What Poker Clock does, what it deliberately does not do, and why.
Last updated: August 2026
Poker Clock is a countdown timer for poker tournaments. It shows how long is left in the current blind level, what the blinds are, and when the next break happens. It does not deal cards, take wagers, hold money, award prizes, or simulate any form of play.
The App is intended for use by adults organising or taking part in poker games. It contains references to poker as a subject, which is why it carries a gambling-related age rating on the App Store even though no gambling takes place within it.
Poker Clock performs one function: it counts down time. A tournament structure is a list of rounds, each with a duration and a set of blind values, and the App advances through that list, displaying the current round and announcing changes aloud.
Everything else in the App exists to support that. You can create and edit tournament structures, choose a spoken voice, schedule a start time, show the clock on an Apple TV, and control it from a second device. None of these involve play.
The App does not include, and has never included, any of the following:
There is no mechanism by which a person can win or lose anything inside the App.
The App displays blind values, for example 100 and 200, and these are the only numbers it shows besides the clock itself. They are structural information describing a tournament, in the same way a chess clock displays a time control.
These numbers refer to tournament chips, which have no monetary value and are not issued, held, transferred, or redeemed by the App. Poker Clock does not know or record what any physical chip is worth, does not track buy-in amounts, and does not calculate or display payouts.
Poker Clock handles no real currency and no virtual currency. It has no wallet, no balance, no account, and no concept of a player's funds. Nothing inside the App can be bought, sold, exchanged, cashed out, or transferred between people.
The only financial transaction associated with the App is the optional purchase of a Premium subscription or one-time upgrade, which is processed entirely by Apple. This is described in section 7.
The App is about poker, and it does not pretend otherwise. It uses poker terminology such as blinds, levels, breaks and chip ups, and its artwork uses playing card imagery. Poker is commonly played for money.
We treat that as a reason for an age rating that reflects gambling-related content, and we rate the App accordingly on the App Store rather than seeking a lower rating on the grounds that no gambling happens inside it. The current rating is shown on the App Store listing.
Premium features are available as an auto-renewing subscription or as a single one-time purchase. These are ordinary App Store purchases handled by Apple, unlock functionality within the App, and are not gambling. There are no loot boxes, no randomised rewards, and no purchase whose value is unknown at the time of buying.
Full details are in the Terms of Use.
The App is not designed for or directed at children, and it is not distributed through the App Store Kids Category. It collects no personal information from anyone, as set out in the Privacy Policy.
Poker is played socially in many families, and the App itself is harmless to operate, being a timer. Whether a young person should be present at a given game is a matter for the adults running it and for the law where they live. We do not encourage anyone under the legal gambling age in their jurisdiction to play poker for money.
Poker Clock takes no part in any game it times, and we have no visibility of how it is used. Where poker is played for money, it is the responsibility of the people playing to do so lawfully and within their means.
If gambling is causing harm to you or someone you know, help is available. In the United States, the National Problem Gambling Helpline can be reached at 1-800-522-4700. In the United Kingdom, GamCare can be reached at 0808 8020 133. Similar services exist in most countries.
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