Hey Product Hunt! 👋 Free chess clock apps are often ad-cluttered or app-store-only. So, I built Chess Clock Online — a browser-based timer, zero sign-up, zero ads. FIDE-standard Bullet/Blitz/Rapid presets, Fischer/Bronstein/simple delay modes, FIDE multi-stage controls, and a Face-to-Face mode that flips the screen 180° for two players sharing one device. Works offline once loaded. Try it for your next OTB game — feedback welcome!
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built Chess Clock Online because every time I played a casual game with friends, we either dug out a battered physical clock or opened some ad-cluttered app that made switching to Bronstein delay a five-tap ordeal. Most free online clocks stop at a plain Fischer increment — I wanted something that actually covered how real games are timed, FIDE multi-stage controls included, without the sign-up wall.
The feature I'm most curious to get reactions on is Face-to-Face mode — flipping the top half of the screen 180° so two players sharing one tablet can both read their own time right-side up. It's a small thing, but it's the one piece I haven't seen on any other free clock, and I built it after watching how people actually huddle around one device for casual games.
Full feature rundown is in the listing above ⬆️
A couple of things I'd love your take on:
Is there a time-control format or delay mode I'm missing that your club or app uses?
Would you use this to replace a physical clock, or mainly as a backup?
Thanks for checking it out — genuinely excited to hear what you think. ♟️