Comparison

Board Game Stats vs Clepsydris

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

Head to head
About

Board Game Stats

Track your board game collection, plays, and scores with detailed statistics and graphs. Manage your collection, log game sessions, and sync with BoardGameGeek. Offers tailor-made score sheets and player comparison tools.

Highlights
  • Collection management
  • Play tracking
  • Statistics and graphs
  • Sync with BoardGameGeek
  • Customizable score sheets
  • Player comparison
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Keep track of your Board Game collection, plays and scores in this easy to use tool. View statistics and graphs for your games, plays, and other players. Works offline, can sync with BoardGameGeek. - How many games did you play recently? - Who scored the highest for a game? - With whom did you play and who wins more? - Did you improve your score from last times? - Use tailor-made score sheets to enter scores. - Compare players, view graphs and charts. - Keep track of your collection and sync with BoardGameGeek. Collection management features: - Keep track of every game you've played or are interested in. - Choose a specific version and image, and track multiple copies. - Set status to Owned, Wishlist, Want to play, and much more. - Enter details like comments, price paid, acquisition date, etc. - Filter games on status, Played but not owned, Unplayed owned games. - Set Custom filters to select a game for your specific group. - Full automatic syncing with your BoardGameGeek (BGG) collection. Play tracking features: - Set scoring rules, cooperative and team play for each game. - Select game and played expansions. - Set Players and Locations, including anonymous players. - Enter location, scores per player and many more details. - Calculate scores on the fly by using the math keyboard. - Create teams and enter team scores. - Use over 2800 game-specific tailor-made score sheets. - Add Player roles, and choose from previously used ones. - Use a timer to keep track of your play length. - Add a Game note you can view each time you start a Play. - Post your plays to BoardGameGeek, including auto-post after each save. - Import existing plays from BoardGameGeek (BGG), Yucata and Board Game Arena (BGA) - Send one or more Plays to other BG Stats users so only one of you has to enter the details. Statistics features: - View statistics for each game and player, and combination. - See pie charts, play times and durations graphs, and score charts. - View insights for Games and Players, for different time periods. - See your H-index, fives, dimes, quarters and centuries. - View a Player's personal H-index and win percentage. - Share Insights charts and 3x3 images. - See cost per play for your games. BG Stats has export and import functions for easy backup to a variety of services. You can sync with other devices via BG Stats Cloud sync (an in-app subscription). All in a native iOS interface, supports dark mode, landscape and iPad screens. With the Power Expansion (in-app purchase): - Extended game charts, based on number of players. - Filter your data on players, locations, specific periods and player counts. - Statistics for a specific combination of players, and compare them. - Winning streaks, tiebreakers, and new and starting player stats. - Role- and board-based statistics. - Heat map of plays and play duration. - Cost per hour, player and more. - Add tags to Games, Players and Locations. - Create and save custom filters, now also with tags. - Customize the Game filter dropdown menu. - Create advanced filters with multiple criteria and logical operations. - View combined game statistics. - Sync game tags with BoardGameGeek. - Create Challenges (if available) based on game filters or tags. With the Challenges expansion (in-app purchase): - Create a challenge from one of the many templates. - x times y challenges: play x games y times. - Ongoing Reach your next H-index challenges. - Set the time period and choose specific games to track, or use auto-fill. - Filter specific Players, Locations and player counts to count for the challenge. With a Cloud sync subscription: - Seamlessly sync your data between all your devices. - Keep a backup of your data in the cloud. Please note that changes to the BGG website or API can temporarily break BGG related features. I cannot guarantee their continued availability.

About

Clepsydris

Track board game sessions, time turns, and analyze your gaming habits with detailed statistics and achievements. Sync across devices, integrate with BoardGameGeek, and share results. Offers multiple scoring modes and timers.

Highlights
  • Log game sessions with scores and player times
  • Advanced turn and game timers
  • Multidevice sync via QR code
  • Six scoring modes
  • Detailed statistics and charts
  • Badges and achievements
  • BoardGameGeek integration
Features
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Clepsydris is a board game tracker for players who want to remember every game night. Log plays, keep score, time every turn and explore detailed board game stats, all in a clean, ad-free app. Play tracking for every game Log your board game plays with scores, player times, locations, expansions, teams, roles, notes and photos. Quick filler or all-day marathon, your play log captures it all. Use quick-add to record past plays without timers, or hit Rematch to replay with the same group. Score tracking for any game Six scoring modes: highest score, lowest score, manual ranking, cooperative, solo and no-score, with optional tiebreakers. A score keeper that fits virtually any board game. Board game timer and chess clock Turn your phone into a chess clock for board games. Track total game time, per-player time and per-round time. Advanced modes include Fischer increment, Bronstein delay, cumulative rollover and per-turn budgets. Track rules explanation and setup time separately. Perfect for timed tournaments or friendly competition. Board game stats Dive into filterable charts by game, player, location, date range and player count. See win rates, score timelines, points-per-minute efficiency, position distributions, H-index, personal records and more. A dashboard timeline shows your plays by day, week and month. Variant stats Break down games by variant (deck, faction, clan or role) based on the player details in each play. See win rates, matchups and who plays each variant. BoardGameGeek (BGG) integration Connect your BGG account to import your full play history and board game collection. New plays are synced back to BGG automatically, so your BGG play log stays up to date. Multi-device sync Start a game on one device and let other players join by scanning a QR code. Everyone's game timers stay synced in real time. Play with friends Add friends by QR code and link them to your local players. Get notified when a friend starts a game with you and jump in with live shared timers. When a friend finishes a game with you, the play is added to your history automatically. Badges and achievements Earn badges for being the fastest player, the most efficient scorer, setting personal bests and more. Build your collection over time and compare with friends. Share your results Create shareable images of your play results, or send plays directly to other Clepsydris users via QR code. Cloud backup and photos Back up your whole play history to the cloud, store game photos securely and restore on any device. More features • Dark and light themes • Tablet-optimized layout • Player management with avatars, colors and merging • Cleanup tool to merge different spellings of player details or fix a typo across all plays in one tap • Location tracking with custom icons • Available in English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Polski and Português (Brasil) • Completely ad-free Whether you play weekly with friends, run a game group or just want to see who really wins most, Clepsydris is the board game tracker that keeps your plays, scores and stats in one place. Terms of use: https://appifymobile.dev/clepsydris/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Board Game Stats4 screens
Clepsydris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clepsydris at Free against Board Game Stats's $5.99. Board Game Stats's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (457 vs 20). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Clepsydris is free to download; Board Game Stats costs $5.99 up front. Board Game Stats sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Clepsydris sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Board Game Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Board Game Stats has 457 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Board Game Stats's written reviews are positive against 80% of Clepsydris's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Board Game Stats ships an update weekly, Clepsydris monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Board Game Stats versus Clepsydris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoard Game StatsClepsydris
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (457 ratings) — better4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings457 — better20
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEerko VisseringMaciej Brazewicz-Dosiolko

Customer experience

Board Game Stats

All ratings457 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%

Clepsydris

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Board Game Stats

One-time9
  • One Year of BG Stats Cloud Sync$0.99
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Challenges Expansion$1.99
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  • Deep Stats expansion$2.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Tagging expansion$2.99
  • Power Expansion$5.99
  • Amazing Tip$6.99
  • Mind-blowing Tip$14.99
3 purchases

Clepsydris

Subscriptions2
  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Stats$2.99

Questions

Is Board Game Stats free?
Board Game Stats costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Clepsydris free?
Clepsydris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Board Game Stats or Clepsydris?
Board Game Stats is rated higher. Board Game Stats averages 4.9 out of 5 from 457 ratings, while Clepsydris averages 4.7 from 20 ratings.
Do Board Game Stats or Clepsydris have ads?
Neither Board Game Stats nor Clepsydris shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Board Game Stats or Clepsydris?
Board Game Stats ships an update weekly, and Clepsydris monthly. Most recently, Board Game Stats was updated on November 1, 2026 and Clepsydris on November 3, 2026.

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