Comparison

Chess Clock vs Chessmirror

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

Head to head
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Chess Clock

Features
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Chess Clock is a distraction-free dual timer for over-the-board games. Pick a time control, tap your side after each move — that's it. Works fully offline, no account needed. Free presets play a complete game; Chess Clock Pro unlocks custom time controls, extra presets, and themes. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Chessmirror

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Chessmirror turns the moves you got wrong into the positions you practise, so the same mistake does not stand in your next game. PHOTOGRAPH A BOARD Point the camera at a real board, a book diagram or a screenshot. Chessmirror reads the position on the device, lets you correct any piece, the side to move and castling rights, and opens it as a game. PLAY WITH NO SLIPS Play against Stockfish 18, built into the app, at a strength you choose. With No Slips on, a move that gives away too much is handed back to you before it is played — and written down, so you meet that position again. A MISTAKE BOOK THAT WRITES ITSELF Every costly move becomes an entry: one position, however many games it turned up in, with what you played and what it cost in winning chances. Import your games from lichess or Chess.com by username, or paste a PGN or FEN, and have every move scored locally. A DAILY THAT KNOWS WHAT IS DUE Practice is scheduled by spaced repetition (FSRS). Each day's queue holds the positions that are due and a few new ones. Play the move, get a plain verdict — passed or not — and play on if you want to. FOUND FOR YOU Mates and tactics the engine found in your own games are collected into sets. Tap the heart on any position to keep it in your favourites. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Recognition and analysis run on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking. • Games are plain PGN files in your own iCloud Drive, visible in the Files app. • The network is used only when you ask to import games from a chess site. Also: a face-to-face mode for over-the-board play on one phone, an advantage bar, dark mode, iPad layouts, and eight languages — English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Chessmirror is free software under the GPLv3. Source code: https://github.com/sunfmin/chessmirror

Screenshots

Chess Clock4 screens
Chessmirror3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chessmirror at none against Chess Clock's 3. On price, ads, device support 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. Chess Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chessmirror asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Chess Clock versus Chessmirror: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess ClockChessmirror
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaveen Mathivanan凤民 孙

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chess Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Chess Clock Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Chess Clock Pro Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chess Clock Pro Lifetime$14.99
None

Chessmirror

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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