WatchTime vs WatchProSite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WatchTime
Access the leading watch magazine on your iPad with this app. Preview, organize, and purchase individual issues or subscribe for ongoing access. Enjoy enhanced multimedia content, offline reading, and a personal archive of your favorite watch content.
- Preview, organize, and purchase issues
- Enhanced multimedia content (audio, video, galleries)
- Offline reading capabilities
- Personal archive of purchased issues
- iPad-optimized reading experience
- Bookmarks and table of contents
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WatchTime - The Magazine of Fine Watches The No. 1 watch magazine in the U.S. is now available for the iPad! Use this free WatchTime app to preview, organize, and purchase individual issues. Purchase WatchTime iPad editions enhanced with multimedia features for $7.99 or subscribe to the 6 months auto-renewable subscription for $19.99. The subscription will be automatically renewed until canceled. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Including FREE Special-Editions: - Receive complete issues as iPad editions - Bonus content includes audio, video, supplements and photo galleries - WatchTime.com News available in the iPhone-Version - Bookmarks - iPad-optimized reading experience - zoom images and text - Table of Contents - Personal archive of purchased issues - Read offline with access to audio, video, supplements and photo galleries For more info about the iPad edition of WatchTime go to http://www.watchtime.com About WatchTime WatchTime’s editorial independence and expertise has made it America’s most respected watch magazine. Best known for its in-depth cover stories, striking original photography, and thorough watch tests and reviews, WatchTime also offers people profiles (top watchmakers, watch collectors, and watch executives), product trends, technical features, watch industry analysis, historical and travel articles and more, all aimed at informing and entertaining watch aficionados. Our privacy policy can be found here at https://www.watchtime.com/privacy-policy/, https://www.smarticle.com/privacy/?lang=en Terms of Use https://www.watchtime.com/website-terms-conditions/
WatchProSite
Connect with a global community of luxury watch enthusiasts. Share discussions, get expert advice, and research your next purchase with in-depth reviews and news on major watch brands.
- Multi-brand discussion forum
- Expert advice and reviews
- Latest luxury watch news
- Collector marketplace
- Global community engagement
- Research watch purchases
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Watchprosite : a Multi‐Brand dedicated Discussion Forum on watches for enthusiasts across the world who enjoy luxury brand watches. Established in 2001 with a team 25 brand moderators located on five continents, bringing up‐to‐the‐minute coverage and discussion on novelties in the watch world and all that is important to our horology focused community. We cover all the major luxury brands from Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Chopard, Hublot to Cartier, Rolex, Omega and many more. Our mission 1) To be the best online destination for watch collectors, providing in-depth knowledge, reviews and technical reports on wristwatches. 2) To engage, entertain and educate the watch collecting community about wristwatches and the watchmaking industry. 3) To empower watch collectors with expert reports and reviews which can help them buy, collect and expand their knowledge about watch brands worldwide. Our Community The Watchprosite community members are affluent watch collectors and watch enthusiasts ‐ an upscale audience that exceeds the sector’s market averages. We cater to a highly targeted high‐end demographic of watch enthusiasts in over 100 countries, unlike a generic interest site of general audience such as news or magazine websites where only a few percent of visitors are actual watch enthusiast/buyers with a dedicated purpose. We have purposefully limited and selected those brands that are most appropriate to the community and those that we know we can serve best. Our Collectors market place connects buyers to seller with comprehensive listings for the most discerning buyers and sellers. - Research your next watch Purchase - Get expert advice and knowledge on luxury watches - Share and participate in discussions with experts and watch collectors worldwide - Get the latest news on all the luxury brands Join the discussion today on everything to do with collecting, buying and selling luxury watches and learn everything you need to know about watches to help be a better collector and buyer of luxury brands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WatchProSite at 100% against WatchTime's 17%. WatchProSite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). WatchTime's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. WatchTime sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 6 months. WatchProSite asks for nothing beyond the download.
WatchProSite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of WatchTime's written reviews are positive against 100% of WatchProSite's.
WatchTime ships an update every 6 months, WatchProSite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WatchTime | WatchProSite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ebner Media Group GmbH & Co. KG | Carl Midson |
Customer experience
WatchTime
WatchProSite
Bugs and requests
WatchTime
Reported bugs
38 issues- App crashes persistently
- App does not default to last page
- App is not optimized for mobile
- Cannot view magazines after purchase
- Not receiving latest issue
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- App opens to a random page
- Impossible to log in
- Passwords do not work
- Subscription service does not let you load magazines
- Support inquiries go unanswered
- App demands repurchase of issues
- App constantly forgets subscription information
- Invalid input messages when logging in
- Error while activating
- User information keeps dropping out
- App needs to remember and return to the page it was on
- App almost never recognizes internet connection
- Magazines downloaded but not found
- App crashes constantly
- App takes forever to accept subscription number
- App will not provide access without repurchase
- App demands repurchase of issues
- App does not work
- Subscription lost after iPad update
- Cannot download any magazines after update
- App won't run
- App crashes at the main page
- App won't start
- App complains no network available
- App requires active internet connection but sits there
- App crashes when downloading
- App won't even start
- App crashes without reason
- Wifi keeps dropping out in this app ONLY
- No wifi in the app means you can't download paid magazines
- App won't start
- App crashes
- App closes when downloading
Requested features
8 requests- Higher resolution images
- Sync bookmarks across devices
- Remember last page viewed
- Subscription options
- Free digital access for print subscribers
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- More affordable digital pricing
- List of purchased items only
- App remembers last page
WatchProSite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WatchTime
- WatchTime$19.996 Months
- WatchTime$39.991 Year
- WatchTime June 2010$6.99
- WatchTime December 2010$6.99
- WatchTime February 2011$6.99
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- WatchTime April 2011$6.99
- WatchTime August 2011$6.99
- WatchTime October 2011$6.99
- WatchTime June 2011$7.99
- WatchTime BUYERS GUIDE 2012$8.99
WatchProSite
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WatchTime free?
Is WatchProSite free?
Which has better reviews, WatchTime or WatchProSite?
Do WatchTime or WatchProSite have ads?
Which is updated more often, WatchTime or WatchProSite?
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