Apps like Chess.com's Chess Clock

Chess.com's Chess Clock is the chess clock app most people already have. Google Play counts 10M+ downloads and 25K reviews, the App Store 341 ratings at 4.6, and it costs nothing, shows no ads and, by both stores' privacy sections, collects no data. That is a hard thing to beat. The two reasons to look elsewhere are narrow: it only keeps time, with no record of the moves, and neither listing showed an update on 20 October 2026 newer than 16 January 2025 on Android and 18 June 2024 on iPhone. The list below is short because the field is crowded with near copies, and most of them do less.

What each one costs and collects, read off the listings

Read on 20 October 2026. Ratings and dates come from each listing; the privacy column is Apple's App Privacy panel or Google Play's Data safety summary, whichever we could read.

The alternatives

Lichess, the clock inside a chess app

The free, open-source chess site's app lists “use a chess clock for your over the board games” among its features, beside online play, puzzles, Stockfish analysis and broadcasts. It has 1M+ downloads and 15.3K reviews at 4.0 on Google Play and 734 ratings at 4.1 on the App Store, and it was updated this month on both. The clock is one tool in a large app, so expect more taps to reach it than a clock-only app needs. Apple's panel lists contact info and a user ID linked to you, which come from the online account rather than the clock.

Chess Clock, by Giulio Di Maria

The strongest clock-only app we found on Android: 500K+ downloads, 4.9 stars from 10.2K reviews, and an update on 12 October 2026. Its listing says no ads and no purchases, its Data safety section says no data collected, and it covers Fischer, Bronstein and simple delay, handicaps, three-stage FIDE controls, time-per-move and an hourglass mode. A search of the App Store for it by name on 20 October 2026 found nothing.

ChessClock+, by Brad Bambara

An iPhone clock with 104 ratings at 4.9 and an App Privacy panel reading Data Not Collected. It has different settings per player, multi-phase controls, Fischer, Bronstein and simple delay, hourglass mode and custom low-time alerts. The three in-app purchases, $0.99, $4.99 and $9.99, are optional. Its last update was 10 September 2023, older than the Chess.com clock it would replace.

Chess Clock, by mansoorcm

An Android clock with 100K+ downloads and 387 reviews at 4.4, updated 29 March 2026. The listing says it is completely free with no ads and offers an optional tip. It covers Fischer, Bronstein and delay, handicaps, adjusting time mid-game and a dark theme. Its Data safety section says it may collect location, financial info and two other types, which is more than a clock needs and more than the Chess.com clock declares.

A DGT2010, the clock that is not an app

DGT calls the DGT2010 the official chess clock of FIDE. It has 22 preset timing options, Fischer bonus, Bronstein delay, hourglass and byo-yomi among them, and runs on two AA batteries. It never rings with a phone call, never dims and never needs unlocking. DGT's own page prints no price, so we quote none here. If you play rated tournaments, this is the honest answer.

Chess Clock & Scorepad, ours

Free with banner ads and nothing to buy, on the App Store and Google Play. It has fifteen ready time controls with Fischer, Bronstein and US delay, multi-stage controls, a handicap and twelve saved controls of your own. The part the others here do not list is the scoresheet: make each move on the board on screen and the clock presses itself, then review the game with a chart of time per move and share it as PGN. The ads sit on the home screen, history, review and Settings, never on the running clock. It is new, with 10+ downloads on Google Play and no App Store ratings yet on 20 October 2026.

What these do better than ours

Chess.com's clock, Giulio Di Maria's and ChessClock+ show no ads and declare that they collect no data, and ours shows banner ads and its Google Play listing says it shares location and device IDs. Chess.com's and Giulio Di Maria's clocks carry millions of downloads and thousands of reviews, where ours has a few weeks of history. Lichess puts the clock beside a full chess app, so one install covers online play and analysis too. A DGT2010 is, by DGT's account, FIDE's official clock, which no app here can claim. If you only need a clock, Chess.com's still does the job, and on Android Giulio Di Maria's is the most recently updated free one with no ads.