Time Drops Live! vs NorCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Drops Live!
Get instant updates on live swim meet results directly on your screen. This application connects with the Time Drops timing system to provide real-time heat results.
- Instant heat result refreshes
- Connects to Time Drops timing system
- Live updates
- Swim meet information
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This app ties in with the Time Drops timing system. Heat results are refreshed into your screen instantly.
NorCal
This app connects the Northern California soccer community by providing live scores, lineups, and livestreaming for games. Fans can engage with teams through comments and media uploads, while clubs can communicate with followers and explore new revenue streams.
- Live scores and updates
- Lineup information
- Livestreaming capabilities
- Video and image uploads
- Team and club pages
- Notifications for game starts and goals
- Integrated communication for clubs
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The NorCal App brings the Northern California soccer community closer together while enhancing the fan and participant experience by enabling lineups, live scores, livestreaming, highlights and fan engagement features for soccer games at all levels. With the NorCal App, families, friends and fans can support their favorite team and share their passion live in the community by commenting and uploading videos or images boosting the interest and engagement. In the NorCal App, you follow the teams you are interested in and get full control of game schedules, lineups, match reporting, livestreams and notifications when the match starts or goal-by-goal if you want. NorCal gives you the same experience as a professional league no matter the level or league of your favorite team. The dedicated team and club pages automatically gather all content related to you, and the integrated communication function lets teams and clubs quickly reach all their followers with information. NorCal also enables new revenue streams for clubs and teams through integrated partner functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Time Drops Live! at 100% against NorCal's 29%. Time Drops Live! also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8). NorCal's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Time Drops Live! holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Time Drops Live!'s written reviews are positive against 29% of NorCal's.
Time Drops Live! ships an update every 3 weeks, NorCal every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Time Drops Live! | NorCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | 2.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIME DROPS LLC | NorCal Premier Soccer |
Customer experience
Time Drops Live!
NorCal
In-app purchases
Time Drops Live!
No in-app purchases
NorCal
No in-app purchases
