Skipping Skills vs Jump Rope Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skipping Skills
Learn jump rope skills with video demonstrations from world-class athletes. This app offers over 35 skills organized into six difficulty levels, with additional tips and images to help overcome challenges. It's a fun and effective way to master jump rope techniques.
- Video explanations and demonstrations
- World-class jump roper instruction
- Tips and images for challenges
- Six difficulty skill levels
- Over 35 extra skills
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Skipping Skills is the most convenient, fun, and effective way to learn jump rope skills. Video explanations and demonstrations of each skill are taught by world class jump ropers. Additional videos and tips images are included to help jumpers with challenges of the skills. Skills are organized into six increasingly difficult skills levels with over 35 extra skills. This app is based on the best selling Skipping Skills instructional DVDs.
Jump Rope Timer
This app provides a flexible timer and audio cues for jump rope activities, including individual and relay events. It allows sounds to play over other music apps and offers easy control over timing. Currently in preview, it's not intended for official competitions.
- Flexible timing for jump rope
- Audio tracks included
- Supports individual and relay events
- Plays sounds over other music
- Easy cancel/restart functionality
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A simple, flexible app for timing jump rope speed and freestyle events. Features: - No MP3 files to download or manage -- one app and you have all the tracks - Choose from various individual and relay events. - Sounds can play over music playing from another app - Easily cancel/restart timing This is a preview release, not ready for use in competitions or official scoring.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jump Rope Timer at 100% against Skipping Skills's 50%. Jump Rope Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). Skipping Skills's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Skipping Skills sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Jump Rope Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skipping Skills holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Skipping Skills's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jump Rope Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Skipping Skills ships an update every 4 months, Jump Rope Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skipping Skills | Jump Rope Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 348 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Megan Friesth | Andrej Kyselica |
Customer experience
Skipping Skills
Jump Rope Timer
In-app purchases
Skipping Skills
- Complete Level 1$0.99
- Level 2$1.99
- Level 3$1.99
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- Level 4$1.99
- Level 5$1.99
- Level 6$1.99
- All Single Rope Skills$9.99
Jump Rope Timer
No in-app purchases
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