Ultimate Stopwatch vs FTDisplay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Stopwatch
This professional timing tool allows coaches and trainers to track multiple athletes and events simultaneously. It offers unlimited stopwatches, flexible race management, and detailed reporting for comprehensive performance analysis. Designed for efficient team and individual tracking.
- Unlimited stopwatches
- Flexible race management
- Unlimited laps
- Background operation
- Flexible timing adjustments
- Detailed reporting
- Customizable activity list
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The Ultimate Stopwatch is a professional timing tool, essential for coaches, trainers, and PE teachers who need to track multiple athletes across multiple events. Simple to use, but powerful enough to handle all your needs, designed specifically for iPhone and iPad. Unmatched Functionality with No Limits • Unlimited Stopwatches: Track any number of users; up to 180 stopwatches can be displayed simultaneously on an iPad Pro for a single race. • Flexible Race Management: Create unlimited races with customizable locations and notes, switching between them with a single swipe. • Laps Without Limits: Record unlimited laps per stopwatch, with the last 4 to 16 laps displayed. • Background Operation: Watches continue running even when the app isn't running, ensuring you never lose track. • Flexible Timing Adjustments: Save temporary laps or stops to assign later, ensuring accuracy even when multiple runners arrive simultaneously. • Undo mistakes: False Start or tapped wrong person? Undo it! Got the wrong time? Edit it anytime. Add or delete watches, even while race is ongoing. Complete Control at your Fingertips • Customizable Activity List: Tailor the built-in activity list to the sports or events you track. • Individual and Master Controls: Start, stop, or reset each watch independently or all at once. • Diverse Stopwatch Formats: Choose from 25 different layouts to suit your needs, controlling watch/button/text size. • Advanced Timing Options: Switch between split and cumulative displays at any time, and control the precision of time display down to thousandths of a second. Comprehensive People Management • Organize your People: Group individuals into teams or classes for streamlined tracking. • Detailed Reporting: Access race history and performance metrics for each participant, including their personal bests. • Easy Importing: Import contacts directly from your address book, complete with photos and emails. • Photos: so you can tell who's who in a large group. Flexible Launch Choices • Quick Race Launching: Use the volume button to start races without needing to look at your device. • Visual Organization: Automatically sort watches (as each person completes a lap, they drop to the bottom, so next lap they're easy to find) or manually arrange as needed. • Staggered Starts: Spread out your runners over time. • Full-Screen Launch Board: Let each runner knows it's their time to go. • Batch races: launch another group all at once. • Simultaneous Races: Easily navigate between multiple ongoing races. Dynamic Reporting • Add Personal Notes: Enhance reports with notes for each race or participant. • Sorting and Graphing: Sort reports by time or name, or graph your results. • Exporting: Use your data in other apps, like Excel. • Activity Tracking: Monitor which types of activities are timed and locate races by name or map. • Find a race: Search by name, or use the map to find it by location. The Ultimate Stopwatch is not just a tool; it’s a game-changer for anyone serious about timing in sports. With robust features and user-friendly design, it empowers coaches and trainers to focus on performance while effortlessly tracking times.
FTDisplay
Control your FlashTiming FT-Display reader board with this app. It supports various modes including FAT race clock, stopwatch, timer, and interval clock. You can also use it for cross country, touchpad input, text input, and field events.
- FAT Race Clock mode
- Stopwatch functionality
- Timer modes
- Interval Clock
- Cross Country timing
- Touchpad input
- Field Events support
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Use the FT-Display app to control your FlashTiming FT-Display reader board. The Display can be used in any of the following modes: - FAT (Fully Automatic Timing) Race Clock - Stopwatch - Timer - Period Clock - Interval Clock - Cross Country - Touchpad - Text Input - Field Events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ultimate Stopwatch at 87% against FTDisplay's 0%. Ultimate Stopwatch also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (67 vs 1). FTDisplay's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
FTDisplay is free to download; Ultimate Stopwatch costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultimate Stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Stopwatch has 67 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Ultimate Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 0% of FTDisplay's.
Ultimate Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, FTDisplay every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Stopwatch | FTDisplay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (67 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pinetree Software | FlashTiming, LLC |
Customer experience
Ultimate Stopwatch
FTDisplay
In-app purchases
Ultimate Stopwatch
No in-app purchases
FTDisplay
No in-app purchases
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