iScoreTimer vs Regatta Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iScoreTimer
This app provides a versatile timer for sailing regattas, catering to both race committees and competitors. It offers various modes, including options for AP flags, rolling or single starts, and customizable start times. The timer can also include optional horn signals and voice countdowns for enhanced race management.
- Race committee and competitor modes
- AP Flag timing (6 or 4 minutes)
- No AP Flag timing (5 or 3 minutes)
- Rolling or single starts
- Customizable start times
- Optional horn signals and voice countdown
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Timer for race committees and competitors of sailing regattas optionally with voice and signal support offering several modes: - Optional Sync Button: hidden for Race Committee version, visible for Competitor version - With AP Flag (6 or 4 minutes to start) - Without AP Flag (5 or 3 minutes to start) - Rolling starts or single start - In competitor mode, start time can be set for some time in the future (e.g. for pursuit races) - In race committee mode start times can be set for 'Top of the Minute', 'Nearest 5 Minutes', or custom - Optional horn signals and voice countdown Also includes 'Time Lapsed Since Start' for single starts and delayed start feature, e.g. for pursuit races.
Regatta Manager
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Regatta Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use race management solution designed specifically for sailing clubs to streamline all aspects of regatta management. Regatta Manager scoring is fully RRS 2025-2028 compliant and approved by US Sailing. Here’s what it brings to your fingertips: • Design Race Courses: Visually plan courses on a map, drag and drop gates and marks, assign details like leave side, coordinates, pictures, and notes. Use Olympic and standard course template do dynamically configure courses and easily orient them to the wind direction. Use AR buoy finder mode to check buoy position, direction and distances. • Manage Fleets with Ease: Assign boats to classes, classes to divisions, and divisions to different rating systems (PHRF, ORC, IRC, ORR, ORR-Ez) both ToT and ToD. • Fully integrated ORC support: Just tap on the Download button to download all boats certificates and tap on the Assign button in Race/Rate view to assign to all ORC boats a coherent ORC rating index from the certificates such as one of the 5 band ratings or anything else supported by ORC. • Organize Races Efficiently: Pick courses, assign handicaps based on conditions, set starts and finishes, manage penalties, and review scoring—all within the app. • Visualize Key Data: See boats’ live positions, wind, and tide forecasts directly on the map. • Comprehensive and RRS compliant Scoring: Manage a full regatta series, automate scoring, and instantly publish live results to the web. • Simple Data Management: Import/export boat and race data and streamline web-based self-registration for competitors. • Live Mode: Manage your regatta in realtime from the committee boat with Starting Sequence countdown and flags indication, OCS Recording, Finish Recording, Abandon, Postpone and Recall flags, boat tracking through AIS Regatta Manager is an all-in-one, end-to-end race management solution designed to make your club’s regattas more organized, accessible, and enjoyable for organizers and sailors alike. Regatta Manager is a free and fully functional app and we're committed to keep the app totally free for Beer Can style regattas. The cloud infrastructure services that we offer anyway have their own infrastructure costs and we need to require a monthly or year subscription fee for advanced cloud functionalities and for allowing clubs to support unlimited number of Regattas and Races. Regatta Manager Service subscription support the following features: - Manage unlimited number of Regattas - Manage unlimited number of Races - Make all Regatta info visible on Cloud - Allows users to directly register on Cloud - Sync/Download from Cloud - Export/Import Regattas Standard Terms of Use (EULA) are applied and available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Regatta Manager at Free against iScoreTimer's $1.99. Regatta Manager also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). iScoreTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Regatta Manager is free to download; iScoreTimer costs $1.99 up front. Regatta Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. iScoreTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
iScoreTimer ships an update every 2 months, Regatta Manager every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iScoreTimer | Regatta Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rolf Jaeger | Polar Sailing LLC |
In-app purchases
iScoreTimer
No in-app purchases
Regatta Manager
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Year Subscription$99.991 Year
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