Speed Climbing Stopwatch vs hang!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Climbing Stopwatch
This lightweight stopwatch app plays the official IFSC start signal before timing your climbs. It simplifies training by eliminating the need for a separate device to play the start sound. The application is open source.
- Official IFSC start signal
- Lightweight stopwatch
- Simplified training
- Open source
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A simple an light weight stopwatch app that plays the official IFSC start signal before beginning to stop the time. That makes your training as easy as possible since you don't need a separate device to play the start sound anymore. This application is open source! Official Repo: https://itsblue.dev/scstw/app
hang!
This app helps climbers train smarter with customizable hangboard timers. Organize workouts into folders, log sessions with notes and RPE, and sync with Apple Health for progress tracking. Designed for efficiency, it streamlines your training routine.
- Customizable hang and rest timers
- Workout organization by focus
- Session logging with notes and RPE
- Apple Health synchronization
- Climber-designed interface
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Crush Your Training with hang! - The Hangboard App Built for Climbers Trying to level up your climbing? hang! helps you train smarter, not just harder. Whether you're gunning for your next redpoint, piecing together a project, or just keeping those fingers crimp-ready, hang! has you covered. Here's What Makes hang! a Go-To: - Custom Timers That Fit Your Style: Max hangs, repeaters, whatever your thing is - set your own hang time, rest, and reps. No more tweaking stopwatches. - Train From Your Wrist: Your timers sync straight to the Apple Watch app. Run the whole session from your wrist with haptics, live heart rate, and the workout saved to Apple Health. - Organize Like a Pro: Group your timers into folders by focus - power endurance, warm-ups, finger strength - so you're not digging through a mess every session. - Log It or Lose It: Keep track of every session. Add notes, log RPE, and see your progress stack up over time. - Apple Health Sync: Your workouts automatically show up in Apple Health - helpful for tracking overall load and recovery. - Simple, Fast, No B.S. Designed by climbers who'd rather be training than tapping through menus. Whether you're training for comps, chasing your first V5, or just trying to stay strong between weekend trips - hang! keeps you dialed in and ready to send. Download hang! and get after it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: hang! at 100% against Speed Climbing Stopwatch's 50%. hang! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 24 months). Speed Climbing Stopwatch's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
hang! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hang! has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Speed Climbing Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 100% of hang!'s.
Speed Climbing Stopwatch ships an update every 24 months, hang! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Climbing Stopwatch | hang! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorian Zedler | Pawel Burda |
Customer experience
Speed Climbing Stopwatch
hang!
In-app purchases
Speed Climbing Stopwatch
No in-app purchases
hang!
No in-app purchases
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