Comparison

Dash Timer vs Ready Steady

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dash Timer

This fitness app helps track athletic performance with features like an athletic stopwatch, timed haptics, and detailed workout history. It supports various activities, integrates with Apple Health, and provides coaches with performance analysis tools.

Highlights
  • Athletic Stopwatch
  • Timed Haptics
  • Workout History & Summaries
  • Pace Goals
  • Apple Health Integration
  • Coach Performance Analysis
Features
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Maximize your athletic potential! Dash Timer is the ultimate fitness app designed specifically for track and field athletes, sprinters, runners, and fitness enthusiasts. Elevate your performance, crush your personal bests, and train smarter with Dash Timer's powerful features. TRAIN LIKE A TRACK PRO: Practice block starts and strength train more effectively with Dash Timer's Athletic Stopwatch, Command Starts, Timed Haptics, and saved intervals. Ideal for aggressive, high-speed training, Dash Timer is your ultimate companion for improving track and field performance. VERSATILITY AT ITS BEST: Not just for track athletes, Dash Timer supports a wide range of activities, including sprints, runs, bike rides, lifts, HIIT, and more. Whether you're an athlete, a coach, or a fitness enthusiast, Dash Timer has everything you need to excel in your training. UNPARALLELED WORKOUT HISTORY: Dash Timer empowers you to access your workout history from all of your favorite apps - right on your wrist! Discover detailed workouts and weekly summaries dating back to the last 250 sessions. Effortlessly keep track of your progress and performance trends, enabling you to train smarter and reach your peak potential. TAILORED FOR YOUR WORKOUTS: Choose between Manual or Auto Segments, set Pace Goals, and access a wealth of workout metrics right on your wrist. Stay on pace, track your progress, and optimize your workouts like never before. COACHES’ DREAM TOOL: For coaches, Dash Timer offers tamper-proof screenshots and weekly summaries to evaluate students and athletes effortlessly. Keep track of their progress and analyze performance data with ease. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION: Dash Timer syncs seamlessly with Apple Health and Apple Fitness, ensuring all your workout data is conveniently stored and accessible in one place. It also supports Activity Rings, trends, awards, sharing, and competitions. SIMPLE TO USE, POWERFUL RESULTS: With convenient music controls, optional app shortcuts via the Digital Crown, and a plethora of useful Apple Watch Complications, Dash Timer offers a user-friendly experience without compromising on performance. Don't wait to unleash your full athletic potential. Download Dash Timer now and experience a whole new level of fitness training. An Apple Watch with watchOS 6.0 or later is required for fitness tracking. Visit www.dashtimer.com for more information and dedicated support to help you crush your fitness goals. Get Dash Timer today and transform the way you train!

About

Ready Steady

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Ready Steady is made for your training runs on the track: An accurate stopwatch that records heart rate and pace, and lets you easily time your rests. Features include: • Acoustic pacemaker. • Records heart rate and pace. • Your training session will show in Apple’s Fitness App on the iPhone. • Stop the run by tapping anywhere on the screen. Ready Steady prevents the display from sleeping on wrist-down. Also, con­sid­er setting the wake du­ra­tion to 70 s and activating “Wake on Wrist Raise”). • Long-sleeve mode (bump to stop). Works even if the watch is covered by a sleeve or glove: just give the watch a hard tap or bump your palms against each other. This works even if the display is sleeping. • Using the 3-second acoustic countdown means you do not even need to start the stopwatch manually, which makes the measurement even more accurate. • During the rests, Ready Steady shows the current rest as count-up, as well as a progress bar (if you have set a target rest, which is optional). • The little Bluetooth icon is shown if an external heart rate sensor is connected. • The current heart rate is shown even before the first run begins. • Optionally, choose to proceed to the next run automatically after the given rest time. • On the Apple Watch, you can see an overview of the runs and rests so far, including minimum and maximum heart rates. • Ready Steady on the iPhone lets you inspect your training session in more detail, including heart rate and pace. • The pace can be shown in m/s, s/100m, min/km or min/mile. • Use a two-finger pinch to zoom in and out of the heart rate and pace graph. • Tap on a run or rest to automatically zoom and scroll to the respective section. • See the average heart rate and pace in the currently visible section. • The list shows the minimum heart rate during the rests, and the maximum during the run – this includes up to 30 s after the run as the highest heart rate reading usually occurs shortly after you cross the finish line.

Screenshots

Dash Timer4 screens
Ready Steady3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ready Steady at none against Dash Timer's 1. Ready Steady also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dash Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ready Steady asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dash Timer ships an update every 8 months, Ready Steady every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dash Timer versus Ready Steady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDash TimerReady Steady
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.115.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid VolandJust Another Foundry GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dash Timer

One-time1
  • Check Submitted Screenshots$29.99
None

Ready Steady

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dash Timer free?
Dash Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ready Steady free?
Ready Steady is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dash Timer or Ready Steady have ads?
Neither Dash Timer nor Ready Steady shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dash Timer or Ready Steady?
Dash Timer ships an update every 8 months, and Ready Steady every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dash Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ready Steady on October 14, 2026.

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