PenaltyTimer vs CVG Nation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenaltyTimer
This app is designed for roller derby officials to reliably track player penalties. It offers features like simultaneous timer stops, 10-second warnings, and quick editing for penalties, simplifying the management of the penalty box.
- Manage any penalty box configuration
- Stop all timers simultaneously
- 10-second warning alert
- Tap-edit for quick time adjustments
- Customizable team colors
- Multilingual support
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PenaltyTimer is the first mobile app created specifically for roller derby officials. It has since been used by leagues all over the world. Typical stopwatches can be unreliable and cumbersome to use. PenaltyTimer provides a reliable way to track penalties with built-in knowledge of the WFTDA ruleset for those tricky jammer situations. If you're short staffed at practice, managing the full penalty box is no problem! FEATURES - Manage any configuration you'd like: two blockers, two jammers, four blockers, or even the full penalty box! - Stop all timers simultaneously between jams. - 10 second warning, alerting you to tell the skater to stand up. - Tap-edit allows you to quickly edit a time or add a minute for a double-penalty. - Customizable colors to match the team uniforms. - Full support for Retina display and iOS multitasking. - Localized into eight languages.
CVG Nation
Join a supportive women's fitness community offering daily free legging giveaways, motivational content, and expert coaching. Access over 150 free workouts, inspiring podcasts, and fitness challenges designed to empower your health and wellness journey.
- Daily free legging giveaways
- Fitness motivation
- Supportive women's community
- Free workouts library
- Inspiring fitness podcasts
- Expert fitness and nutrition coaching
- Fitness challenges
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Daily Legging Giveaways + Fitness Community. This community is for you if you love... - Free leggings. - Fitness motivation. - Being around super supportive, positive women. - Free workouts. - Fitness challenges. - Listening to inspiring podcasts. - Knowledgeable coaches. This women's only community is full of empowering women that motivate & inspire through words and actions. Every woman in our community is ready to cheer you on and celebrate wherever you are in your fitness journey. We have experienced coaches in the community available to answer any of your fitness and nutrition questions. We have a library of 150+ free workouts. We have over 100 episodes of our fitness podcast (Thick Thighs Save Lives) that will leave you more knowledgable, motivated and ready to better yourself. Oh, and we want to reward you for working hard, so we give away a ton of free workout gear: 1. We give away a free pair of leggings each day (Monday-Friday) at random for anyone who's taking part in our community. 2. Each week we release a free workout to the community. If you do the workout you can enter to win the giveaway that week. We want to set the record straight for health and wellness. No fad diets or magical fixes just good information to help you improve your fitness, health and overall life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CVG Nation at Free against PenaltyTimer's $1.99. CVG Nation also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 13) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). PenaltyTimer's advantage is chart position (#33 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
CVG Nation is free to download; PenaltyTimer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PenaltyTimer against 4.9 for CVG Nation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CVG Nation has 2.2K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PenaltyTimer's written reviews are positive against 97% of CVG Nation's.
PenaltyTimer ships an update every 8 months, CVG Nation every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PenaltyTimer | CVG Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 4.9 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fearless Code | Zanagraphics Inc. |
Customer experience
PenaltyTimer
CVG Nation
Bugs and requests
PenaltyTimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CVG Nation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- App not loading content
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved app stability and performance
- More detailed workout and nutrition guidance
In-app purchases
PenaltyTimer
No in-app purchases
CVG Nation
No in-app purchases
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