Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Regatta and scrimmage timing
  • Standalone or website integrated modes
  • Real-time results display
  • Penalty and correction support
  • Spreadsheet import for configuration
  • Age-based handicaps
Features
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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

About

Stroke Rate Trainer

This app provides a customizable metronome to help athletes train at specific tempos. It plays audible beeps at a set rate, ideal for practicing swimming strokes or other sports requiring precise timing during workouts.

Highlights
  • Customizable beep rate
  • Set tempo in seconds per cycle
  • Audio output via speaker or headset
  • Useful for swimming and other sports
  • Supports iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Features
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This is a simple metronome app that plays a beep at the selected rate in seconds per cycle. This can be used to train cycle rates in swimming or other sports. Example usage would be playing the rate to an athlete or group of athletes through the phone speaker, bluetooth speaker or headsets before or during a practice repeat so they learn the target tempo they are trying to achieve.

Screenshots

CrewTimer Regatta Timing1 screens
Stroke Rate Trainer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: CrewTimer Regatta Timing at 10 against Stroke Rate Trainer's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CrewTimer Regatta Timing versus Stroke Rate Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewTimer Regatta TimingStroke Rate Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEntazza LLCDavid Hedden

Customer experience

CrewTimer Regatta Timing

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stroke Rate Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CrewTimer Regatta Timing

No in-app purchases

None

Stroke Rate Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewTimer Regatta Timing free?
CrewTimer Regatta Timing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stroke Rate Trainer free?
Stroke Rate Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CrewTimer Regatta Timing or Stroke Rate Trainer?
Stroke Rate Trainer is rated higher. CrewTimer Regatta Timing averages 4.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Stroke Rate Trainer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CrewTimer Regatta Timing or Stroke Rate Trainer have ads?
Neither CrewTimer Regatta Timing nor Stroke Rate Trainer shows ads.

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