Comparison

FDS Smart Jumping vs Microgate HiSettings

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

Head to head
About

FDS Smart Jumping

Manage show jumping event timing and results with this intuitive app. Streamline your events by manually timing, editing, and exporting results. Connect to a TBox timing console for professional-level precision at a lower cost.

Highlights
  • Intuitive and simple user interface
  • Real-time display, editing, and export of results
  • Speedy competitor database import
  • Print results, start lists, and competitor lists
  • Share data between devices via Bluetooth
  • Connect and synchronize with TBox timing console
  • Use photocells for higher precision
Features
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"Smart Jumping" is an intuitive app designed by sports timing professionals to manage your timing and results requirements for Show Jumping Events. A fully functioning application to streamline and uplift your event by introduction of a reliable and innovative simple to use app. In its simplest form users can manage manual timing for your Show Jumping events with the ability to download and print results in a single Tap. Connect Smart Jumping to our TBox timing console, the smallest sports timer on the market complete with high-end electronic components and sophisticated firmware and you will be running your events as professionally as most FEI events are timed by a professional timing service but at a fraction of the cost! Main Features : - Intuitive and simple user interface. - Start timing your events immediately with little fuss or learning. - Real time display, editing and export of current, previous and archived results. - Manage all of your event timing needs at your fingertips. - Speedy Import of competitor database. - Print all results, start lists and competitors lists directly from your IPad. - Share data between devices using Bluetooth - Easy to analyse and to correct errors. Use with a TBox timing console : - Connexion and synchronizing via Bluetooth. - Use of photocells for higher precision - Display timing data on external display lines. - Send results to USB in a JJD (Jumper Juge Dashboard) supported format. In-App Purchase : Smart-Jumping is a free to download however without subscription the number of results in a competition is limited to 5. To remove this limitation, an annual subscription is required. A subscription is valid for 1 year. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account immediately after the purchase is completed. Subscription will not automatically renews after the end of the period. A warning will be displayed 30 days before the expiration date. You can renew manually your subscription up to 90 days before the expiration date.
Your subscription is valid on all the devices registered to your FDS-Cloud account. More information about the terms of use can be found on our website: https://fdstiming.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Microgate HiSettings

Features
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HiSettings is a Microgate App that allows configuration via Bluetooth connection of all devices in the HiFamily such as HiLink radios, HiSens photocells, the HiClock start light and the LinkPod Radio hub. Changes can apply to individual devices or groups of devices (e.g. frequency change or GroupID) HiLink - radios As far as HiLink radios are concerned, for the radio parameters it is possible to change the Frequency and GroupID, for the operating parameters it is possible to define the type of use (radio, receiver, timer, ...), the logical meaning of the signals received on the ports (Start, Stop, Lap1...), whether or not to enable HiSmart reception (and with what reception distance). Finally, it can be defined whether the device should be GPS synchronized or not (in single mode or with continuous synchronization). HiSens - photocell This device is not equipped with a display, so, besides using the ReiPro and RTPro stopwatches, the HiSettings App is the only alternative for configuration. In addition to the parameters described above, the photocell configuration can be used to set the operating mode (single or opposed TX or RX), dead time and special sensitivity options. HiClock - start traffic light For the start traffic light, it is possible to choose the operating mode (Countdown or Display), the parameters of the connection to the device (Bluetooth or WiFi), the type of sequence, the display mode, the possibility or not of displaying the time of day and the colours of the lettering. In command mode, it is also possible to control the display board directly from a mobile phone, activating or interrupting a sequence and to control other useful functions. LinkPod Radio - HUB radio This device, which allows pulses to be transmitted from up to 12 separate lines, can be programmed by changing the frequency and ID, the type of each line, and GPS synchronization modes.

Screenshots

Microgate HiSettings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Microgate HiSettings at every 6 weeks against FDS Smart Jumping's every 5 months. Microgate HiSettings also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FDS Smart Jumping ships an update every 5 months, Microgate HiSettings every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
FDS Smart Jumping versus Microgate HiSettings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFDS Smart JumpingMicrogate HiSettings
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFDS-Timing SarlMicrogate Srl

In-app purchases

None

FDS Smart Jumping

No in-app purchases

None

Microgate HiSettings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FDS Smart Jumping free?
FDS Smart Jumping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microgate HiSettings free?
Microgate HiSettings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FDS Smart Jumping or Microgate HiSettings have ads?
Neither FDS Smart Jumping nor Microgate HiSettings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FDS Smart Jumping or Microgate HiSettings?
FDS Smart Jumping ships an update every 5 months, and Microgate HiSettings every 6 weeks. Most recently, FDS Smart Jumping was updated on September 23, 2026 and Microgate HiSettings on October 5, 2026.

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