Comparison

Timer with Sections vs Time cal

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

Head to head
About

Timer with Sections

This app helps you manage time during performances by dividing it into customizable sections. It visually displays elapsed and remaining time for both individual sections and the entire event, with options to adjust timing on the fly.

Highlights
  • Structure time into sections
  • Intuitive time visualization
  • Adjust schedule during performance
  • Pause, skip, or reset sections
  • Alarm option for section ends
  • Log finished performance data
Features
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The 'Timer with Sections' supports you during your performance (e.g., a talk or keynote speech, a seminar or lecture, a workout) by providing intuitively visualized timing information. It allows you to structure time into 'sections'. [ Demo video available at: http://tinyurl.com/iphonetimer ] During your performance, you can easily adjust the schedule by moving time across sections, with a swipe gesture (e.g., when feedback from the audience requires you to skip or intensify a section of your performance) or by pressing the pause button (e.g., when answering a question from the audience requires some extra time). Features: Structuring a Performance: Available time can be divided into sections. Visualization of Time: The performance assistant view intuitively visualizes the remaining and elapsed time, both for the current section and the whole performance. Elapsed time is depicted in red, remaining time in green. An inner disc represents the used and remaining time for the current section. The section title is displayed in the center. An outer ring represents the used and remaining time for the whole performance. The segments of the ring represent the individual sections. Paused time (see below on the concept of pause) will is depicted in dark red. Extra time obtained by skipping parts of a section (see below on the concept of skipping) will be depicted in dark green. Alarm Option: Optionally, you can set an alarm at the end of each section. If set a short tick sound will signal the end of a section. Note: The iPhone will vibrate if you have configured "vibrate" in its sound setup. Managing Time during a Performance: Except for the stop-button you cannot interrupt, pause, extend or shorten a running performance. However, there are advanced possibilities to flexibly adjust the length of a section during a running performance, by moving time among sections. For example, your performance could have a section containing additional results which you might want to shorten or skip in favour of extending another section. There are three ways of altering the planned schedule during a running performance: * Pausing: Holding time for the current section, by shortening a later one. * Skipping: Skipping remaining time of the current section, by extending a later section. * Resetting: Setting elapsed time to zero for the current section, by shortening a later section. Leaving the Application: If you leave the performance assistant view or even the application, then the timer continues to count down. If you return to the performance assistant view, it will recover its previous state, including the elapsed time. If the performance assistant view is interrupted by pressing the home button or an incoming call, then a running performance is automatically switched to 'pause'. Logging a Finished Performance: Upon finishing a performance, you are asked if you like to log that performance. If you log the performance, then data as the actual time run or skipped is stored for each section. This allows you to analyse your performance and hence adjust and improve your schedule. A log of a performance can be viewed at any later time. It can be exported via email. Tips: Rehearsal: If you are creating a new performance, you should use Performance Assistant in a rehearsal. Then analysing your time requirements by checking the log file. Buffer Time: Consider adding a shrinkable section with optional topics or just a general discussion sections towards the end of your performance such that it can serve as a buffer. Note that you can pause a section only if such a buffer exits.

About

Time cal

This app offers a versatile stopwatch and timer with advanced calculation features, including frame-based timing. It's designed for professionals in media industries and students, with customizable backgrounds and shake-to-start functionality for simultaneous count-up and countdown.

Highlights
  • Stopwatch and timer functionality
  • Frame-based time calculation
  • Works in background
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Shake to start/stop
  • Four distinct timing modes
Features
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Stopwatch & Timer Time Calculator * Works in the background * Large buttons for easy operation * Customizable button backgrounds with your favorite photo * Simultaneous display of current time and counter while calculating * Pressing the "Clear" button twice turns it into "AC (All Clear)" * When using on Mac, you can enter with the number key. Ideal for: Broadcast, music, video, and anime industry professionals.
It includes a frame-based time calculator supporting:
1, 1/10, 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/50, 1/60, 1/100, 1/1000 sec Recommended for:
Directors, ADs, DJs, announcers, voice actors, narrators, mixers, sound producers
...and students aiming for these careers. Also useful for accounting, payroll, and attendance tracking. Shake to Start! * Just shake your iPhone to start count-up and countdown simultaneously * Perfect for giving a cue during live shows or recordings
 → You can track both elapse time and remain time * You can also start by tapping the indicator area * No sound output, suitable for quiet environments 4 Modes Available: Loop : Reset and start every time you shake or touch 0 SW : Repeat restart and stop mode SW : General stopwatch. Add time by restarting after posing LAP : Record lap time and total time If you're a DJ...
Shake it now!!
You'll get what you want. But please...
Don't throw your iPhone!

Screenshots

Timer with Sections4 screens
Time cal1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Timer with Sections at free against Time cal's paid. Timer with Sections also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 67%). Time cal's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

Timer with Sections costs $1.99 and Time cal $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer with Sections ships an update every 2 weeks, Time cal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timer with Sections versus Time cal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer with SectionsTime cal
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.6 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian FriesYukio Oishi

Customer experience

Timer with Sections

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.0%

Time cal

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Timer with Sections

No in-app purchases

None

Time cal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer with Sections free?
Timer with Sections costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time cal free?
Time cal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timer with Sections or Time cal have ads?
Neither Timer with Sections nor Time cal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer with Sections or Time cal?
Timer with Sections ships an update every 2 weeks, and Time cal every 5 days. Most recently, Timer with Sections was updated on October 27, 2026 and Time cal on November 1, 2026.

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