Ply: Chess Clock & Game Timer

Lay your phone flat between two players and play. Ply is a chess clock built to feel like a real one: a heavy press you can feel, a rocker that tips to the side that just moved, and a flag that really falls when time runs out. The far player's digits face them, and the screen never dims mid-game.

Ply keeps time, not score: every chess, go and shogi time control, a radial turn timer for up to 8 players, and a real sand hourglass.

EVERY TIME CONTROL, FREE
• Sudden death, Fischer increment (after or before the move), Bronstein delay and simple (US) delay
• Multi-stage controls by move count, byo-yomi with a spoken count (in your language or in Japanese) for go and shogi, and Canadian overtime
• Word-game overtime: at zero nobody flags, and the clock counts on in minus so the table can score the penalty
• Sand Duel: one hourglass between two players, where every second you think pours into your opponent's side
• FIDE/USCF-style time controls, named in plain words, so everyone agrees on the rules before the first move
• Move counter, undo the last press, and time correction while paused
• Silent mode for tournament rooms, a talking clock, large-tap mode and a High-Contrast face

ROUND TABLE (PRO)
Time a whole board-game table of 2 to 8 players on one dial. Every name faces its seat, the current player's segment lights up, and a tap in the centre passes the turn. Per-turn limits, a time bank for each player, or no limit at all, with turn stats at the end that show who took the longest.

A REAL HOURGLASS
The Glass tab is a sand timer made of real, falling grains. Turn your phone over and the sand starts to run; tilt it and the sand follows. Classic durations are free; Hourglass Pro adds any length, six sands and three glasses.

CLOCKS WORTH LOOKING AT (PRO)
Walnut & Brass with an analog dial and a falling flag, Bakelite, Tournament LCD and anodized metals. Aluminium, Night and High-Contrast are free.

MADE FOR THE TABLE
• Flat between you, or standing beside the board in landscape, like a real clock
• A game survives your phone closing the app: it comes back paused, right where you were
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Siri, Shortcuts, the Action Button and a Control Center control
• A game card after every game, with each move's think time, ready to share
• Works offline. No account. No ads. No tracking.
• For casual, club and teaching play. Rated events may require an approved clock.

HONEST PRICING
The complete two-player clock, with every time control, is free forever. Ply Pro adds Round Table, the Pro faces, your full game history and any hourglass. It's a single one-time purchase, never a subscription, and it works with Family Sharing. Your first game in every Pro mode is on us.

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