Comparison

EQ Timing vs Race Timer

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

Head to head
About

EQ Timing

Features
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EQ Timing is an app for registering time results in any type of race. The app works together with the complete sportstiming solutions from EQ Timing (https://www.eqtiming.com). EQ Timing is based on the same principles as a traditional time recorder. The user presses a button and enters the startnumber when the participants pass the finish line. Since the device is connected to the internet the results are automatically uploaded to EQ Timing's servers and resultlists are generated on the fly. In addition to the time recorder functions the app also supports the following features: - Countdown clock. Counts down the time to event start for each participant or team in an event.

About

Race Timer

Features
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Race a mate down a bit of trail you made up that afternoon. One of you stands at the top and starts a timer. The other stands at the bottom and stops it. The server works out the difference, so both phones agree on the time even though their clocks do not. HOW IT WORKS Start a room and read the six character code out. Everyone else types it in. Add riders by name, by number, or both. Hit START as somebody drops in, and whoever is at the bottom hits STOP as they cross the line. Either phone, either order. BUILT FOR TRAILS WITH NO SIGNAL The moment you need the handoff is usually the moment neither phone has bars, so none of this needs a connection. Times are captured on the phone and go up on their own once signal comes back. There is a screen for stopping a rider with no connection at all, where you hit the slab first and say who it was afterwards, and a mode for timing a whole session with no server involved that uploads later. Two phones can also sync to each other over the radio. Count each other in, both hit the mark, and from then on your times agree even if neither phone can reach anything. HONEST ABOUT ACCURACY Two people with two thumbs are good to about a tenth of a second, so a tenth is all it shows. Every phone measures how far its clock is from the server and corrects for it before recording anything. Three seconds of clock drift on a two minute run just reads as a bad run, and nobody would ever catch it. RESULTS A leaderboard of everyone's best time. Share a picture of it for the group chat, or export the lot as a spreadsheet. Any run can be corrected or binned if a thumb slipped, and the app flags the ones that look wrong. NO ACCOUNTS Nothing to sign up for and nothing to fill in. No adverts, no tracking, and the app never asks where you are. A room and its times are deleted a week after the last run, so export anything you want to keep.

Screenshots

EQ Timing4 screens
Race Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Race Timer at every 5 weeks against EQ Timing's every 24 months. EQ Timing's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EQ Timing ships an update every 24 months, Race Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
EQ Timing versus Race Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEQ TimingRace Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEQ Timing ASHIMON SOFTWARE LTD

In-app purchases

None

EQ Timing

No in-app purchases

None

Race Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EQ Timing free?
EQ Timing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Race Timer free?
Race Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EQ Timing or Race Timer have ads?
Neither EQ Timing nor Race Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EQ Timing or Race Timer?
EQ Timing ships an update every 24 months, and Race Timer every 5 weeks. Most recently, EQ Timing was updated on September 19, 2026 and Race Timer on October 7, 2026.

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