TOCKWISE

How accurate is your watch? Ask your iPhone. 30 seconds.

Lay your iPhone next to your mechanical watch. Its microphone hears the ticking and shows the rate in seconds per day, beat error and amplitude. No account. No server. Works offline. Free to measure; Pro is a one-time purchase.

Coming soon to theApp Store
Measuring
Tockwise measuring a watch: +4.1 seconds a day, plus or minus 0.6, strong signal, beat error 0.3 ms, amplitude 283 degrees
One watch
One watch page: on the wrist +3.1 seconds a day over 6 days, rate chart and timeline
Six-position report
Six-position report: average +2.6 seconds a day, spread 5.8, within chronometer range

How it works

1

Place the iPhone flat with its bottom edge touching the crown.

Lay the watch dial up on a folded towel or mouse pad. The microphone is on the bottom edge.

2

Keep still for 30 seconds.

Don't touch the phone or the table. A quiet room helps.

3

Read rate, beat error and amplitude.

Save the reading to the watch's timeline, or measure again to confirm.

Honest numbers

Readings are estimates from the phone's microphone, not a bench timegrapher. Every number comes with its uncertainty, right next to it.

When Tockwise can't hear the watch clearly, it says so instead of guessing.

STRONG SIGNAL

+4.2

s/d ±0.6

NO SIGNAL

Can't hear the watch yet.

Move the crown closer to the bottom edge.

What it does

Bench readings

Rate, beat error and amplitude from the iPhone microphone in about 30 seconds, with a live timegraph.

Wrist timing against atomic time

Log your watch against time.apple.com each morning to see how it runs over several days.

Six-position test

The app tells you when to turn the watch and reports average, spread and chronometer range.

Calibre table with sources

Beat rate and lift angle for common calibres, showing where each value comes from and where sources disagree.

CSV export

Take every reading and time log into a spreadsheet. Your data, always free to export.

iCloud sync

Keep watches and history on all your iPhones and iPads through your own iCloud.

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Unlimited measuring
  • One watch
  • Last 10 readings
  • Time logs
  • CSV export

Pro, one-time

$9.99 once

  • Unlimited watches and history
  • Six-position reports and PDF
  • Precision runs
  • Charts and comparison
  • iCloud sync
  • Widgets
  • Reminders

No trial. No subscription.