Comparison

CrewTimer Regatta Timing vs Lynx ViewFinder

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

Lynx ViewFinder

Features
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Lynx ViewFinder streams the live align mode images from your Vision-Series camera straight to your iPhone over a direct Wi-Fi connection — no cables, no extra hardware, no internet required. Connect to your camera's built-in Wi-Fi network and see exactly what the camera sees in real time. It's the fastest way to check framing, alignment, and focus when setting up your Vision-Series camera at the finish line. KEY FEATURES • Live MJPEG image streaming directly from the camera • Connects over the camera's own Wi-Fi access point — works anywhere, even with no cellular or internet • Simple, distraction-free full-screen view • Automatic reconnection if the signal drops • Guided Wi-Fi setup • No account, no sign-in, no ads HOW IT WORKS 1. Power on your FinishLynx Vision-Series camera and enable the EVF function. 2. Open Lynx ViewFinder and connect to the camera's network (its name starts with "5L"). 3. View the live image instantly and adjust your camera with confidence. REQUIREMENTS Lynx ViewFinder is a companion app for FinishLynx Vision-Series cameras. A compatible camera with the Electronic ViewFinder (5LEVF) upgrade is required to use the app — without one, there are no images to display. PRIVACY Lynx ViewFinder collects no personal data. It connects only to your camera to display its images. Location permission is used solely so the app can confirm which Wi-Fi network the device is connected to, which iOS requires before an app may read the network name — it is never used to determine or transmit your location. Made by Lynx System Developers, Inc., the team behind FinishLynx timing systems.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

CrewTimer Regatta Timing and Lynx ViewFinder are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CrewTimer Regatta Timing versus Lynx ViewFinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewTimer Regatta TimingLynx ViewFinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEntazza LLCLynx System Developers, Inc. (apps)

In-app purchases

None

CrewTimer Regatta Timing

No in-app purchases

None

Lynx ViewFinder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewTimer Regatta Timing free?
CrewTimer Regatta Timing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lynx ViewFinder free?
Lynx ViewFinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrewTimer Regatta Timing or Lynx ViewFinder have ads?
Neither CrewTimer Regatta Timing nor Lynx ViewFinder shows ads.

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