Comparison

altimeter professional vs Debate Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

altimeter professional

This app provides highly accurate altitude and position detection using GPS and barometric sensors. It features a graphical analog display with digital readings, tracks maximum altitude reached, and allows users to calibrate readings. You can also take and share photos with location data or send emergency SMS messages with GPS coordinates.

Highlights
  • Accurate altitude and position detection
  • Analog and digital display
  • Maximum altitude tracking
  • Photo capture with altitude and location
  • Emergency SMS with GPS coordinates
  • Altitude calibration
  • Meters or feet display
Features
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The professional altimeter with automatic altitude detection that works even without an internet connection! With the professional altimeter app, you can find out the actual altitude of the place where you are. The app automatically displays the altitude using a complex algorithm that combines three measurement methods: * Through satellite triangulation (also works without an internet connection) * Through map altitude, retrieving the terrain elevation for your location * Through the pressure sensor (if available), calibrated using the nearest weather station Carefully designed from a graphical perspective, the app recreates an analog altimeter (in meters or feet) with a digital measurement display. Here are some of the features: * Automatic altitude measurement (with the option to manually select one of the three measurement methods: [Map Altitude, Flight Altitude, GPS Altitude]) * History function with route tracking on the map and elevation-change graphs [works even when the app is closed], with indicators for speed, average speed, and elevation gain * Photo gallery of your routes with data overlaid on the photos * Alert system for sending your location by message or SMS in case of need * Weather forecast with trend information, temperature, and humidity measurements * Photos with overlaid data, location, and altitude * Custom widget to add to your Home Screen With the additional Premium feature, you can: * Remove advertisements * Remove the branding from photos OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION Only if you want to, you can activate the Premium version to remove ads and the watermark from photos: 1 month, 6 months or 1 year. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or turn it off in your account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.mailant.it/privacyapp/privacyAltimetro.htm Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Debate Clock

Features
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Debate Clock is a timer built for competitive debate. It runs the whole round — every speech in order, cross-examination, and each team's prep time — so the chair can watch the debate instead of a stopwatch. BUILT-IN FORMATS SDL, JDL, World Schools (WSDC) and British Parliamentary come preloaded with the correct speech order and durations — cross-examination periods, separate prep time for each side, and the protected-time window in which points of information may be offered. CUSTOM FORMATS Build your own: add speeches, set durations, assign them to a team, reorder them, and save as many formats as you need. Start from a built-in template or from a blank list. Rename teams, change their badge and colour, or add new ones. PREP TIMERS Each side gets its own countdown, independent of the speech clock. Pause, resume and reset at any point in the round. BELLS • Interval bell every minute, or a single bell one minute before time • Extra alert 30 seconds before the end • Single or double bell when the speech ends • Triple bell 15 seconds into overtime • Optional bell at the start and end of the POI window, and when a point of information runs out Every bell can be mirrored as a vibration, and sound or vibration can be muted on the spot. MADE FOR A REAL ROUND • A 15-second countdown for points of information, offered only while the speech is inside its POI window • Exclusive timers — starting one clock pauses the others, so two never run at once • Count-up mode if you would rather see time elapsed than time remaining • The screen stays awake while a timer is running • Swipe between speeches on a phone; on a tablet the full speech list and both prep timers sit beside the clock • Keyboard shortcuts: space to start and pause, arrow keys to change speech • English and Slovak, matched to your device language No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything is stored on your device and the app works fully offline.

Screenshots

altimeter professional4 screens
Debate Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Debate Clock at none against altimeter professional's 3. Debate Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 67 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. altimeter professional sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Debate Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

altimeter professional ships an update every 67 months, Debate Clock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
altimeter professional versus Debate Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteraltimeter professionalDebate Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFFZ srlMichal Hrbaty

In-app purchases

3 purchases

altimeter professional

Subscriptions3
  • Premium 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Premium 6 Months$6.996 Months
  • Premium 1 Year$11.991 Year
None

Debate Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is altimeter professional free?
altimeter professional is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Debate Clock free?
Debate Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do altimeter professional or Debate Clock have ads?
altimeter professional shows ads; Debate Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, altimeter professional or Debate Clock?
altimeter professional ships an update every 67 months, and Debate Clock every 2 weeks. Most recently, altimeter professional was updated on November 1, 2026 and Debate Clock on October 9, 2026.

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