Simple chess board vs Chess Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple chess board
This app provides a digital chessboard with unrestricted piece movement and a configurable chess clock. Save and load board positions, undo/redo moves, and even use checker pieces. It's ideal for analyzing games or setting up custom scenarios.
- Free piece movement
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Board rotation
- Checker piece option
- Save/load positions
- Configurable chess clock
- Tweet current position
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A simple chess board and a chess clock without movement restrictions. Free movement as a real board. Current features are: • Move pieces freely, add or remove them. • Undo/Redo last movement. • Rotate board and/or pieces. • Use checkers game pieces. • Save/load positions for later use, or delete them when you don't need them anymore (swipe over them). Starting positions for chess and checkers are available. • Use a chess clock where you can configure initial time, move time increment, increment after a number of movement, hourglass time, ... • Set time independent for black and white if required. • Save/load time settings for later use. Already available some common times. • Tweet your current position.
Chess Clock
A simple and free digital timer designed for chess games. It features large, easy-to-press buttons and customizable game lengths, with an alarm to signal when time runs out.
- Free to use
- Customizable game lengths
- Large, easy-to-press buttons
- Alarm for time expiration
- Simple interface
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Easy and free replacement for a Chess Clock. Preset or customisable game lengths and large buttons make it easy. Press either button to start the match pressing the buttons will start the opposite timer and an alarm will signal when time is up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Clock at 5.0 against Simple chess board's 4.5. Chess Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Simple chess board's advantage is ratings volume (67 vs 3). On price 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. Simple chess board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple chess board has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Simple chess board | Chess Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Lopez | Vicki Partridge |
Customer experience
Simple chess board
Chess Clock
In-app purchases
Simple chess board
- Remove ads$0.99
Chess Clock
No in-app purchases
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