Comparison

Tick Clock vs Ply

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

Head to head
About

Tick Clock

Features
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Let Tick Clock timing for you, eyes never turn to your clock. Supports Night Mode and screensaver mode, perfect tool on your screen, also works great in landscape mode. No ads, no noisy sounds, no data collection, neat experience. Set your Work Time and Break Time, start Ticking, then focus on what's important. Stay productive, stay healthy.

About

Ply

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Ply is the chess clock that never misses a tap. Open it, tap a time, and play: two taps to a running game. THE CLOCK • The switch happens the moment your finger lands, not when it lifts. Slap the whole half of the screen, with any number of fingers. • The time never drifts and never jumps: every move is measured on the phone's own clock, not counted in ticks. • The side to move is bright. The side that waits is dim. You can see whose turn it is from across the room. • At 10 seconds the clock turns red. Warnings at one minute, 30 and 10 seconds, a beep for each of the last 5, and an alarm when a flag falls. • A click on every move, made so that fast bullet taps do not cut it off. Loud Sounds for a noisy room. A light tap of the phone on each switch. • One small pause button in the middle, away from your hand. Turn on Hold to Pause, and a stray finger in blitz does not stop the game. • Add or take away time for a penalty, take back the last tap, restart, or end the game. • Upright, or on its side beside the board. On iPad too. TIME CONTROLS • Bullet, blitz, rapid and classical presets: 1+0, 2+1, 3+0, 3+2, 5+0, 5+3, 10+0, 15+10, 30+0. • Your own control: minutes and seconds, an increment, and its kind: Fischer, Bronstein or US delay. Save it as a tile. • Time odds: give one player more time than the other. • Keep Running After a Flag, for US Chess rules. AFTER THE GAME • A summary when a game ends: the time each side used, the average and the longest move, and a chart of the seconds for each move. • Your games stay on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking. PLY PRO • Board games for 2 to 8 players: names and colors, one tap passes the turn. Time bank, time per turn, or count up. For Catan, Scrabble, Rummikub, backgammon, wargames and more. • Byo-yomi for Go and shogi: main time, then periods. • The FIDE tournament control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 more, with 30 seconds a move. • A mechanical clock face in 3D: hands, a button that goes down, and a flag that falls. • The OLED Black clock theme, wood-and-bell sounds, and a voice that says "one minute", "thirty seconds" and "ten seconds". • Every game in charts: games by week and by weekday, what you play, how your games end, and where your time goes. Ply speaks 58 languages. Ply Pro is a weekly subscription, with a free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews each week unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings on the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://theflynch.com/e8c62569-7aa8-4720-8e43-b24e1833b75d/ply/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://theflynch.com/e8c62569-7aa8-4720-8e43-b24e1833b75d/ply/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Tick Clock4 screens
Ply4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tick Clock at none against Ply's 2. Tick Clock also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Ply sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Tick Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Tick Clock versus Ply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTick ClockPly
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB51 MB
Age rating4++4
Developer成锴 吕Flynch MB

In-app purchases

None

Tick Clock

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ply

Subscriptions1
  • Ply Pro Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Ply Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Tick Clock free?
Tick Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ply free?
Ply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tick Clock or Ply have ads?
Neither Tick Clock nor Ply shows ads.

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