Tempest Game Clock vs Play960
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Play960
Generate random Chess960 positions for over-the-board play. You can view positions by number, reverse lookup using a piece keyboard, and customize the display. Easily copy FEN notation to other apps.
- Generate random Chess960 positions
- View positions by number
- Reverse lookup with piece keyboard
- Customizable display options
- Copy/paste FEN notation
- Full-screen mode
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This is a Chess960 (Freestyle Chess, a.k.a. Fischer Random) position generator for over-the-board (OTB) play. With this app you can: • Generate a random Chess960 position. • Show position as white, black, or FEN. • Find a Chess960 position by entering a number between 0 and 959. • Reverse Lookup: Use a piece keyboard to obtain the position number. Select each piece, or use the "1" or fast-forward button to randomize either the next square or remainder of the position. • Full Screen Mode: Show the position for both white and black in setup or board view. • Configure the display: Auto full-screen, square colors, figurines or letters, FEN castling symbols. • Copy/paste the position or FEN into another app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tempest Game Clock at 7 against Play960's 1. Tempest Game Clock also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tempest Game Clock against 5.0 for Play960. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempest Game Clock has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tempest Game Clock ships an update every 2 months, Play960 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tempest Game Clock | Play960 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TEMPO-GAMES LLC | Claude Banta |
Customer experience
Tempest Game Clock
Play960
In-app purchases
Tempest Game Clock
No in-app purchases
Play960
No in-app purchases
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