Cincinnati Open vs RacePenguin Timing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cincinnati Open
Stay connected to all the tennis action with real-time scores, player updates, and exclusive content. Personalize your tournament experience by following favorite players and discovering events beyond the courts.
- Follow favorite players with personalized updates
- Real-time scores and match tracking
- Live scoreboards for multiple matches
- Customizable Favorites Mode
- Discover daily player schedules
- Explore entertainment and special events
- In-app streaming experience
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Experience tennis like never before with the all-new Cincinnati Open app. Follow your favorite players, catch every match moment, and discover exciting entertainment beyond the courts. Whether you're courtside or watching from home, stay connected to all the action that makes the Cincinnati Open unforgettable. FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITES • Mark your favorite players and get personalized updates • Get notified the moment your favorite players take the court • Never miss a match from the players you love most LIVE MATCH TRACKING • Real-time scores and match updates delivered instantly • Follow multiple matches simultaneously with live scoreboards • Watch match progress with detailed set-by-set scoring FAVORITES MODE • Customize your tournament experience around what matters most to you • Toggle Favorites Mode to see only your selected players and activities DISCOVER WHO'S ON COURT • Find out which players are playing today • See court locations and match schedules at a glance BEYOND TENNIS • Explore entertainment, dining, and special events • Discover player appearances and exclusive experiences EXCLUSIVE FEATURES • In-app streaming experience you won't find anywhere else The Cincinnati Open app requires location access to provide venue-specific features and notifications to enhance your tournament experience.
RacePenguin Timing
Access race information, track your favorite runners live, and view real-time results for running events. This app connects runners and spectators with event details and live race updates.
- Event information
- Live runner tracking
- Live race results
- Find race services
- View event details
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RacePenguin is the place for runners and spectators to find event information, live track your favorite runner*, and live race day results. Racepenguin is a premier timing company based out of Ohio providing race services across the United States. *Not all events elect to have live tracking available
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RacePenguin Timing at 96% against Cincinnati Open's 16%. RacePenguin Timing also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Cincinnati Open's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months). 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.
RacePenguin Timing holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 178 and 156 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Cincinnati Open's written reviews are positive against 96% of RacePenguin Timing's.
Cincinnati Open ships an update every 2 days, RacePenguin Timing every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cincinnati Open | RacePenguin Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (178 ratings) | 4.9 (156 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 156 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cincinnati Tennis LLC | Dilltree Inc |
Customer experience
Cincinnati Open
RacePenguin Timing
Bugs and requests
Cincinnati Open
Reported bugs
39 issues- Cannot select players to add to favorites
- Everything is squished on iPhone screen
- Scores and schedule listed off screen
- App requires updates daily/frequently
- Different data and scores shown on multiple iPhones
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- Username requested but forced to log in with email
- Difficulty transferring tickets
- Email not working as login after update
- Cannot access purchased tickets
- App logs out after mandatory updates
- No account exists when resetting password
- App shows splash screen ad that cannot be dismissed
- App does not start, shows bouncing ball
- Match/court info not always accurate
- Player names not showing up fully
- Scores not properly formatted or aligned
- Cannot login in again after updates
- App doors not start now, just bouncing ball
- Order of play screen is blank half the time
- Live scores don't update
- Cannot sort play by time
- Cannot find players in app search
- App is not like last year's version
- System update required twice in three days
- Cannot see schedule for next day
- App doesn't update regularly
- Clicking draw sheet or order of play does nothing
- Practice schedule hard to find
- Does not show correct player list
- Results page is an iFrame that doesn't scroll
- Data issues with order of play not displaying properly
- Error message when trying to get notifications for female players
- App won't let me click on female players for notifications
- Cannot find players as they are sorted into groups
- Practice schedule under 'Venue' instead of 'Schedule'
- Home screen showing old scores
- Stuff overlapping everywhere
- Matches finished days ago still marked as live
- Ad banner across the top blocks selection
Requested features
10 requests- Add a live interactive map with directions
- Improve internet/wifi connectivity
- Streamline Ticketmaster interface
- Allow saving tournaments for reminders
- Provide a printable order of play
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- Indicate seeds in the draw
- Make it easier to find draws and live scores
- Add dark mode option
- Improve player search functionality
- Allow clicking court names to see map
RacePenguin Timing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cincinnati Open
No in-app purchases
RacePenguin Timing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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