Tempo Chess Clock

All ten time controls, free. Fischer, Bronstein & Delay. Standalone Apple Watch app. Tempo Pro adds premium themes, haptics & sounds.

The chess clock, perfected.

Tempo is a premium chess clock designed for serious play. Every detail — from the haptic feedback that mimics the click of a real tournament clock to the OLED-true black themes that vanish on AMOLED displays — has been crafted for one purpose: to disappear into the game.

PLAY ANY TIME CONTROL Choose from 10 carefully curated presets covering Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, and Classical formats, including FIDE World Championship time controls. Or build your own with the Custom Time Control builder.

TOURNAMENT-GRADE PRECISION Sub-millisecond timing accuracy. Flag-fall detection. Automatic pause when you switch apps. The chess clock you'd actually trust for a rated game.

APPLE WATCH SUPPORT Standalone Apple Watch app. No phone required. Perfect for blitz on the go. A chess clock on your wrist.

LIVE ACTIVITIES + DYNAMIC ISLAND Glance at your remaining time without unlocking your phone. Live Activities show both clocks on your lock screen and Dynamic Island throughout the game.

QUICK START WIDGETS Add a Quick Start widget to your home screen or lock screen. Tap once to launch your last-used time control.

HAPTIC FEEDBACK THAT FEELS REAL Custom-tuned haptic profiles inspired by actual tournament chess clocks. Wood for warm and muffled. Chronos for the layered click of a mechanical clock. The closest thing to a real chess clock you can carry in your pocket.

8 PREMIUM THEMES (Tempo Pro) Crimson Lever. Forest Library. Carbon Match. Steel Chronograph. Predator. Midnight. Each theme is hand-crafted, not a generic color filter. Default OLED Black and Ivory Tournament are free.

PRO FEATURES

• 8 additional time control presets (Bullet 2+1, Blitz 3+0, FIDE Blitz 3+2, Club Blitz 5+3, Rapid 10+0, FIDE Rapid 15+10, Classical 30+0, Classical 60+30)
• 6 premium themes
• 2 premium haptic profiles (Wood, Chronos)
• 3 premium tap sounds (Click, Wood, Mechanical)
• Bronstein and Delay increment modes
• Custom player names
• Unlimited game history with full statistics

FREE TIER

• 2 time control presets (Bullet 1+0, Blitz 5+0)
• Custom Time Control builder with Fischer increment
• OLED Black and Ivory Tournament themes
• Standard haptic profile
• Last 5 games of history
• Apple Watch app
• Live Activities + Dynamic Island
• Quick Start widgets

ONE-TIME PURCHASE Tempo Pro is a single one-time purchase of $2.99. No subscription. No recurring fees. Buy once, keep forever, on every device signed into your Apple ID.

PRIVACY-FIRST Tempo collects no personal data. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Your games and stats live only on your device.

DESIGNED IN SWITZERLAND Built by Arytec, a solo indie developer who cares about the details. The best chess clock for players who care about the details.

Questions? support@arytec.ch https://arytec.ch/tempo/privacy https://arytec.ch/tempo/terms https://arytec.ch/tempo/support