Clockit Timecode App vs SD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clockit Timecode App
This utility converts your Apple mobile device into a timecode monitoring tool. It offers a comprehensive TC reader with level metering and waveform analysis, capable of handling real-time streams with drop-outs. Future modules promise further customization for various production needs.
- Modular timecode toolbox
- Comprehensive TC reader
- Level metering
- Native waveform analyzer
- Real-time TC stream with drop-outs
- iPad screen resolution support
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With the Clockit Timecode App, Lockit Network is introducing a modular timecode toolbox for the latest range of Apple's mobile devices (running iOS 3.x and higher), including native iPad screen resolution support. The basic host module is featuring a comprehensive TC reader with level metering and native wave form analyzer. Contrary to some other solutions, the reader is fully capable of reading and displaying a stream of TC with drop-outs or leaps in real time. By doing so, it is converting your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a versatile production tool for script, logging and any other kind of timecode monitoring needs. Ready for Ambient's wireless TC Link system, timecode is inserted via the 1/8" headset socket, making interfacing cost effective and versatile likewise. Future extension modules in planning range from freeze/log button, stopwatch, Clockit ALL log tables, cue sheets for sound, continuity, etc. to native TC generator and will allow economical customization of the application to individual requirements. For purchasing the necessary cables or downloading the wiring diagrams, please refer to our support page listed below.
SD
Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Manage transport, edit metadata, take notes, monitor outputs, and adjust channel settings like faders, trims, and pan. View large-scale meters and timecode on all screens.
- Remote transport controls
- Metadata editing
- Take notes
- Monitor outputs
- Adjust faders, trims, and pan
- Channel arming, disarming, solo, and mute
- Large-scale channel meters
- Timecode display
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Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder from your iPad or iPhone with SD-Remote. Quickly access transport controls, edit metadata, write Take Notes, monitor outputs, and adjust faders, trims, and pan controls. Arm, disarm, solo, and mute channels with ease. Large-scale meters are available for all channels, and the current timecode is displayed on every screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clockit Timecode App at 64% against SD's 22%. Clockit Timecode App also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). SD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 60 months) and rating (3.7 vs 3.3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Clockit Timecode App's written reviews are positive against 22% of SD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Clockit Timecode App ships an update every 60 months, SD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clockit Timecode App | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 60 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lockit Network GmbH | Sound Devices, LLC |
Customer experience
Clockit Timecode App
SD
In-app purchases
Clockit Timecode App
No in-app purchases
SD
No in-app purchases
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