Comparison

Ultimate Stopwatch vs Swimming Timer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Unlimited stopwatches
  • Flexible race management
  • Unlimited laps
  • Background operation
  • Flexible timing adjustments
  • Detailed reporting
  • Customizable activity list
Features
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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.

About

Swimming Timer

This app helps swimmers practice race starts with customizable timers and randomized delays. It also functions as a stopwatch to accurately measure lap and split times during training. Results can be saved and organized by date, with customizable event names and color themes.

Highlights
  • Customizable race start timer
  • Randomized start delays
  • Lap and split time measurement
  • Save and view results by date
  • Editable event names
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Starter & stopwatch app for swimming. It can be used for practicing the starting race command or to help you measure your time. ●Basic Functions 1. Starter function You can set the time from TAKE YOUR MARKS to start sound as you like. It is also possible to randomize the time, which is useful for practicing the start. 2. Lap time & Split time Pressing the "Lap" button or "Stop" button after the start sound, the lap time and split time will be measured. If you accidentally press the button to measure a time, you can delete it by swiping the result cell to the left. 3. Saving results Measured times can be saved by pressing the "Save" button. Saved times can be viewed by date. 4. Event setting By tapping the event name under the time, you can freely select an event (e.g. Men's 100m Freestyle). In the initial display, 100m is set. 5. Color settings The background color and timer color can be changed.

Screenshots

Ultimate Stopwatch4 screens
Swimming Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Swimming Timer at Free against Ultimate Stopwatch's $3.99. Swimming Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Ultimate Stopwatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

Swimming Timer is free to download; Ultimate Stopwatch costs $3.99 up front. Swimming Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Stopwatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swimming Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Stopwatch has 70 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Swimming Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, Swimming Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ultimate Stopwatch versus Swimming Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate StopwatchSwimming Timer
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (70 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings70 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPinetree SoftwareNAOYA ONO

Customer experience

Ultimate Stopwatch

All ratings67 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.3%

Swimming Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ultimate Stopwatch

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after update
  • App does not work in the background
  • Constantly resets data
  • UI keeps crashing

Requested features

17 requests
  • Make the lap button larger
  • Cloud space for data
  • Share data between staff members
  • Apple Watch app
  • Sort history by best lap
Show 12 more
  • Best lap on timing screen
  • Stopwatch for multi-run downhill races
  • Link with social media
  • Ability to customize distance
  • Button for intermediate times for all athletes ("lap all" in addition to "stop all")
  • Cloud sync between devices
  • Ability to time legs rather than split times
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Import student lists from address book
  • Ability for 5 users to split duties (start/finish)
  • Functionality with locked device for volume button control

Swimming Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Stopwatch

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Swimming Timer

One-time2
  • Support Developer$0.99
  • Remove ads$6.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Stopwatch free?
Ultimate Stopwatch costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swimming Timer free?
Swimming Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Stopwatch or Swimming Timer?
Swimming Timer is rated higher. Ultimate Stopwatch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Swimming Timer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Ultimate Stopwatch or Swimming Timer have ads?
Swimming Timer shows ads; Ultimate Stopwatch does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Stopwatch or Swimming Timer?
Ultimate Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, and Swimming Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Ultimate Stopwatch was updated on October 22, 2026 and Swimming Timer on October 11, 2026.

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