Track Shack Timing & Tracking vs PaceBuzz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
This app offers real-time race tracking for participants and spectators. View live leaderboards, course maps, and participant progress with instant updates and notifications. Share your race experience socially.
- Interactive course map
- Live leaderboards
- Real-time participant data
- Live course tracking
- Event information
- Multiple participant tracking
- Push notifications
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Track Shack Timing & Tracking provides race tracking for select virtual and in-person races. This app is perfect for both participants and spectators. Highlights: - Interactive course map for participants - Live leaderboards - Participant times, paces, estimates, and places in real-time - Live course tracking - Event info and messaging - Easy tracking of multiple participants at the same time - Push notifications as progress is made on the course - Social sharing Notes: - Not all races are available on the app. Some included events may not use all features. - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
PaceBuzz
This app provides a specialized stopwatch for track workouts, designed for Apple Watch. It allows users to easily take splits, receive haptic pacing feedback, and view critical workout data at a glance. Structured workouts can be loaded from an iPhone, and efforts can be logged hands-free.
- Digital Crown split taking
- Haptic pacer for target splits
- Large, readable display
- Structured workout loading
- Hands-free effort logging
- Automatic run history
- Optional GPS and Auto-Pause
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Record splits with a slap. Feel your target pace on your wrist. PaceBuzz is an Apple Watch stopwatch and pacing app for track intervals, road workouts and race pacing. Plan on iPhone, run with your Watch, and review your session afterward. TAKE SPLITS YOUR WAY Slap Split records a split from one firm slap to your wrist or Watch using motion detection. You can also use Digital Crown turns or simultaneous button presses. Choose the controls that suit your run. FEEL THE PACE On the track, vibrations follow your planned target times; they do not detect when you cross a track marker. On the road, GPS-based pace alerts tell you when you are faster or slower than your target. Customize the vibration pattern, strength and timing. PLAN EVERY REP Build workouts on iPhone with work intervals, repetitions, recovery and pace targets. Load a plan onto your Watch and see the current rep and what comes next. PACE A TRACK RACE Set a goal time, opening pace and finish buffer. Follow a large race clock and timed cues for the track's 100 m marks, with plans for supported distances from 800 m to 10 km. REVIEW AND SHARE Explore splits, heart rate, cadence and GPS distance. View charts, share a chart, and log your own lactate readings and perceived effort. The Watch does not measure lactate. OPTIONAL STRAVA CONNECTION Upload automatically or send a saved run yourself. Strava uploads and TCX export are available without Premium. A Strava account is needed only for this optional connection. CORE TRAINING FEATURES ARE FREE Keep up to three current workouts and open your three most recent runs. PaceBuzz Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase for unlimited current workouts, full run history, and access to and restoration of archived workouts. No subscription. Run recording requires Apple Watch with watchOS 11.1 or later and the iPhone companion with iOS 18.1 or later. Choose kilometers or miles independently of language. Privacy Policy: https://pacebuzzapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://pacebuzzapp.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Track Shack Timing & Tracking at none against PaceBuzz's 1. Track Shack Timing & Tracking also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.1). PaceBuzz's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 35 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. PaceBuzz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Track Shack Timing & Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaceBuzz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Track Shack Timing & Tracking ships an update every 35 months, PaceBuzz weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Track Shack Timing & Tracking | PaceBuzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dilltree Inc | Andrew Kent |
Customer experience
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
PaceBuzz
In-app purchases
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
No in-app purchases
PaceBuzz
- PaceBuzz Premium$4.99
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