Ludum vs CrewTimer Regatta Timing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ludum
Access your entire training program, data, and team communications in one centralized mobile platform. Track sessions, monitor progress, and import data from popular devices to optimize athletic performance.
- View training programs
- Write training programs
- Track session data
- Add scores for sessions
- Collect morning monitoring
- Team communication
- Import data from Garmin, Polar, Suunto
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Access all your Ludum data from your phone. Ludum is the first to bring your training program, data and communication in one place, helping teams go faster. With the Ludum mobile app you can: See your training program from anywhere Write your training program View and training data for your session Add Scores for Ergo Sessions Add Scores for Water Sessions (coaches only) Collect your morning monitoring Communicate with your team through session walls Import your data from Garmin, Polar or Suunto Get a rowing specific training load
CrewTimer Regatta Timing
This app simplifies timing for regatta-style races like crew, kayak, and canoe. It supports large events or standalone scrimmages, allowing for real-time results, penalty adjustments, and configuration via spreadsheet import.
- Regatta and scrimmage timing
- Standalone or website integrated modes
- Real-time results display
- Penalty and correction support
- Spreadsheet import for configuration
- Age-based handicaps
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Crew Timer is an app and companion website used to facilitate event timing and scrimmage timing for regatta style racing such as crew, kayak, canoe, or track and field. It can be used for 1000+ entry events as well as standalone use as a scrimmage or seat race timer. When used standalone the user simply presses buttons to start each entry being timed and then subsequently presses a finish button for each entry as they finish. A summary screen is provided to show the 'results'. For a regatta or sprint style, the start and stop timing can be separate tablets or phones located at the start and finish with the results shown real time on www.crewtimer.com. Penalties and corrections are allowed. Configuration is done via a simple spreadsheet import of the race entries. For more information on using CrewTimer for a regatta, visit www.crewtimer.com and select the About menu item. Standalone Features • Sprint or Head races • User configurable races • Share results as spreadsheet Features enabled with www.crewtimer.com integration • Spreadsheet configuration • Real time results • Real time lineup changes • Time synchronization • Separate mobile device for start and finish • Age based handicaps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CrewTimer Regatta Timing at 100% against Ludum's 22%. CrewTimer Regatta Timing also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CrewTimer Regatta Timing holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Ludum's written reviews are positive against 100% of CrewTimer Regatta Timing's.
Ludum ships an update every 6 weeks, CrewTimer Regatta Timing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ludum | CrewTimer Regatta Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (19 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Endurance Sports Research Ltd | Entazza LLC |
Customer experience
Ludum
CrewTimer Regatta Timing
In-app purchases
Ludum
No in-app purchases
CrewTimer Regatta Timing
No in-app purchases
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