Basketball Shot Clock vs Simple Shot Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basketball Shot Clock
This app allows you to run a basketball shot clock on your iPhone or iPad. It includes various sound options and supports different rule sets like NCAA, NBA, and FIBA. A helpful 'Recall Last' feature is available for accidental resets.
- Buzzer and countdown sounds
- NCAA, NBA, FIBA, and custom settings
- Built-in rule set references
- Accidental reset recall
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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In basketball, a shot clock encourages a fast pace of play. Run your own shot clock on your iPhone or iPad. - Includes buzzer and countdown sounds - Supports NCAA, NBA, FIBA, or custom settings - Includes rule sets for NCAA, NBA, and FIBA so that you can easily reference them. - "Recall Last" Option if you accidentally tap Reset.
Simple Shot Clock
This app provides a customizable shot clock for various sports like basketball and water polo. Easily start, stop, and adjust the timer with simple swipe gestures. Personalize the look with color and sound settings to fit your needs.
- Start/Stop timer
- Switch timers
- Adjust time by second
- Customizable colors
- Customizable time settings
- Sound settings
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A dedicated shot clock app for basketball, water polo, billiards, etc. The simple operation makes it easy to use for anyone, and you can change the color and time as you like. ● Basic Operation 1. Start/Stop Tap the time to start the timer, and tap again to stop. 2. Switching the timer Swipe the time to the left or right to switch the timer. 3. Changing the time Swipe up to add 1 second to the time, swipe down to subtract 1 second. ● Setting items ・Color settings (background, text, buttons) ・Time settings ・Sound settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basketball Shot Clock at none against Simple Shot Clock's 2. Basketball Shot Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Simple Shot Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Simple Shot Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Basketball Shot Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Basketball Shot Clock against 5.0 for Simple Shot Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Basketball Shot Clock ships an update every 7 months, Simple Shot Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basketball Shot Clock | Simple Shot Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Carnesciali | NAOYA ONO |
Customer experience
Basketball Shot Clock
Simple Shot Clock
In-app purchases
Basketball Shot Clock
No in-app purchases
Simple Shot Clock
- Support Developer$0.99
- Remove ads$3.99
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