Comparison

ChronoTracker vs The Watchmakers App

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

Head to head
About

ChronoTracker

Track daily luxury watch auctions in Gulf Countries. Follow favorite brands, check real-time prices, and gain insights for smart market decisions. Access a vast database of watch listings and values.

Highlights
  • Track daily luxury watch auctions
  • Follow favorite watch brands
  • Check real-time prices
  • View watch details and performance
  • Access a database of 50,000+ listings
  • Gain market insights
Features
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ChronoTracker is a mobile app for tracking the auctions of the secondary market of luxury watches that take place in the Gulf Countries on a daily basis. It helps you follow your favorite brands, check their performances, see real-time prices, and learn about watch details. It gives you useful insights for smart decisions in the luxury watch market. We have been tracking the auctions for more than 3 years now, resulting in a vast database of over 50,000 watch listings that have a value of $500million, ChronoTracker can serve a diverse audience, including passionate watch enthusiasts, watch dealers and individual watch owners. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The Watchmakers App

Quickly identify, research, and compare watch movements and parts with a vast, structured database. Features photo identification, advanced search filters, and integrated trademark information for detailed horological context.

Highlights
  • Identify movements by photo
  • 12,000+ watch calibers
  • Tens of thousands of interlinked parts
  • 100+ search filters
  • Technical data sheets
  • Trademark and hallmark search
Features
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The Watchmakers App is an iPhone and iPad app for quickly identifying, researching, and comparing watch movements and parts. • Access the most reliable, detailed, structured, and searchable information on ~12,000 watch calibers, interlinked with tens of thousands of watch parts. • Identify any movement by photo against our industry-leading proprietary database using a deep-dive, logic-driven process that outperforms guessing AI, giving you manual-grade precision and total control at every step. • 100+ search filters, including manufacturer, country, power source, complications, escapement, shape, balance position, and more, for quick identification of the movement. • More than 1,000 technical data sheets from original manufacturers, parts interchangeability information from Jules Borel, BestFit, Boley, Flume and GR mainsprings information in collaboration with Generale Ressorts, linked directly to the related caliber infosheets. • Thanks to subscribers to the paid plans, the data in the app is continuously updated and improved with verified data from catalogs, manufacturers, archives, and experts — ensuring the information you rely on stays accurate and current. This commitment to accuracy is what really separates this app from other available watch movement databases. • Closely integrated with the largest horological trademarks database, mikrolisk.de, offering a quick search within the app of 65,000+ hallmarks to find more historical context for vintage movements. • Offers the most comprehensive lists for many manufacturers' movements, including Rolex, Patek Philippe, and many others, as well as the most comprehensive U.S. import codes list.

Screenshots

ChronoTracker4 screens
The Watchmakers App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Watchmakers App at every 2 weeks against ChronoTracker's every 3 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChronoTracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $27.49 per month and The Watchmakers App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChronoTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, The Watchmakers App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ChronoTracker versus The Watchmakers App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronoTrackerThe Watchmakers App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChronotrackerDeniss Fedotovs

Customer experience

ChronoTracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Watchmakers App

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ChronoTracker

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Subscription$27.491 Month
  • Quarterly Plan$100.003 Months
  • 1 Year Subscription$279.991 Year
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  • Vip$990.001 Year
2 purchases

The Watchmakers App

Subscriptions2
  • Enthusiast Monthly14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Enthusiast Yearly14 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is ChronoTracker free?
ChronoTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Watchmakers App free?
The Watchmakers App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChronoTracker or The Watchmakers App have ads?
Neither ChronoTracker nor The Watchmakers App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChronoTracker or The Watchmakers App?
ChronoTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Watchmakers App every 2 weeks. Most recently, ChronoTracker was updated on October 6, 2026 and The Watchmakers App on October 19, 2026.

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