Chess Clock vs SCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Clock
This app provides a simple and quick way to compete with friends using a minimalistic design and easy controls. It offers various game modes, move counting, and automatic timer pausing. Enjoy pleasant sounds, haptic feedback, and customizable themes for an enhanced experience.
- Minimalistic design
- Simple controls
- Different game modes
- Move counter
- Automatic timer pause
- Customizable themes
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Compete with your friends in an easy and quick way. Chess Clock has everything you need: – Minimalistic design and nice animations – Simple controls and easy-to-read buttons – Different game modes and opportunity to create new modes – Counter of play moves – Timer pauses automatically if the app is interrupted; you could manually pause the clock at any time – Pleasant sounds and haptic – Sound and vibration for low-time warning – Range of stylish themes The main functionality of Chess Clock is free, and it has no ads. If you want to support the app, you could buy premium themes pack.
SCal
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■ Four ways to look at today · Month view — the whole month at a glance, in full or line mode · Landscape week — turn the device and the week opens like a timetable · Timeline — the day split by the hour, so nothing hides behind anything else · Card view — the selected day's events, one card after another ■ The day's photos, right on the calendar · Photos gather themselves on the day you took them, with the count on the date · Tap a day and its photos come back grouped by place · Tap the map to set a center and photos taken nearby are collected for you ■ Life patterns, for the things that repeat · Coffee, workouts, glasses of water — log them with a single tap · Four ways to record: count the times, run a timer, note an amount, or check done / not done · Set a daily goal and the weekly, monthly and yearly statistics show how often you hit it · One tap on the home-screen widget logs it without opening the app ■ Reminders you won't miss · Set a separate reminder time for every event · Choose the sound you want to hear · Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly repeats are supported ■ The weather beside your day, and the way there · See the day's weather right on the calendar and the timeline · Add a place and open directions in your maps app, travel time included · Keep the places you go often as favorites and pick one in a tap ■ Memos, and things to do · Organize them in groups and drag to reorder · Switch a memo to "To-do" and every line becomes checkable · URLs and phone numbers inside a memo turn into links you can tap · Turn a memo into an event without retyping it ■ Scattered plans, one calendar · Give each calendar its own color and keep work and life apart on one screen · Events from the built-in iPhone calendar layer onto the same month · Search by title, notes, place or calendar name · Create your own event types and tell them apart by color ■ With family, with coworkers · Invite by email and look at a calendar together · Decide whether they can only view (subscribe) or also edit events (share) · Give a calendar you received its own color and layer it onto yours ■ On the home screen, and on every device · Three widgets — what's coming up, a life pattern you log in one tap, and a memo you write on the spot · One account, the same calendar on iPhone, iPad and Mac ■ Lock and sign-in · Lock the whole app with Face ID or Touch ID · Sign in with Apple, Google, or an email account ■ Small things that help · Dictate an event, and tap the daily reminder to hear the day read aloud · Fourteen themes to change the mood — the home-screen widget can follow along · Pick the typeface and text size you prefer · Show lunar calendar dates alongside ■ SCal Premium · No ads · Unlimited upcoming events (30 on the free plan; past events are never counted) · Unlimited calendars, event types and life patterns (free plan: 3, 2 and 3) · Twelve premium themes and premium fonts SCal stays free without it. Sharing, photos, memos and widgets are all yours on the free plan. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://4lovingyou.com/IOS/Terms.php?AppName=SCal&Lang=en Privacy Policy: https://4lovingyou.com/IOS/Privacypolicy.php?AppName=SCal&Lang=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chess Clock at none against SCal's shown. Chess Clock also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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. Chess Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SCal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Chess Clock | SCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Kozlov | JongHyun Lee |
In-app purchases
Chess Clock
- Premium$0.99
SCal
- Monthly Premium Pass$1.991 Month









