Comparison

Turnwise vs Cauldron

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

Head to head
About

Turnwise

Features
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Turnwise is a turn clock for tables of 2–8 players — built for Commander and other Magic: The Gathering formats, trading card games, and board games where turns run long and someone always asks "whose turn is it?" Put one phone or tablet in the middle of the table. Every player gets a tile; a tap passes the turn on. The active player's clock is visible to everyone, and slow turns become a number instead of a vague feeling. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Classic — clocks count up, so you see where the time went: per turn, per round, per player, for the whole game. Add an optional turn limit, fixed (say one minute) or growing round by round as the game gets heavier. When time runs out the clock flags and blinks — the table decides what happens, never the app. Chess Clock — for two players: bullet, blitz and rapid presets in chess notation (1+0, 3+2, 5+3, 15+10 …), fully adjustable time and increment, four increment styles (Fischer before/after, Bronstein, simple delay) and an optional handicap so uneven pairings stay interesting. Hourglass — one pool of time between two players: while you think, your clock falls and your opponent's rises. Slow play arms your opponent. MADE FOR REAL TABLES • Seat map: arrange players the way you actually sit; pick who starts without anyone switching chairs • Time warning: a beep and a buzz before a turn runs out — at a fixed mark or a share of the turn • Optional elimination on timeout in classic games — always a question, never an automatism • Pause, undo a pass, eliminate players, keep playing until a winner stands • Game timeline and stats: every turn's duration, round totals, awards at the end • Timing is wall-clock based — backgrounding the app never loses a second AND NOTHING ELSE Turnwise is completely free and works entirely offline. No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription — nothing is locked. If it improves your game nights, there's a voluntary tip jar; tipping changes nothing in the app. English, German, French, Spanish. Light and dark mode. iPhone and iPad.

About

Cauldron

This app allows users to print game tokens and track life totals using voice commands. It supports various token types and game mechanics, and also includes dice rolling and coin flipping functionalities. Requires a specific thermal printer.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated token printing
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander damage tracking
  • Dice rolling and coin flipping
  • Monarch and status effects
  • Offline speech recognition
Features
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Say the name of a token. It comes out of your printer. Nobody can have every token handy when the situation calls for it. Cauldron is a life counter / token-printer. Hold the microphone, say "goblin" or "4/4 angel with flying" or "treasure," and the card is found, dithered and printed on receipt paper in about a second. It also tracks life quite well. Drag from one seat to another to deal commander damage. Draw a glyph on a seat to give it the monarch, poison, energy, experience, rads or the city's blessing. Three fingers across the board starts a new game. Two fingers opens the settings. This is a full-fledged life counter, without menus. THE PRINTERS Cauldron drives the Phomemo M110 over Bluetooth. The printers use no ink - merely fast heat transfer to receipt paper, they will not smear. The batteries last several days on a single charge over USB-C. DICE AND COINS AND MORE Say "roll a d20" or "flip a coin." Four, six, eight, ten, twelve, twenty and a hundred sides... all announced out loud by a voice synthesizer that sounds like it was built in 1982. "Momir {number}" to get a random creature. Every token is indexed on your phone, so lookup is quick. Speech is recognised on the device. Nothing about your game is uploaded anywhere. No Accounts. No Signups. WHAT YOU NEED A Phomemo M110 printer and a roll of thermal paper. Cauldron will show you which paper and printer to purchase. Card data and images from Scryfall. Cauldron is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Apple's Standard Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Turnwise4 screens
Cauldron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cauldron at none against Turnwise's 5. Turnwise's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Turnwise sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cauldron asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Turnwise versus Cauldron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurnwiseCauldron
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB37 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdrian HorstmannJoseph Liechty

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Turnwise

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$3.99
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  • Generous Tip$8.99
  • Legendary Tip$17.99
None

Cauldron

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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