPhone and iPad No account is required. Choose a time and start playing.

About

Maglev Metro

Build and manage a futuristic metropolitan rail system using magnetic levitation technology. Transport workers and robots efficiently beneath the city, upgrading your system to ensure passengers arrive quickly. This tile-laying, engine-building game transforms the board into a vibrant subway map.

Highlights
  • Magnetic levitation rail system construction
  • Pick-up-and-deliver gameplay
  • Tile-laying mechanics
  • Engine-building elements
  • Passenger and robot transport
  • Route overlapping
  • Robot-based upgrades
Features
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In Maglev Metro, utilize state-of-the-art magnetic levitation technology to build a metropolitan rail system, transporting workers and robots beneath the city. Replace aging Manhattan and Berlin subway systems with newer, faster, quieter technology. Enhance your rail system's abilities so that your passengers arrive at their destinations first. Efficiency is your key to success in this pick-up-and-deliver, tile-laying, engine-building game. Transparent tiles allow your route to overlap your opponents' tracks, winding you along from station to station. Robots efficiently upgrade and adjust your abilities, leveraging unique goals to maximize points. By the end of the game, the game board has morphed into a modern subway map, with brightly-colored routes connecting stations all over the city.

Screenshots

Triple Chess Timer4 screens
Maglev Metro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Triple Chess Timer at Free against Maglev Metro's $4.99. Maglev Metro's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 67 months) and iOS requirement (14.4 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Triple Chess Timer is free to download; Maglev Metro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Triple Chess Timer ships an update every 67 months, Maglev Metro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Triple Chess Timer versus Maglev Metro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriple Chess TimerMaglev Metro
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—3.8 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—42 — better
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB324 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartinJan GaasbeekBezier Games, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Triple Chess Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Maglev Metro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Triple Chess Timer free?
Triple Chess Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maglev Metro free?
Maglev Metro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Triple Chess Timer or Maglev Metro have ads?
Neither Triple Chess Timer nor Maglev Metro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Triple Chess Timer or Maglev Metro?
Triple Chess Timer ships an update every 67 months, and Maglev Metro every 5 weeks. Most recently, Triple Chess Timer was updated on October 4, 2026 and Maglev Metro on October 24, 2026.

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