Sparkling vs Modern Chess Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sparkling
Control colored lights with your device. Sync lights to music, draw custom patterns, or display text. Offers a unique way to personalize your lighting experience.
- Point and control colored lights
- Music synchronization for lights
- Hand-drawn pattern creation
- Text display functionality
- Customizable lighting effects
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Sparkling is an app used to control the point and control the colored lights. It can display the lights through music, and can also directly draw patterns by hand or text display.
Modern Chess Clock
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The chess clock is a timer with world-renowned methods used by amateur or professional chess players to make the game of chess even more quality and exciting. This is not a game of chess, but a clock next to the players. - Play with the most popular play times or add your own play methods. - Suitable for everyone with annotated playtime methods. - Add excitement to your game with sound alerts. - Get the ad-free game timer experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Modern Chess Clock at every 10 days against Sparkling's every 2 months. Sparkling's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sparkling ships an update every 2 months, Modern Chess Clock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sparkling | Modern Chess Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Daniao Technology Co., Ltd | Nurullah Bilgin |
In-app purchases
Sparkling
No in-app purchases
Modern Chess Clock
No in-app purchases
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