Top 5 Poker Blind Timer Apps for Tournaments

A blind timer does one job: put the current level on a screen and change it on schedule. The differences between them come down to how fast you can build a structure, how readable the display is from across a room, and whether the app tries to be more than a timer. Here are five, and an honest note on where each stops.

Short answer

For a phone or tablet at the table, a dedicated blind timer app is fine and usually free. For anything shown to a room (a TV, a laptop plugged into a screen) a browser-based clock is more readable and easier to set up. If you also want players, payouts or standings, you want a tournament manager, not a timer.

The comparison

App	Platform	Offline	Custom levels	Big display	Beyond timing
Ultimate Holdem Timer	Browser	No	Yes	Yes	Calculators only
Blind Valet	Browser	No	Yes	Yes	Players, payouts, leagues
The Club House	Browser, mobile, TV	No	Yes	Yes	Full tournament + league
PokerTimer (iOS)	iOS	Yes	Yes	Phone-sized	No
Poker Timer Blinds (Android)	Android	Yes	Yes	Phone-sized	No

“Big display” means the level is legible from across a room on a TV or laptop. Feature availability and pricing change. Check current details before the night.

1. Ultimate Holdem Timer

Best for: the fastest possible route to blinds on a screen.

A free browser timer with blind and payout calculators, no account and, per its own site, no ads or trackers. Open it, enter your levels, start.

Strengths: nothing to install or sign up for. Limitations: it is a timer, no players, no seating, no history. Why it made the list: for a single game it is genuinely the right answer.

2. Blind Valet

Best for: a timer that also knows who is playing.

A cloud tournament manager whose clock is only the front end: underneath there is registration, seating, eliminations, a payout calculator and league rankings, with staff able to work from their phones.

Strengths: a free tier well beyond timing. Limitations: more setup than a plain timer, and some features sit on paid plans. Why it made the list: the natural step up when a timer stops being enough.

3. The Club House

Best for: a clock on the TV that is part of a tournament rather than separate from it.

The clock runs on a TV or second screen while players follow it on their phones, driven by a structure saved as a reusable template. Because it sits inside the tournament, the same screen also carries the prize pool, the player count and the payouts.

Strengths: the structure is built once and reused, and the clock is connected to the rest of the night. Limitations: needs an internet connection, and it is more than a one-off game requires. Why it made the list: it is the timer that still makes sense in month six.

4. PokerTimer (iOS)

Best for: an offline timer on an iPhone or iPad.

A free iOS app for setting up a blind structure and running the clock, with level alerts.

Strengths: works with no connection at all. Limitations: a phone screen is not a room display, and there is nothing beyond the timer. Why it made the list: the reliable fallback when the venue has no internet.

5. Poker Timer Blinds (Android)

Best for: the same job on Android, without ads.

An ad-free blind timer with custom structures and presets for turbo, normal, classic and sit-and-go formats, plus sound alerts at level changes.

Strengths: presets mean you can be running in under a minute; no ads interrupting the clock. Limitations: timing only, phone-sized. Why it made the list: the best-behaved of the Android timer category.

Visibility beats features

The single biggest improvement to a home game clock is not a feature, it is size. A phone propped against a glass means players ask you how long is left; a laptop on a side table or a TV means they stop asking. Choose for the screen you will actually use.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best poker blind timer app?

For a phone at a small table, a free dedicated timer app on iOS or Android. For anything on a TV or laptop, a browser-based clock is easier to read and quicker to configure.

Are poker blind timer apps free?

Most are, usually with ads. Ad-free versions cost a small one-off amount. Browser-based clocks such as Ultimate Holdem Timer are free with no account required.

Can a blind timer handle rebuys and payouts?

Pure timers cannot: they only count down levels. For prize pools that update with rebuys and payouts that recalculate, you need a tournament manager rather than a timer.

Do blind timers work without internet?

Phone apps do. Browser-based clocks generally need a connection at least to load. Test this specifically if your venue has unreliable Wi-Fi.

Your next step

Build a structure first with the free blind structure calculator, then load it into whichever timer you pick. Five free poker tournament clocks covers the browser options in more depth, and clock vs tournament software covers when a timer stops being enough.