Chip Up vs BlindClock

Run your poker tournaments like a seasoned professional. Chip Up Poker Timer is the ultimate companion for home game hosts, league organizers, and Tournament Directors. With an advanced, lifecycle-resilient blind clock, player roster tools, and local screen synchronization, Chip Up brings casino-grade tournament management to your device. The Free Core Timer - Robust and Accurate * Bulletproof Blind Clock: Lifecycle-resilient wall-clock synchronisation keeps the countdown accurate down to the millisecond, even if the app goes to the background or your device sleeps. * Display Sleep Prevention: Automatic wakelock integration keeps your device screen active during active tournament play. * Customisable Blind Structures: Create custom structures with configurable small/big blinds, antes, levels, and break milestones. Includes pre-configured standard and turbo templates. * Dynamic Chimes and Text-to-Speech: Premium sound notifications (beeps, bells, fanfares) and high-quality voice announcements that dynamically read out level transitions (e.g., "Blinds are now 100 and 200, ante 25"). * Historical Archive: Log completed tournament stats, including game times, entries, total rebuys, and final placements. * Go Professional with the Premium Pack (Annual Subscription) Unlock the full power of Chip Up Poker Timer with our annual premium subscription, giving you ongoing access to professional director features: Local Multi-Device Screen Sync Run auxiliary timer displays for your players. Pair secondary devices (phones, tablets, or laptops running the app) in seconds using a secure 4-digit PIN over your local network. Paired screens display live synced countdowns, active player stats, and current blind levels in real-time. Visual Table Felts & Animated Seat Draws Say goodbye to manual seating assignments and chaotic table redraws. Our dynamic seating manager assigns seats round-robin across tables to guarantee balanced player counts matching official TDA guidelines. Experience a premium, animated virtual green-felt seating reveal. The app automatically prompts you when it is time for a single "Final Table" redraw. Advanced Player Pool & Import Management Store a permanent pool of players on your device and organize them into custom groups (ideal for league tiers, venues, or seasons). Import large rosters instantly by pasting the URL of a player roster or league table page. The app automatically fetches the page, lets you choose which HTML columns hold the name and member ID, runs a dry-run preview, and merges new players in a single transaction to prevent duplicates. Live Payout Calculation & Custom Structures Define exactly how your prize pool splits among top finishers. Save custom payout percentages up to 100 places, support fixed or percentage-based house cuts, and set custom buy-in amounts. During active play, the main Timer screen dynamically computes and displays live cash payout values in real-time as rebuys and entries increase the pool. Result Sharing Export and share final standings, total rebuys, and payout distributions using your native system share sheet. Formats clean text layouts perfect for posting to league forums, chat groups, or social channels. Technical Requirements & Offline Capabilities Offline-First Architecture: Core clock, structures, database, and chime notifications run 100% offline. No account sign-up is required. Local Area Sync: Multi-device sync runs entirely over local Wi-Fi or hotspots, consuming no internet bandwidth. Host and secondary devices must be on the same local network. External Sharing: Sending results via external apps (SMS, Email, WhatsApp) requires active network connectivity at the time of sending. Speech Availability: Voice announcements depend on your device's built-in system TTS engine. Voices and offline performance packages may vary by manufacturer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

BlindClock is a blind timer for poker tournaments: home games, friendly tournaments, and small club events. It keeps the blinds on schedule so the host can play too. Build your own structure: set each blind level, add breaks, and turn on Ante or Big Blind Ante. During the game one screen shows the current level, time remaining, current and next blinds, elapsed time, and the estimated finish. The clock keeps time with the screen off and after a force quit, and picks up where it left off. If you would rather not build a structure by hand, enter the player count, starting chips, and how long you want the game to run. The generator produces a casino-style structure with breaks. Save it as a template and use it again next week. NEW: CLOCK THEMES AND TABLE BRANDING (PRO) Seven themes, from Midnight to Daylight. A theme changes the colors of the whole app, not only the clock screen. Put your room name and logo on the big screen. Every theme can be previewed for free. NEW: SETTLEMENT ASSISTANT (PRO) Count each player's stack by denomination in the chip-counting sheet and save your chip set. Before the pool is split, BlindClock compares the chips entered with the chips in play. BIG SCREEN MODE (PRO) Connect an iPhone or iPad to a TV or projector with a cable or AirPlay. The big screen shows the countdown, blinds, and level progress for the whole room, and your device works as the remote. Reconnecting does not reset the tournament. ADVANCED PAYOUTS (PRO) Split the prize pool by ICM equity when players make a deal, set your own payout percentages, and save payout templates for your regular game. LIVE TABLE STATS Average stack, players remaining, and average stack in big blinds, updated at every level. Tap once when a player busts. PAYOUT CALCULATOR Enter buy-ins, rebuys, and the prize split to get the payouts. No spreadsheet needed at the end of the night. Key features: • Custom blind levels, each with its own duration • Breaks wherever you want them • Ante and Big Blind Ante • Blind structure generator • Live table stats: average stack, players remaining, average stack in big blinds • Payout calculator for buy-ins, rebuys, and prize splits • Estimated total tournament duration • Current and next blinds on screen • Start, pause, resume, previous level, next level • Large Time Bank button, tap to reset • Live Activity and Dynamic Island; full-screen StandBy clock while charging • iPad table display: a large landscape countdown the whole table can read • Template sharing: export a tournament and AirDrop it to a friend • iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, free for everyone • Sound alerts for level changes and time warnings, with a mute option • Keeps the screen awake • Saved tournament templates • Available in 12 languages Made for: • Home poker games • Friendly tournaments • Small club events • Hosts and dealers who need a simple tournament clock The free version includes the timer, Live Activity, structure generator, payout calculator, table stats, iCloud sync, and up to 5 saved custom tournaments. BlindClock Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription and no ads. It removes the template limit and adds Big Screen Mode, advanced payouts with the settlement assistant, and clock themes and branding, on every device signed in to your Apple Account. BlindClock handles timing, blinds, and table stats. It does not track individual players, seats, or rankings, and it is not a full tournament management system. Requires iOS or iPadOS 18.6 or later.