SwimTouch vs RacePenguin Timing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwimTouch
This app streamlines swim meet management for teams, allowing officials to time events and log disqualifications. Parents can view their children's race times in real-time as scores are updated.
- Real-time timing and logging
- Disqualification tracking
- Automatic data upload to scorers
- Parent view of race times
- Web meet management integration
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Swim Touch is designed to help swim teams run their swim meets. Paired with our web meet management solution, our iOS app allows timers and officials to time and log dqs and have the data automatically uploaded to the scorers. Parents can also see their kids times in the app as meets are scored.
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 rating: RacePenguin Timing at 4.9 against SwimTouch's 4.2. RacePenguin Timing also leads on ratings volume (156 vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.2). SwimTouch's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RacePenguin Timing has 156 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SwimTouch ships an update monthly, RacePenguin Timing every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwimTouch | RacePenguin Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (156 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 96.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 156 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Light Year Software, LLC | Dilltree Inc |
Customer experience
SwimTouch
RacePenguin Timing
In-app purchases
SwimTouch
No in-app purchases
RacePenguin Timing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is RacePenguin Timing free?
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