Comparison

5K@ADA vs Swimming Timer

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

Head to head
About

5K@ADA

This app encourages physical activity to help prevent diabetes and its complications. It serves as a disease awareness campaign, promoting healthy lifestyles for diabetes prevention and control. Participation is free of charge.

Highlights
  • Diabetes prevention awareness
  • Promotes physical activity
  • Healthy lifestyle encouragement
  • Free participation
  • Disease awareness campaign
Features
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The 5K@ADA brings together citizens of New Orleans and ADA attendees to emphasize the need for increased physical activity to help prevent diabetes and diabetes complications. This disease awareness activity provides participants with the opportunity to raise public awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing and controlling diabetes. Through Novo Nordisk's continued support of the American Diabetes Association, the 5K@ADA Virtual Challenge will be free of charge .

About

Swimming Timer

This app helps swimmers practice race starts with customizable timers and randomized delays. It also functions as a stopwatch to accurately measure lap and split times during training. Results can be saved and organized by date, with customizable event names and color themes.

Highlights
  • Customizable race start timer
  • Randomized start delays
  • Lap and split time measurement
  • Save and view results by date
  • Editable event names
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Starter & stopwatch app for swimming. It can be used for practicing the starting race command or to help you measure your time. ●Basic Functions 1. Starter function You can set the time from TAKE YOUR MARKS to start sound as you like. It is also possible to randomize the time, which is useful for practicing the start. 2. Lap time & Split time Pressing the "Lap" button or "Stop" button after the start sound, the lap time and split time will be measured. If you accidentally press the button to measure a time, you can delete it by swiping the result cell to the left. 3. Saving results Measured times can be saved by pressing the "Save" button. Saved times can be viewed by date. 4. Event setting By tapping the event name under the time, you can freely select an event (e.g. Men's 100m Freestyle). In the initial display, 100m is set. 5. Color settings The background color and timer color can be changed.

Screenshots

5K@ADA4 screens
Swimming Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 5K@ADA at none against Swimming Timer's 2. 5K@ADA also leads on ads (none vs shown). Swimming Timer's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Swimming Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 5K@ADA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 5K@ADA against 5.0 for Swimming Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5K@ADA ships an update every 2 months, Swimming Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
5K@ADA versus Swimming Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5K@ADASwimming Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAmerican Diabetes AssociationNAOYA ONO

Customer experience

5K@ADA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Swimming Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

5K@ADA

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Swimming Timer

One-time2
  • Support Developer$0.99
  • Remove ads$6.99

Questions

Is 5K@ADA free?
5K@ADA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swimming Timer free?
Swimming Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5K@ADA or Swimming Timer?
5K@ADA and Swimming Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do 5K@ADA or Swimming Timer have ads?
Swimming Timer shows ads; 5K@ADA does not.
Which is updated more often, 5K@ADA or Swimming Timer?
5K@ADA ships an update every 2 months, and Swimming Timer every 3 months. Most recently, 5K@ADA was updated on October 9, 2026 and Swimming Timer on September 25, 2026.

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