Tadak vs BoardClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tadak
Enhance your typing skills with this app, offering practice for individual keys, words, and short texts. You can also use your own writings or explore community-shared content. Customize themes, fonts, and sizes for a personalized experience.
- Key position practice
- Word practice
- Short-text practice
- Custom writings
- Community writings
- Theme settings
- Font controls
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Tadak v2.0 is a typing practice app that brings key practice, word practice, and short-text practice into one simple flow. Build your basics, continue with practical short texts, and expand your practice with your own writings and shared public writings from the community. Features - Key position practice - Word practice - Short-text practice - Custom writings - Community space for public shared writings - Theme settings - Font, size, and weight controls The app contains ads. Ad removal is available as a one-time in-app purchase and can be restored with the same App Store account.
BoardClock
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Keep every board-game night moving with BoardClock. BoardClock combines a 2–8 player turn timer, interactive turn-order tools, player profiles, team play, and match history in one free, ad-free app. ◆ Made for tabletop games Use it for chess, Go, shogi, gomoku, Rummikub, Splendor, Scrabble, Othello, backgammon, Catan, and more. Choose from 25 researched presets or create your own. ◆ Two timing systems • Fischer: add bonus time whenever a player ends their turn. • Byoyomi: after main time runs out, play continues through a set number of timed periods. • Built-in visual guides make both systems easy to understand. ◆ Everything you need around the table • Decide turn order with individual dice rolls, a ladder game, or shuffle. • See the active player, the next player, and team badges at a glance. • Optional turn sounds, five-second countdown melody, and haptics. • Majority-approved revival after a timeout. • Undo, pause, reset, and confirmation prompts help prevent mistakes. ◆ Profiles, teams, and stats Save regular players, run two-to-four-team games, and track wins, streaks, average turn time, and best teammates. ◆ Private match history Winners, play time, and turn counts are saved to your private iCloud database. They can return after reinstalling the app or moving to a new device, and the developer cannot access them. BoardClock supports English and Korean, with an in-app language selector.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BoardClock at none against Tadak's shown. Tadak's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Tadak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BoardClock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tadak ships an update every 5 days, BoardClock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tadak | BoardClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongcheon Jeong | Wonyoung Heo |
In-app purchases
Tadak
- Remove All Ads$1.99
BoardClock
- An espresso$0.49
- An Americano$1.99
- A latte$2.99









