# Ultimate Stopwatch — Multiple Stopwatches for Teams

> Professional multi-stopwatch app for coaches, trainers, and educators. (iPhone/iPad app by Pinetree Software.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-stopwatch/id502096113 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pinetree Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/502096116)
- Category: Sports, Utilities
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 67 App Store ratings · 55 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-12-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-stopwatch/id502096113/reviews.md

## What is Ultimate Stopwatch?

The Ultimate Stopwatch is a professional timing tool, essential for coaches, trainers, and PE teachers who need to track multiple athletes across multiple events.

Simple to use, but powerful enough to handle all your needs, designed specifically for iPhone and iPad.


Unmatched Functionality with No Limits

• Unlimited Stopwatches: Track any number of users; up to 180 stopwatches can be displayed simultaneously on an iPad Pro for a single race.
• Flexible Race Management: Create unlimited races with customizable locations and notes, switching between them with a single swipe.
• Laps Without Limits: Record unlimited laps per stopwatch, with the last 4 to 16 laps displayed.
• Background Operation: Watches continue running even when the app isn't running, ensuring you never lose track.
• Flexible Timing Adjustments: Save temporary laps or stops to assign later, ensuring accuracy even when multiple runners arrive simultaneously.
• Undo mistakes: False Start or tapped wrong person? Undo it! Got the wrong time? Edit it anytime. Add or delete watches, even while race is ongoing.

Complete Control at your Fingertips

• Customizable Activity List: Tailor the built-in activity list to the sports or events you track.
• Individual and Master Controls: Start, stop, or reset each watch independently or all at once.
• Diverse Stopwatch Formats: Choose from 25 different layouts to suit your needs, controlling watch/button/text size.
• Advanced Timing Options: Switch between split and cumulative displays at any time, and control the precision of time display down to thousandths of a second.

Comprehensive People Management

• Organize your People: Group individuals into teams or classes for streamlined tracking.
• Detailed Reporting: Access race history and performance metrics for each participant, including their personal bests.
• Easy Importing: Import contacts directly from your address book, complete with photos and emails.
• Photos: so you can tell who's who in a large group.

Flexible Launch Choices

• Quick Race Launching: Use the volume button to start races without needing to look at your device.
• Visual Organization: Automatically sort watches (as each person completes a lap, they drop to the bottom, so next lap they're easy to find) or manually arrange as needed.
• Staggered Starts: Spread out your runners over time.
• Full-Screen Launch Board: Let each runner knows it's their time to go.
• Batch races: launch another group all at once.
• Simultaneous Races: Easily navigate between multiple ongoing races.

Dynamic Reporting

• Add Personal Notes: Enhance reports with notes for each race or participant.
• Sorting and Graphing: Sort reports by time or name, or graph your results.
• Exporting: Use your data in other apps, like Excel.
• Activity Tracking: Monitor which types of activities are timed and locate races by name or map.
• Find a race: Search by name, or use the map to find it by location.

The Ultimate Stopwatch is not just a tool; it’s a game-changer for anyone serious about timing in sports. With robust features and user-friendly design, it empowers coaches and trainers to focus on performance while effortlessly tracking times.

## Key features

- Unlimited stopwatches
- Flexible race management
- Unlimited laps
- Background operation
- Flexible timing adjustments
- Detailed reporting
- Customizable activity list

## Chart rankings

- #75 in Top Paid · Sports (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 55)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-stopwatch/id502096113/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great app to time time trials

*2026-06-20*

Fantastic product for timing individual starts and easy to use. I use it for rowing time trials

### 2/5 — As I fed back last time ….Buttons too small & easy to miss

*2026-06-19*

As I fed back last time … Make the lap button larger … x2 length

**Developer response:** Thank you for the suggestion, but I need your help:

So if you go to Settings>Watch Layout, you'll see all kinds of different watch “faces”, some with photos, some without, and with many different size buttons to allow more or less information and/or watches on the screen at once.

Which face(s) would you suggest would be better with a bigger button?

### 5/5 — I love this app!

*2026-06-09*

Great stopwatch! I can manage multiple swimmers laps at a time, easily set up practice groups, export time trials, etc.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2026-02-04*

It's really nice when people just do what they're doing and they do it good.

### 4/5 — Great app

*2024-10-08*

I love this app saves Me a ton of time

### 4/5 — Great xc app

*2024-09-06*

Once it’s set up and you’re used to it, the app is great. Helps with splits in races and workouts.

### 5/5 — Awesome for all track & field and cross country events

*2024-05-11*

Great product!!! Makes keeping track of workouts and races so much easier!! Great tool!!!

### 3/5 — Buttons too small & easy to miss

*2024-01-30, version 2.8.2*

Make the lap button larger … x2 length

### 5/5 — Awesome for all track & field and cross country events

*2023-12-29*

Great product!!! Makes keeping track of workouts and races so much easier!! Great tool!!!

### 5/5 — THE best stopwatch ever designed

*2023-12-10*

Love Ultimate Stopwatch so much I got a new iPhone instead of a galaxy, when my phone needed replacing, just to keep using it. Keep up the great work!!

## Frequently asked questions about Ultimate Stopwatch

### What does the Ultimate Stopwatch app do?

The Ultimate Stopwatch is a professional timing tool designed for coaches, trainers, and PE teachers. It allows users to track multiple athletes and events simultaneously, offering features like unlimited stopwatches, flexible race management, and detailed performance reporting.

### What are the key features of the Ultimate Stopwatch?

Key features include unlimited stopwatches (up to 180 on an iPad Pro), flexible race management with customizable locations and notes, unlimited laps per stopwatch, background operation, and the ability to make flexible timing adjustments. It also offers detailed reporting and people management.

### How much does the Ultimate Stopwatch app cost?

Based on the provided information, the Ultimate Stopwatch app is a paid application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What devices is the Ultimate Stopwatch compatible with?

The app is specifically designed for iPhone and iPad devices. It leverages the capabilities of these devices, such as displaying a large number of stopwatches simultaneously on an iPad Pro.

### Who would benefit from using the Ultimate Stopwatch app?

This app is ideal for coaches, trainers, PE teachers, and anyone involved in sports or events that require precise timing of multiple participants. It's also useful for organizing and analyzing athletic performance data.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.8.4 — 2024-10-13

Allows deleting of Current Race (with warning)
More undo ability across the app
Dark mode icon
Some obscure crashes fixed.

### 2.8.3 — 2024-06-19

A major update internally, but with relatively few visible changes.

Watches 2.8 now requires iOS version 14.  As a result, it should be more compatible and better performing with smoother animations.

A lot of UI code has been rewritten for this release, so please let us know of ANY UI glitches or oddities (or any other issues too). 

Minor Features:
Optional space between watches
Can edit a race's date and location
Like Safari, Watches now autohides bars on iPhone when scrolling to give more room for watches 
Rebuilt all "faces" to scale better in different size phones/iPad/Mac
More photo-forward watch-faces to identify people
Photos stored as higher resolution and circular
Works on Apple Silicon Macs
Drag/Drop photos
Scale/crop photos when importing
Undo messages have more detail
Multi selection allowed during History Edit and All People Edit
More use of popovers for field editing
Faster graph animation

Fixes:
Fixed Volume buttons
More consistent text colors (e.g. red for warnings)
Dark mode more consistent
"Swipe to delete" more consistent with iOS standard
Undo Lap now removes from visible watch as well

2.8.1 and .2: 
Fix field crashes

2.8.3:
Moves support platform from UserVoice to FreshDesk
Cleans up nav bar disappearance in main screen
Fix one field crash

### 2.8.2 — 2023-12-13

A major update internally, but with relatively few visible changes.

Watches 2.8 now requires iOS version 14.  As a result, it should be more compatible and better performing with smoother animations.

A lot of UI code has been rewritten for this release, so please let us know of ANY UI glitches or oddities (or any other issues too). 

Minor Features:
Optional space between watches
Can edit a race's date and location
Like Safari, Watches now autohides bars on iPhone when scrolling to give more room for watches 
Rebuilt all "faces" to scale better in different size phones/iPad/Mac
More photo-forward watch-faces to identify people
Photos stored as higher resolution and circular
Works on Apple Silicon Macs
Drag/Drop photos
Scale/crop photos when importing
Undo messages have more detail
Multi selection allowed during History Edit and All People Edit
More use of popovers for field editing
Faster graph animation

Fixes:
Fixed Volume buttons
More consistent text colors (e.g. red for warnings)
Dark mode more consistent
"Swipe to delete" more consistent with iOS standard
Undo Lap now removes from visible watch as well

2.8.1 and .2: fixes field crash

### 2.8.1 — 2023-12-10

A major update internally, but with relatively few visible changes.

Watches 2.8 now requires iOS version 14.  As a result, it should be more compatible and better performing with smoother animations.

A lot of UI code has been rewritten for this release, so please let us know of ANY UI glitches or oddities (or any other issues too). 

Minor Features:
Optional space between watches
Can edit a race's date and location
Like Safari, Watches now autohides bars on iPhone when scrolling to give more room for watches 
Rebuilt all "faces" to scale better in different size phones/iPad/Mac
More photo-forward watch-faces to identify people
Photos stored as higher resolution and circular
Works on Apple Silicon Macs
Drag/Drop photos
Scale/crop photos when importing
Undo messages have more detail
Multi selection allowed during History Edit and All People Edit
More use of popovers for field editing
Faster graph animation

Fixes:
Fixed Volume buttons
More consistent text colors (e.g. red for warnings)
Dark mode more consistent
"Swipe to delete" more consistent with iOS standard
Undo Lap now removes from visible watch as well

2.8.1: fixes field crash

### 2.8.0 — 2023-12-04

A major update internally, but with relatively few visible changes.

2.8.0 now only runs on iOS version 14 or later, thus taking advantage of UI features only available in later versions of the OS and removing many former bug workarounds necessary for older versions. As a result, Watches should be more compatible, better performing with smoother animations and a more standardized UI.

A lot of UI code has been rewritten for this release, so please let me know of ANY UI glitches or oddities (or any other issues too). There weren't any changes to the data handling, so shouldn't be any problems there. 

Minor Features
Now that iPhones have more space, increased spacing between watches (optional)
Can edit a race's date and location
Like Safari, Watches now autohides bars on iPhone when scrolling to give more room for watches 
More photo-forward faces to identify people
Photos stored in higher resolution.
Works on Apple Silicon Macs
Photos are presented as circular
Drag/Drop photos
Scale/crop photos when importing
Undo messages have more detail
Multi selection allowed during History Edit and All People Edit
More use of popovers for field editing
Faster graph animation
Rebuilt all "faces" to scale better in different size phones/iPad/Mac

Fixes:
Fixed Volume buttons
More consistent text colors (e.g. red for warnings)
Dark mode more consistent
"Swipe to delete" more consistent with iOS standard
Undo Lap now removes from visible watch as well

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