Comparison

Spa Control vs LastTimer

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

Head to head
About

Spa Control

Control your portable hot tub's lighting, water temperature, and massage pumps remotely via WiFi. Adjust your spa settings from your iPhone or iPad before you even get in.

Highlights
  • Remote spa control
  • Adjust lighting
  • Control water temperature
  • Manage massage pumps
  • WiFi connectivity
  • iPhone/iPad compatible
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Set the mood of your spa by ensuring your have the right lighting, water temperature, and your massage pumps running just like you like, all from the convenience of your iPhone® or iPad®. Remotely control the operations of your portable hot tub via a local WiFi connection prior to you entering your spa. Spa Hardware Requirements Balboa BP Series Spa Control Pack bwa™ Wi-Fi module (Part Number: 50350) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.balboawater.com/privacy-policy/

About

LastTimer

This interval timer app helps you maximize workout efficiency by guiding your training sessions. Create custom timers with prep time, exercise intervals, rest periods, and audio cues. Track progress visually with widgets and live activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Prep time and rest periods
  • Multiple exercises per cycle
  • Up to 10 cycles per workout
  • Audio cues
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activities integration
Features
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A timer keeps you honest. No more rushing through sets or resting too long between rounds. You set the work, the rest, and the pace, and LastTimer holds the line so you can focus on training, not on watching the time. Built for rounds, tuned for everything. LastTimer runs jiu jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, and wrestling rounds with a clean bell that cuts through a noisy room, and it is just as at home with HIIT, Tabata, circuits, yoga, meditation, or a Pomodoro block. NEW IN 1.4.0 - ON YOUR WRIST, IN SYNC, ONE SCAN AWAY - Apple Watch app: a real timer on your wrist that runs on its own, with no iPhone nearby. Start a round, drop your wrist, and it keeps running and taps you at every change. - Your timers, everywhere: iCloud keeps saved timers and workout history in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Build a timer on the phone and it is already on your wrist. - Scan to run: hand someone a workout with a scan. It opens the timer instantly, with nothing to install. - Every built-in preset is on the Watch too, ready without saving a thing. ONE TIMER, EVERY SCREEN - A full native iPad app with a coaching dashboard: the whole session at once, a big ring beside a board of every round, session stats, and what is up next. - Presentation Mode: a full-screen room display for a TV or projector over AirPlay or a USB-C to HDMI cable, so the whole class reads the timer from across the mat. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls: pause, resume, and skip a round without unlocking. - Interactive Home Screen widget: start a saved timer with one tap; pause, resume, or skip the running one. - Voice announcements: spoken round call-outs, a 3-2-1 countdown, and "Workout complete." - Named, colored rounds: label each slot (Warm-up, Guard Passing, Sparring) and the ring tints to match, everywhere the round shows. - Round presets: boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling, per-belt IBJJF match times, Tabata, and EMOM, ready in one tap. - Session history and streaks: every finished workout logged with a daily streak. - Share a timer: send any timer (rounds, names, colors) as a link a training partner imports. - Siri and Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, start Boxing Rounds in LastTimer." BUILD YOUR PERFECT TIMER - Prep, exercise, and rest periods - Multiple exercises per cycle, up to 10 cycles - A bell that mixes over your music and plays even on silent - Accurate in the background when you switch apps WORKS FOR - Jiu Jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling - HIIT and Tabata - Circuit and strength training - Yoga and stretching - Meditation - Pomodoro study sessions - Cooking (yes, really) PRIVACY No account. No ads. The developer collects no data. Your timers and history live on your device and sync privately through your own iCloud, where only you can see them. LastTimer costs less than that 12 oz can of sugar water. Download it and take control of your training.

Screenshots

Spa Control4 screens
LastTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LastTimer at 100% against Spa Control's 11%. LastTimer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Spa Control's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (601 vs 11). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Spa Control is free to download; LastTimer costs $0.99 up front. Spa Control sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. LastTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LastTimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spa Control has 601 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Spa Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of LastTimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spa Control ships an update every 2 months, LastTimer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Spa Control versus LastTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpa ControlLastTimer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.7 (601 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings601 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS1616.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBalboa Water GroupMatthew weppler

Customer experience

Spa Control

All ratings601 ratings
Positive39.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative54.9%
Written reviews448 reviews
Positive10.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative82.1%

LastTimer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Spa Control

Subscriptions10
  • Cloud Mode – Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Year trial$2.491 Month
  • Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Month trial$2.491 Month
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  • Cloud Mode – Monthly6 Months trial$2.491 Month
  • Cloud Mode – Monthly3 Months trial$2.491 Month
  • Cloud Mode – Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
  • Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Cloud Mode – Yearly3 Months trial$24.991 Year
  • Cloud Mode – Yearly6 Months trial$24.991 Year
None

LastTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spa Control free?
Spa Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LastTimer free?
LastTimer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spa Control or LastTimer?
LastTimer is rated higher. Spa Control averages 2.7 out of 5 from 601 ratings, while LastTimer averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Spa Control or LastTimer have ads?
Neither Spa Control nor LastTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spa Control or LastTimer?
Spa Control ships an update every 2 months, and LastTimer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spa Control was updated on September 29, 2026 and LastTimer on September 23, 2026.

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