The Turnkeeper vs RemoteBoot Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Turnkeeper
This app helps speed up board game sessions by providing customizable timers for turns or entire games. It supports a large number of players and offers flexible time management options, including adding time per turn or to specific players. Features like crash protection and unlimited undo ensure a smooth gaming experience.
- Turn and game timer modes
- Supports 2-20 players
- Customizable time budgets
- Time added per turn
- Crash/reboot protection
- Unlimited undo functionality
- Notifications for time up
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Love board games, but wish turns moved a little faster? The Turnkeeper keeps games moving with flexible timers for 2 to 20 players. Use it casually to discourage endless turns, or competitively to give every player a fixed time budget. The Turnkeeper can be used as a simple turn timer or as a multiplayer game clock — like a chess clock built for the whole table. In Turn Timer mode, each player gets a set amount of time for every turn. It’s great for keeping casual games moving and encouraging players to think ahead while others are playing. In Game Timer mode, each player gets a total time budget for the entire game. You can optionally add extra time after each turn, similar to increment timing in chess. Features: • Supports 2 to 20 players • Turn Timer and Game Timer modes • Set timers from 1 minute to 10+ hours • Optional time added after every turn • Count-up or countdown timing • Clockwise, counter-clockwise, or freestyle turn order • Customize player names and colors • Mark defeated players to remove them from the turn order • Add or adjust time during a game • Adjust the per-turn time increment while playing • Loud time-up alerts • Notifications when time expires in the background • Unlimited Undo • Restore an active game after restarting the app • Rotate the game board during setup The Turnkeeper doesn’t automatically eliminate someone when their clock reaches zero. Their timer can continue into negative time, leaving the rules up to your group. Running out of time might mean losing the game, earning a penalty, or simply serving as a reminder to keep things moving. You can also give individual players extra time, making it easy to accommodate beginners or anyone who needs a little longer. Whether you’re trying to fit a game into a short amount of time, speed up a slow-moving session, or run a competitive multiplayer game with chess-style timing, The Turnkeeper helps keep everyone focused and the game moving.
RemoteBoot Pro
Wake up your Mac or PC remotely from your iOS device. This utility requires some network configuration on your computer and router. It also supports Siri Shortcuts for voice-activated computer startup.
- Wake On Lan (WOL) support
- Remote computer startup
- Ping to check startup status
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Supports Mac/PC
- iOS device control
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A powerful WOL (Wake On Lan) application. You can launch your Mac/PC from iOS. (Your computer must support WOL and be properly configured.) You can also use ping to check the startup. A little network knowledge is required to use this app. The OS, BIOS, router, and this app must be configured correctly for it to work. Siri Shortcuts are also supported. You can use Siri to launch your computer by adding an action from the Shortcut app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Turnkeeper at Free against RemoteBoot Pro's $1.99. The Turnkeeper also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (80% vs 60%). RemoteBoot Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
The Turnkeeper is free to download; RemoteBoot Pro costs $1.99 up front. The Turnkeeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RemoteBoot Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Turnkeeper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Turnkeeper has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of The Turnkeeper's written reviews are positive against 60% of RemoteBoot Pro's.
The Turnkeeper ships an update every 5 months, RemoteBoot Pro every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Turnkeeper | RemoteBoot Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (30 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geospike Pty Ltd | Takashi Tsuchiya |
Customer experience
The Turnkeeper
RemoteBoot Pro
In-app purchases
The Turnkeeper
- Detailed Stats$5.00
RemoteBoot Pro
No in-app purchases









