Duo

Chess clock & timer

A real chess clock, on your phone.

Duo turns your iPhone or iPad into the clock beside the board. Tap anywhere on your side — even a full-palm slap counts. White plays on paper, Black plays on ink.

Download on the App Store Free to play · No ads · No subscription

Built for the board

Everything a real clock does — and more

The free clock is complete: every essential below is included, forever.

Feels like the real thing

The whole side is the button — tap it, slap it, palm it. A deep click, a proper clack, and a flag that falls. Timing is timestamp-based, so it never drifts.

Every time control

Sudden death, Fischer increment, Bronstein, simple delay, multi-stage FIDE controls, per-player handicap and hourglass. Byo-yomi and penalty overtime with Pro.

Loud low-time warnings Free

A red glow, chimes at 60 and 30 seconds, a per-second tick under ten, and haptics you can feel through the table. Never lose on time in silence.

Table Mode

Lay the device flat and each half rotates to face its player — a tournament clock sitting beside the board. Works on iPhone and iPad.

A card for every game Free

Every game ends with a shareable game card — winner, moves, think times and the clock race in one designed image. Post it or save it.

Stats & rivalries Pro

Game history, think-time habits and head-to-head records for every opponent. Duo records every game from day one, so Pro unlocks your past games too.

See it in action

Paper, ink, and one red seam

Duo mid-game: White's paper side counting down, Black's ink side waiting
Low-time warning — red digits and a warm glow under twenty seconds
Game over screen with the flag fallen and a preview of the game card
Sharing the game card — result, think times and clock race
Time control picker: bullet, blitz, rapid and classical presets
Games and stats — rivalry records and playing habits
Walnut theme — ivory and walnut clock faces
Midnight theme — amber digits on black, kind to eyes at night

Pay once. Own it forever.

No ads. No subscription. Ever.

The free clock is never limited for play — Pro adds depth, not reliability.

Free

$0The complete clock, forever

  • Unlimited games, player names included
  • Fischer, Bronstein, delay, FIDE stages, handicap, hourglass
  • All low-time warnings — glow, chimes, tick, haptics
  • Table Mode on iPhone and iPad
  • A shareable game card after every game
  • 3 saved custom time controls

Duo Pro

$6.99One-time purchase · family shareable · local pricing varies

  • Full game history — a card for every past game
  • Statistics, habits and head-to-head rivalries
  • Midnight and Walnut themes
  • Byo-yomi, penalty overtime, voice announcements
  • Unlimited saved time controls

No account. No ads. Private.

Your games stay yours

Everything on your device

Player names, game history and settings live on your iPhone or iPad. There is no Duo server and no account to create.

No ads, no tracking

No advertising, no ad networks, no selling data. Anonymous, aggregate usage counts help improve the app — never names, never games.

Honest by design

One clear one-time purchase. Nothing renews, nothing expires, and the free clock never nags you mid-game.

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Chess, Scrabble, Go, shogi & every board game

Put a real clock on the table.

Free to play, ready in seconds. Requires iOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad.