The Last Rock Curling vs Basic Sports Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Last Rock Curling
Experience the thrill of curling with realistic physics and strategic gameplay. Challenge friends worldwide or test your skills against AI across various game modes and difficulty levels. Learn the game with tutorials and enjoy an ad-free experience.
- Realistic curling physics simulation
- Play with friends via Game Center
- 40 challenging single-player levels
- Versus mode against computer or local player
- Multiple game lengths (4, 8, 10 ends)
- Bonus levels based on curling history
- Ad-free gameplay
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The Last Rock Curling simulates real physics to give an authentic feel of curling that is fun for all ages. Full Game Center support means that you can play with friends or on your own against 40 challenging levels or against a computer opponent. Apply the same strategies as the professionals: throw guards, or curl around them and remember to sweep hard! Friends Mode - Quick (4 end) or Full (10 end) games. Or 8-end Mixed Doubles for something different. - Turn based matches played over Game Center - Play with friends all around the world - Instant Replay always shows the last turn - Earn Game Center match points for wins, ties and defaults Challenge Mode - 10 Bonus Levels based on the best shots in curling history - Single player mode with 40 levels of increasing difficulty to beat - 2 rocks; you must get get closest to the center of the house to win Versus Mode - Choose Easy or Hard mode for Computer Opponent - Quick (4 end) or Full (10 end) games. Or 8-end Mixed Doubles for something different. - Play against a buddy on the same device - Great for family; almost as much fun to watch as to play - Play against a computer opponent to hone your strategies - Pause a game at any time and return to it later Other Features - Physics of rock motion including curl, sweeping, friction and throwing with "no handle" - The "5-rock rule" enables guard-based strategies - 4 ends to play - 6 vibrant colors to play in any mode. No purchase necessary! - Fast-forward - Tutorial screens help you learn - No ads! Even if you've never curled before, you will quickly learn how exciting it can be to sweep yourself to victory in the game known as "chess on ice"!
Basic Sports Timer
This versatile timer app supports interval training, HIIT, boxing drills, and general countdowns. Customize workout and pause durations, track rounds, and utilize a stopwatch with lap saving. It's designed for focused training sessions.
- Customizable workout and pause durations
- Interval training modes (including Tabata)
- Boxing drill timer
- Stopwatch with lap saving
- Countdown timer
- Background timer operation
- Portrait and landscape modes
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We use this Basic Sports Timer for our Wing Tsun workouts. It's quick & easy to set up so you can focus on your training. This simple App can be used for any kind of interval training, HIIT sessions (including Tabata method), boxing, MMA, running, stretching etc. INTERVAL TIMER: • Adjust duration of Workout & Pause and your are ready to go! • Just tap the screen to start / stop • Set number of rounds / Number of rounds are counted until you're done. COUNTDOWN: • Adjust Workout duration and your are ready to go! • Just tap the screen to start / stop BOX-DRILL: Fix duration - 3 Minutes - 1.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 10 seconds - then take a break for 10 seconds. - 2.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 20 seconds - then take a break for 20 seconds. - 3.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 30 seconds - then take a break for 30 seconds. - 4.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 20 seconds - then take a break for 20 seconds. - 5.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 10 seconds - then take a break for 5 seconds. - 6.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 5 seconds. STOPP WATCH: • Saves up to 15 rounds • It’s accurate to 1/100 of a second ALARM: • Set time to start / stop your training session WATCH: • Simple clock FEATURES: • Duration of Workout & Pause can be set between 5 seconds up to 60 Minutes • 5 seconds up to 10 Minutes: 5 seconds steps • 10 Minutes up to 60 Minutes: 1 minute steps • Saves Workout & Pause settings • Initial Countdown & Boxing bells • Portrait and landscape Mode available • Select a background Color for workout, pause and the app itself • Timers are running in background If there is any additional feature you'd like to see in this App please don't hesitate to contact me via: support@janessig.com. Please support me by rating this app! Thanks and I look forward to your feedback. :-)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Last Rock Curling at 4.4 against Basic Sports Timer's 3.0. The Last Rock Curling also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (215 vs 1). Basic Sports Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
The Last Rock Curling costs $1.99 and Basic Sports Timer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Last Rock Curling holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Last Rock Curling has 215 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of The Last Rock Curling's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Sports Timer's.
The Last Rock Curling ships an update every 5 weeks, Basic Sports Timer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Last Rock Curling | Basic Sports Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (215 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Damian Biollo | Jan Essig |
Customer experience
The Last Rock Curling
Basic Sports Timer
Bugs and requests
The Last Rock Curling
Reported bugs
5 issues- Multiplayer connectivity issues
- Incorrect mixed doubles rules
- Score visibility problems
- Layout changes affecting usability
- Inconsistent rock behavior
Requested features
7 requests- Live multiplayer mode
- Ability to sweep opponent's rocks
- Randomized ice conditions
- Bonspiel/tournament mode
- Ability to select hammer/first rock
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- Instant replay and shot tracking
- In-game chat and friend invites
Basic Sports Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Last Rock Curling
No in-app purchases
Basic Sports Timer
No in-app purchases
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