Chronometer vs Countdown

Chronometer – Mechanical Watch Accuracy This app helps you track the real-world accuracy and long-term rate performance of your mechanical watch. It provides an easy way to measure the daily rate of your watch against an accurate NTP time reference and to follow its performance over days, weeks or months. Before starting a new measurement series, synchronize your watch with an accurate time reference. Do not reset the watch during the measurement period. An internet connection is required to obtain the precise NTP reference time. How to measure your watch 1. Start the app and wait until the NTP server has synchronized. The NTP time turns green when the reference time is available. 2. Point the camera at the watch dial. You can use pinch-to-zoom and, on supported devices, the macro capability for precise reading of the seconds hand. 3. Tap the camera button to freeze the image. The app records the corresponding NTP reference time. 4. Read the exact time from the frozen image and adjust the displayed watch time using the picker wheels. 5. If desired, enter the current altitude above sea level. 6. Tap Save Rate to store the measurement. 7. Tap the camera button again to return to the live camera view. For the best results, measure your watch once per day at approximately the same time. If more than one day passes between two measurements, the app automatically calculates the average daily rate for that interval. Performance evaluation The graph shows the daily rate of your watch together with the standard COSC limits and the more demanding COSC Excellence limits. After at least 15 measurements, the app provides an additional COSC Evaluation based on the most recent 15 daily rate values. The evaluation includes a COSC pass/fail assessment and a Concours Score from 0 to 500 points, derived from the chronometer competition formula. The Concours Score does not include the thermal coefficient (CT). Temperature testing, controlled positional changes, magnetic exposure and shock testing cannot be reproduced during normal everyday use. The result is therefore not an official COSC certification, but a practical evaluation of the real-world rate performance of your watch. The complete measurement history can be exported as a CSV file for further analysis. The exported data includes the date, absolute rate difference, daily rate difference and altitude above sea level. Time reference: Swiss NTP server ntp11.metas.ch The app also includes a COSC NTP 4 Hz reference dial for calibration and verification of optical timing instruments. Requires iOS 18.6 or later.

Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy