Stopwatch vs --Stop Watch--
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stopwatch
Precisely time events with multiple display options on your Apple Watch. Track laps and split times with ease using digital, analog, or hybrid views.
- Accurate event timing
- Lap and split time tracking
- Digital stopwatch view
- Analog stopwatch view
- Hybrid stopwatch view
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Time events with accuracy and ease with Stopwatch on Apple Watch. Use the Stopwatch app on Apple Watch to time events Keep track of laps or split times Scroll between 3 different stopwatch views: digital, analog, or hybrid
--Stop Watch--
This utility app functions as a basic stopwatch. It allows users to start, stop, and reset the timer with simple button presses. Ideal for timing events or tasks.
- Start timer
- Stop timer
- Reset timer
- Easy operation
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- How to operate - Press "Start" to start the stopwatch. Press "Stop" to stop the stopwatch. Press "Reset" to reset the stop watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: --Stop Watch-- at 75% against Stopwatch's 0%. --Stop Watch-- also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Stopwatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. --Stop Watch-- sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per month. Stopwatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
--Stop Watch-- holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: --Stop Watch-- has 255 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 75% of --Stop Watch--'s.
Stopwatch ships an update every 10 months, --Stop Watch-- every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Stopwatch | --Stop Watch-- |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (29 ratings) | 4.5 (255 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 255 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple | Makiko Kawahara |
Customer experience
Stopwatch
--Stop Watch--
In-app purchases
Stopwatch
No in-app purchases
--Stop Watch--
- Premium Plan (Monthly)$0.791 Month
- Premium Plan (Yearly)$3.951 Year
- Premium Plan (Lifetime)$9.19
