Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Scrabble Timer Apps

The Apple app Zarf has an excellent built in clock for competitive Scrabble games, however, if you don't have Zarf, here are two excellent alternatives:
Wali Timer for android, developed by Wali Muhammad Khubaib
ChessClock for iOS, developed by Chess.com

Feature Comparison Between Zarf and ULU

Recently Apple has discontinued support for 32 bit apps with the latest version of their operating system, iOS 11. This means the much beloved iPhone and iPad app called Zarf no longer works on devices running iOS 11. Thankfully, Seth Lipkin has written a similar app called ULU available on the app store. In my opinion Zarf is still the best app but ULU comes a very close second. See a comparison of features below.


Feature
Zarf
ULU
Search pattern
Yes
Yes
Search anagram
Yes
Yes
Search build
Yes
Yes
Sort search results, length
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
Sort search results, alphabetical
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
Sort search results, novelty
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
No
Sort search results, probability
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
No
Sort search results, value
Yes (increasing & decreasing)
No
Multiple searches in one
Yes
No
Lexicon
Any (including CSW15)
Any (including CSW15)
Fast search as you type
Yes
Yes
Judge
Yes
Yes
Clock
Yes
No (see alternatives)
Compatible with iOS <11
Yes
Unknown
Compatible with iOS >=11
No
Yes
Compatible with android
No
No
32 bit application
Yes
No
64 bit application
No
Yes
Sanctioned for WESPA tournaments
Yes
Not yet
Cost
Free
Free