Terms & Conditions

TickScope · Last updated 19 September 2026

TickScope turns your phone into a watch timing machine. It listens to a mechanical watch through the microphone, works out how fast it runs, and never sends the sound anywhere.

Who provides this app

TickScope is published by Safiye Meram, Esenler/Istanbul, Türkiye. You can reach us at gelistirbizi@gmail.com.

What TickScope does

  • Listens through the microphone while you hold a mechanical watch against the phone, and measures the arrival time of each escapement beat on the device.
  • Reports the three figures a watchmaker reads: daily rate in seconds per day, beat error in milliseconds, and balance amplitude in degrees.
  • Draws the classic timegrapher paper tape as the beats arrive.
  • Keeps a collection of your watches, with the movement and lift angle each one needs, and the history of what you measured.
  • With Pro, runs a six position calibration protocol and produces a PDF report on the device.

What TickScope never does

  • It does not record your audio. The microphone stream is analysed block by block in memory and discarded; nothing is written to a file and nothing is uploaded.
  • It does not listen unless you have pressed Start. There is no background listening and the app declares no background modes.
  • It has no account, no sign-in and no cloud sync.
  • It shows no advertising and contains no analytics or tracking.

This is a hobbyist instrument, not a certified reference

TickScope measures acoustically with the microphone that is in your phone. The figures are useful and repeatable, and they are comparable between readings you take the same way. They are not traceable to a metrological standard, and TickScope is not a substitute for a workshop timing machine or for the judgement of a watchmaker. Nothing the app reports is advice about whether to service, open or adjust a watch. Opening a watch yourself can damage it and can void its warranty.

Purchases

  • Measuring, the live tape and automatic beat rate detection are free, with one watch in the collection and a sixty second session.
  • TickScope Pro unlocks an unlimited collection, unlimited session length, the full measurement history and trends, the six position test, the PDF calibration report, CSV export and Lab mode.
  • Pro is sold as a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in your own currency on the purchase screen before you buy.
  • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel them in your App Store or Google Play account settings, not here.
  • The lifetime option is a single payment and does not renew.

Purchases are made through Apple or Google, and their terms apply in addition to these. For iOS, the Apple Standard EULA applies.

Using the app fairly

  • Use TickScope for your own watches or for watches you have been asked to look at.
  • Do not present a TickScope reading as a certified measurement, a valuation or a proof of authenticity.
  • Do not decompile the app or try to work around the purchase checks.

Liability

The app is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for damage to a watch, for a repair or purchase decision made on the basis of a reading, or for data lost because the app was deleted. Your statutory consumer rights are not affected.

Changes

If these terms change, the date at the top of this page changes with them. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the new version.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of Türkiye. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory rules of your own country of residence.