Current Altitude vs Cliff Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Current Altitude
Track your current altitude and location with this GPS-powered utility. Save important spots, view coordinates in multiple formats, and easily share your position with others. Ideal for outdoor adventures and travel.
- GPS-powered location tracking
- Save and reference locations
- Multiple GPS format displays
- Share location and altitude
- Accurate altitude readings
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Your perfect companion for hiking, camping, climbing, flying, and everything else. - Powered by your device's GPS - Save your locations for future reference - Display your location in a variety of GPS formats - Share your location & altitude with friends Please make sure your device has a clear view of the sky for the most accurate reading.
Cliff Timer
Calculate the height of lightning strikes using a simple stopwatch and physics formulas. Measure the time between seeing lightning and hearing thunder to determine distance and height.
- Lightning height calculation
- Lightning distance calculation
- Uses physics formulas
- Simple stopwatch interface
- Real-time results
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Cliff Timer is a simple and powerful app that lets you measure real-world distances using just a stopwatch and basic physics. By timing how long it takes for an object to fall, you can estimate the height of cliffs and other drops, or measure how far away a storm is by counting the seconds between lightning and thunder. Designed to be easy to use while still based on real equations, Cliff Timer turns quick observations into meaningful measurements, making it perfect for outdoor exploration, learning, or satisfying your curiosity about the world around you. This app uses the formula for height, h=12⋅g⋅t^2, and the formula for lightning, d=t/5. Start the stopwatch, and the app will give you the information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cliff Timer at none against Current Altitude's shown. Cliff Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). Current Altitude's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 10). On price, rating, 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. Current Altitude sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cliff Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Current Altitude against 4.9 for Cliff Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current Altitude has 19K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Current Altitude's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cliff Timer's.
Current Altitude ships an update every 14 months, Cliff Timer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Current Altitude | Cliff Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hearn Apps, LLC | Frank Schipani |
Customer experience
Current Altitude
Cliff Timer
Bugs and requests
Current Altitude
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or not loading properly
- Elevation readings fluctuating wildly
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save/export elevation data
- More customization options
- Improved accuracy and precision
Cliff Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Current Altitude
- Ad Removal$4.99
Cliff Timer
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Lightning Distance Access$1.99
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