Machiavelli
Point. Play. Pass. Timing without the cognitive load.
Machiavelli turns your iPhone or iPad into an intense, distraction-free turn timer for board games, card games, and multiplayer strategy sessions. Unlike traditional chess clocks that clutter the screen with everyone's times, Machiavelli hides the noise.
Whether you're locked in a tense 2-player duel or navigating a chaotic 6-player free-for-all, Machiavelli scales effortlessly while keeping the screen focused on exactly one thing: the active player's remaining time.
That's the whole app. No accounts to create, no subscription to cancel, no ads to dismiss, and no internet connection required. Just focused, rapid-fire gameplay.
Set the rules. Pass the phone. Get on with the game.
No registration. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. No cloud. No limits. Machiavelli never asks who you are, never phones home, and never monetizes your game night. Every feature works from the first launch, forever, entirely on your device.
Most game timers bury the action under complex grids showing the remaining time of every single player, forcing you to hunt for your clock while your turn burns away. Machiavelli takes the opposite path: radical minimalism. The screen adapts to show only the player whose turn it currently is, mapped to a distinct background colour, with a giant clock and a massive interaction target to pass the turn.
It's built specifically for intense modern board games. With built-in Setup Phases to review your hand before the game starts, fluid auto-pass logic when your time hits zero, and per-turn time increments, it handles the complex rules of your tabletop group effortlessly.
Built for groups of all sizes. Machiavelli effortlessly tracks anywhere from a 2-player head-to-head duel up to a 6-player chaotic free-for-all, assigning a unique colour to every person.
The screen exclusively displays the active player's number and remaining time over a distinct, player-specific background colour. Zero distractions.
Set a global total time for each player and a custom time increment added to their clock every time they complete a turn.
Give everyone a dedicated window (e.g. 30 seconds) to review their starting hands and plan their strategies before the real clocks start ticking.
When your timer hits zero, you don't lose the game. Machiavelli automatically passes the turn to the next player, applying your time increment to keep you alive for your next round.
The UI pulses and counts down with sharp audio beeps during your final 10 seconds. Hit zero, and the screen violently flashes red as the turn is ripped away.
Jump straight into the action with one-tap preset buttons (like 5m | 10s) or dial in the exact rules using lightning-fast, native scrolling time wheels.
Game interrupted? App closed? Machiavelli saves your exact session state locally, meaning you can pause your game and pick up right where you left off hours later.
The massive, unmissable "Next Player" button explicitly displays the number of the person receiving the turn, eliminating confusion at crowded tables.
Machiavelli is private by architecture, not by policy. Everything happens on your device. The app has no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, and absolutely no network features of any kind. It doesn't ask for a single permission. It's just a timer, exactly as it should be.