Chess Timer vs Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Timer
A straightforward chess clock app designed for timing matches. It offers essential functions like pausing and resetting the timer, with customizable time intervals. The app is free and free of ads, in-app purchases, and tracking.
- Countdown timer
- Pause clock function
- Reset timer button
- Customizable time intervals
- Ad-free experience
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Simple chess timer with basic functions. Free. No in-app purchases, no ads, no tracking, just a super simple countdown timer. Tap on your side to start your opponent's timer. The screen will turn red once the timer runs out. Features - Pause the clock - Reset timer with the tap of a button - Choose your own time interval
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Enhance your chess skills with an extensive collection of puzzles and tactical exercises. Tailor your training by customizing puzzle difficulty and Elo ratings to target specific weaknesses and accelerate improvement, suitable for players of all levels.
- Infinite chess puzzles
- Tactics training
- Customizable puzzles
- Elo rating adjustment
- All player levels
- Extensive tactic list
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Solve interactive chess positions on the board and find the correct continuation. Train tactics, mating patterns, and endgames. Choose the categories or motifs you want to practice, then set a puzzle Elo range or difficulty that fits your target session. Built for chess players from beginner through advanced. Practice familiar ideas such as forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, sacrifices, promotion, and zugzwang. Develop pattern recognition and calculation through focused puzzle practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Timer at 5.0 against Chess Puzzles & Tactics's 4.5. Chess Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Chess Puzzles & Tactics's advantage is ratings volume (485 vs 8). On price, monetization model, 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. Chess Puzzles & Tactics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Puzzles & Tactics has 485 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Chess Timer's written reviews are positive against 76% of Chess Puzzles & Tactics's.
Chess Timer ships an update every 2 days, Chess Puzzles & Tactics weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Timer | Chess Puzzles & Tactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (485 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 485 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Lopez | Sajed Nahian |
Customer experience
Chess Timer
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Bugs and requests
Chess Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Reported bugs
18 issues- Unable to login
- Application resets to starting value (1000elo)
- History/review chapters remain unlocked
- In-application feedback not functioning
- Rating feature broke
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- Ability to control puzzle strength broke
- Scanning thing after opening app continues forever
- App resets ELO to 1000
- Undo button disappears
- Tapping to select a piece stops working
- Analysis breaks
- Viewing history doesn’t work
- App crashes
- View History tab page never loads
- App forgets login and starts from ELO = 0
- Analysis button messed up
- App hangs after pressing 'log in'
- Puzzles freeze, no way of moving pieces
Requested features
4 requests- Option to mute sounds
- Ability to disable audio
- Allow loading custom puzzle sets
- Better interface and cable
In-app purchases
Chess Timer
No in-app purchases
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
- Ad-Free Forever$3.99
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