Comparison

Pips! vs TRMaster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pips!

Generate custom tone sequences for time synchronization, inspired by global broadcast signals. Control frequency, duration, and volume to create unique 'pips' for personal or professional use. Includes presets from international broadcasters.

Highlights
  • Build custom pip sequences
  • Control frequency, duration, and volume
  • Use built-in presets
  • Recreate historical time signals
  • Generate new tone combinations
Features
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Pips is a tone sequence generator inspired by the alluring & mysterious Greenwich Time Signal and its countless friends broadcast around the world. Both amateur and professional pip connoisseurs have the power to recreate time signals of yore or innovate new combinations of boops that will delight the world's radio lovers and keep things in sync. Become time by becoming boop. This is your goal. Features! - Build a sequence of one or more custom pips and play them through your device. - Control the frequency, duration, and volume of your pips so people of all ages can keep their clocks on time. - Use our built in presets to kickstart your new pip-filled existence. Includes time signals used by international broadcasters like the BBC & CBC as well as time stations like NIST's WWV. Pips will give you the power to tame time by delineating it in your own personal style. Synchronize yourself, your family, your life. You control time now. Congratulations.

About

TRMaster

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TRMaster is the ultimate tripmaster, designed for precise distance tracking using GPS. It ensures accuracy and reliability at every stage. Simply press start to begin measuring your traveled distance. Tap the reset button to reset the interval counter, or press and hold it to reset all counters and stop distance tracking. For optimal visibility, you can customize the display color for the best contrast. Additionally, TRMaster allows you to reverse the counter when you’ve taken a wrong turn. TRMaster is completely free to use. If you’d like to support its development, you can make a small donation within the app.

Screenshots

Pips!3 screens
TRMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TRMaster at monthly against Pips!'s every 25 months. TRMaster also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TRMaster sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pips! ships an update every 25 months, TRMaster monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pips! versus TRMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPips!TRMaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason ThompsonRonald Baks

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99
3 purchases

TRMaster

One-time3
  • Small Donation Bronze-Member$0.99
  • Medium Donation Silver-Member$2.99
  • Large Donation Gold-Member$3.99

Questions

Is Pips! free?
Pips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TRMaster free?
TRMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pips! or TRMaster have ads?
Neither Pips! nor TRMaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pips! or TRMaster?
Pips! ships an update every 25 months, and TRMaster monthly. Most recently, Pips! was updated on November 3, 2026 and TRMaster on October 30, 2026.

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