Tempra vs Tempest Game Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tempra
Sharpen your internal clock with this game designed to test and improve your time perception. Aim to match target times by focusing on your sense of rhythm and timing.
- Test time accuracy
- Increase time precision
- Focus on internal sense of time
- Relaxing gameplay
- Simple objective
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Test and increase the accuracy and precision of your sense of time. For each trial, your goal is to get as close as possible to the displayed target time. Breathe... relax, and focus on your internal sense of time. Designed and built by Che-Wei Wang MIT Media Lab, Playful Systems
Tempest Game Clock
This companion app transforms your iPhone into a high-definition display for a physical, tournament-style game clock. It pairs with the clock to provide clear analog and digital timing for various board games, including a strict tournament mode.
- iPhone display integration
- Analog and digital game timing
- Supports increments and delays
- Tournament mode
- Compatible with Chess, Backgammon, Go, Scrabble, etc.
- Pairs with physical game clock
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This is a COMPANION APP to the Tempest Game Clock (available at tempestclock.com) A unique, tournament-style, heavy-weighted game clock that uses your own iPhone as its high definition, full color display. This app is intended only for owners of the Tempest Game Clock: a deluxe traditional form factor chess clock (using a patented precision rocker to control play during the game, not the touch screen). It pairs with this app to deliver clear analog and digital game timing with or without increments, delays, sudden death or OT time controls. Perfect for Chess, Backgammon, Go, Scrabble, Othello/Reversi, Checkers/Draughts, and other board games. Tempest features a strict TOURNAMENT MODE - which disables all phone / text functionality during rated games per FIDE and USCF guidelines. To see the clock in action and to order yours, please visit tempestclock.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tempest Game Clock at every 2 months against Tempra's every 69 months. Tempest Game Clock also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tempra against 4.9 for Tempest Game Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tempra ships an update every 69 months, Tempest Game Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tempra | Tempest Game Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 69 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CW&T | TEMPO-GAMES LLC |
Customer experience
Tempra
Tempest Game Clock
In-app purchases
Tempra
No in-app purchases
Tempest Game Clock
No in-app purchases
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