CrewTimer Regatta Timing vs Stroke Rate Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Stroke Rate Trainer
This app provides a metronome for athletes to train stroke rates in swimming and other sports. It allows users to set tempos, use event presets based on real data, and offers features designed for use on a pool deck, including offline functionality and large controls.
- Adjustable tempo slider and fine-tuning buttons
- Event presets based on NCAA data
- Tap to set tempo functionality
- Offline functionality
- Large, one-handed controls
- Background operation with screen lock
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Rate Trainer is a simple metronome app that plays a beep at the selected tempo, in seconds per stroke cycle. Use it to train stroke rates in swimming or other sports. For example, play the tempo to an athlete or a group of athletes through the phone speaker, a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, before or during a practice repeat, so they learn the target tempo they are trying to achieve. On Apple Watch, feel the tempo as a tap on your wrist, or use the Pace mode to set a pace to hold with countdown ticks. SET THE TEMPO - Slider from 0.20 to 3.00 seconds per cycle, with plus and minus buttons for fine adjustments of 0.01 - ÷2 and ×2 buttons to switch between one beep per pull and one beep per full cycle - Change the tempo while the beeps are playing - Take Rate: tap along with an athlete's stroke and the app sets the tempo from your taps EVENT PRESETS AND TARGET RANGES - Pick an event on the wheel to set the tempo to a preset for that event - Presets are based on the average stroke rate of the top 8 swimmers in each event in the 2024 NCAA data (short course yards) - The Target Ranges screen shows the fastest to slowest stroke rate among those top 8 swimmers for each event - Rename events, change their tempos, and add, delete or reorder them in Settings BUILT FOR THE POOL DECK - Steady, evenly spaced beeps that stay on tempo while you adjust it - Beeps keep playing when the screen locks or the silent switch is on, or if music is playing - Choose a low, medium or high beep pitch; high carries best across a noisy pool - Large controls and a dark design that are easy to use with one hand - Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch - No account, no ads, and works fully offline APPLE WATCH - Works on its own, with no iPhone needed - Set the tempo with the Digital Crown or the plus and minus buttons, then tap Start to get a tap on your wrist (and a beep, if you want one) with every stroke cycle - Pace mode: a tap every 8 to 59.9 seconds, to hold a lap pace such as 12 seconds per 25 - Optional Countdown Ticks: three light taps, one second apart, before each Pace tap - Turn the beep sound off for silent wrist taps only - Taps keep going with your wrist down and with a workout running Stroke rate data courtesy of Russell Mark of ASCA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CrewTimer Regatta Timing at every 3 weeks against Stroke Rate Trainer's every 34 months. CrewTimer Regatta Timing also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CrewTimer Regatta Timing against 5.0 for Stroke Rate Trainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CrewTimer Regatta Timing has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CrewTimer Regatta Timing ships an update every 3 weeks, Stroke Rate Trainer every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrewTimer Regatta Timing | Stroke Rate Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Entazza LLC | David Hedden |
Customer experience
CrewTimer Regatta Timing
Stroke Rate Trainer
In-app purchases
CrewTimer Regatta Timing
No in-app purchases
Stroke Rate Trainer
No in-app purchases
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