LapTimer by Random Visual vs Stopwatch Max
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LapTimer by Random Visual
A straightforward lap timer with large, easy-to-press buttons for precise timing up to 1/100th of a second. Visual progress bars quickly highlight your best and worst laps.
- 1/100 sec precision
- Large start/lap button
- Color-coded lap progress
- Easy to use interface
- Best and worst lap identification
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Basic lap timer with precision to 1/100 sec. The large start/lap button makes it easy to trigger laps without looking at the device. The color-coded lap progress bars make it easy to identify the best (and worst) laps.
Stopwatch Max
This precision lap timer is designed exclusively for Apple Watch, allowing you to track every split with accuracy. It integrates with Apple Health, supports Siri shortcuts for hands-free control, and saves your timer state automatically.
- Precision lap tracking
- Apple Health integration
- Siri voice control
- Watch face complications
- Automatic state saving
- Multi-language support
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The stopwatch built for your wrist — now on your phone too. Stopwatch Max is a precision lap timer designed for Apple Watch, where it runs entirely on its own, with a full iPhone app that stays on the same run. Raise your wrist and go. TRACK EVERY LAP Capture every split with pinpoint accuracy. Record laps with a tap, a double-tap, a hand gesture on Apple Watch, or automatically at an interval you set — whatever feels right in the moment. Every split is logged instantly and displayed in real time, so you always know exactly where you stand. WATCH AND IPHONE, ONE RUN Start a run on your wrist and see it tick on your phone. Laps, elapsed time and the running state mirror across both devices, and a finished run lands in the history on each one. Use either device alone, or both together. YOUR SESSION HISTORY Every run is saved — laps, splits, date, and your average and maximum heart rate. Open any session to see the full lap list exactly as you recorded it. HEART RATE, LAP BY LAP Turn on heart-rate recording and your Apple Watch captures your heart rate at the moment you take each lap, not just the average and maximum for the whole run. See how you climbed, and where you recovered. SHARE AND EXPORT On iPhone, send a run as a clean summary, export it as a CSV for your spreadsheet, or share it as an image card with a chart of your splits, your average line and your fastest lap highlighted. HEALTHKIT WORKOUTS With heart-rate recording on, every timing session on Apple Watch is logged as a workout in Apple Health, with lap events recorded as activity milestones — a structured log of every run. Leave it off and Health is never asked for. SIRI SHORTCUTS Your hands are busy. Start, lap, pause, resume and reset — all hands-free with Siri, from anywhere, at any time. Whether you're mid-rep, mid-lap, or mid-race, your voice is all you need. WATCH COMPLICATIONS Add Stopwatch Max to any watch face and launch it instantly with a single tap — no swiping, no searching. Have your stopwatch ready the moment you need it. TUNED TO YOU Set an auto-lap interval, choose your display refresh rate, and feel a lap without looking — on Apple Watch the lap haptic comes in Light, Medium and Strong. BUILT TO LAST Your timer state is saved automatically in the background. Switching apps, checking a notification, or restarting your watch won't cost you a single second. Come back to your stopwatch exactly as you left it. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully localized in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese. PRIVACY FIRST No ads. No subscriptions. No data collected. A one-time purchase that respects your time and your privacy. Simple enough for your first workout. Precise enough for your best one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stopwatch Max at 100% against LapTimer by Random Visual's 60%. Stopwatch Max also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 35 months) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). LapTimer by Random Visual's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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
LapTimer by Random Visual costs $1.19 and Stopwatch Max $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LapTimer by Random Visual ships an update every 35 months, Stopwatch Max every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LapTimer by Random Visual | Stopwatch Max |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.19 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #193 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Random Visual, LLC | Mariam Markosyan |
Customer experience
LapTimer by Random Visual
Stopwatch Max
In-app purchases
LapTimer by Random Visual
No in-app purchases
Stopwatch Max
No in-app purchases





