Comparison

PokerTimer vs The Urinal Problem

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

Head to head
About

PokerTimer

Manage your poker tournament blinds and breaks with this elegant and simple clock. Focus on your game with a clear, minimalist display that shows essential information without distractions. Easily customize blind structures and enjoy a smooth tournament experience.

Highlights
  • Blind structure setup
  • Break timer
  • Minimalist display
  • Sound and vibrate alerts
  • Edit blind structure
  • Display next level
  • Share structure files
Features
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Add a touch of class for FREE to your next poker tournament. This simple poker clock allows you to easily setup your blind structure and worry more about your cards over keeping track of the blinds. We don't try to show you too much or do too much. Look at the screen and see what you need to see, no extra graphics or horrible formatting. We do just what you need to run your tournament effectively without gimmicks getting in the way. One of the most popular Poker Clocks in the AppStore. See why PokerTimer is used in thousands of tournaments by hundreds of thousands of players. • Beautiful glossy minimalist display • Show blinds, antes, and breaks • Two sound choices and vibrate for iPhone • Quickly add to or edit your blind structure • Pause at level end option • Option to keep system awake • Display Next Level • Share a structure file(compatible with Mac Version). • Display the timer with Airplay Mirroring on compatible TV devices. • Universal Support • Oh, and it's FREE! If you like the app, upgrade to the Pro Version for even more. It adds: • Unlimited Structures • Speech Announcements • Global Chip Color Display • Background Colors • Icon Choices • Custom Sound Option • Hand Timer • Average Stack View • No Ads --------------------------- If you are enjoying the product please help us by giving us a good rating or review and get our rating up where it should be. We are known to address problems right away so please contact us directly if you see anything wrong. We have tested and used this App to run over 100 tournaments ourselves. We know you will agree that this is the most solid poker timer on the iOS market. --------------------------- • Let's play some poker! • New Version 3.0! Don't worry we didn't do too much tinkering, the app has been 'timeless' since it's release in 2010, and we know it still looks and works great. So we just made sure it works perfectly on the newest devices, and added some great new options.

About

The Urinal Problem

Features
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The unwritten rule of the men's room, checked against the numbers. Pick the urinal that is furthest from everyone else. Nobody taught it to you, yet everybody follows it. So what actually happens when nine people walk into a row of five urinals? WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW, MEASURED Call a spot comfortable when the nearest occupied urinal is at least two away. The ceiling for n urinals is then ceil(n/2) people — three out of five, a 60% occupancy rate. The fourth arrival always ends up next to somebody. THE FIRST PERSON DECIDES EVERYTHING If the first arrival takes an odd-numbered urinal (1, 3 or 5), three people can stay comfortable. If they take an even one (2 or 4), the ceiling drops to two — before anyone else has even walked in. One opening move fixes the throughput for everyone who follows. The rule of thumb: take an odd-numbered urinal first. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Simulate 2 to 12 urinals and 1 to 30 people - Watch the whole thing play out in pictograms at 1x / 2x / 4x, with a scrub bar - See comfort rate, peak comfortable count and the theoretical maximum - Read the timeline as a Gantt chart; cramped stretches are hatched - See why each person chose their spot — far-end seekers, wall huggers, germaphobes and people who ignore the rule entirely - Export the result as a vertical card image and share it - Every run is fully reproducible from its seed, and kept in your history - A short explainer page covers the theory NOTES - Everyone is drawn as a pictogram, the way restroom signage does it - Completely free. No ads, no in-app purchases - No network access and no permissions. Everything runs on your device - English and Japanese

Screenshots

PokerTimer4 screens
The Urinal Problem4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Urinal Problem at none against PokerTimer's 1. The Urinal Problem also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). PokerTimer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. PokerTimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Urinal Problem asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PokerTimer ships an update every 3 months, The Urinal Problem fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PokerTimer versus The Urinal Problem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPokerTimerThe Urinal Problem
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB18 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBirdsoft LLCsyoutarou ookura

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PokerTimer

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$6.99
None

The Urinal Problem

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PokerTimer free?
PokerTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Urinal Problem free?
The Urinal Problem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PokerTimer or The Urinal Problem have ads?
Neither PokerTimer nor The Urinal Problem shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PokerTimer or The Urinal Problem?
PokerTimer ships an update every 3 months, and The Urinal Problem fortnightly. Most recently, PokerTimer was updated on November 13, 2026 and The Urinal Problem on November 6, 2026.

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