Comparison

Chess Clock Plus vs Chess Clock

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

Head to head
About

Chess Clock Plus

Features
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ChessClock is a professional digital chess clock app for iOS that provides a modern, customizable timing solution for chess games. It features multiple time formats (Blitz, Rapid, Classical, and Custom), sound alerts, haptic feedback, and customizable player colors. Players can tap their clock to make moves, with automatic increment handling and move counting. The app includes comprehensive settings for time control, player names, and sound preferences, making it suitable for both casual and competitive chess play.

About

Chess Clock

Features
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Two big buttons, your time controls, zero fuss. Zwango turns your phone into a real chess clock for over the board play, with the increment math done exactly right. THE CLOCK - Tap your side to press the clock, targets you cannot miss - Portrait and flat on the table landscape layouts - Low time warning with colour and haptics - Move counter and one tap reset - Screen stays awake through the whole game TIME CONTROLS - Presets for Bullet 1+0, Blitz 3+2 and 5+0, Rapid 10+0 and more - Fischer increment, Bronstein, and simple delay, implemented correctly - Build and save your own custom controls ANY BOARD GAME - Works for every two player turn based game: scrabble, go, shogi, backgammon Free to play with the standard presets. Pro unlocks the custom control builder, Bronstein and delay modes, themes, and a true black tabletop mode for OLED screens. Zwango is an independent app and is not affiliated with Chess.com, FIDE, or any chess federation. TOS: https://apps.borombo.com/zwango/terms/

Screenshots

Chess Clock Plus4 screens
Chess Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Clock Plus at none against Chess Clock's 2. Chess Clock Plus also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess Clock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chess Clock Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chess Clock Plus versus Chess Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Clock PlusChess Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrishna Sangeeth KSErwan ROMBO

In-app purchases

None

Chess Clock Plus

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chess Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Zwango Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Zwango Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Chess Clock Plus free?
Chess Clock Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Clock free?
Chess Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Clock Plus or Chess Clock have ads?
Neither Chess Clock Plus nor Chess Clock shows ads.

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