Comparison

Ultimate Stopwatch vs Swim Team Manager

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

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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
Currently charting
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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

Swim Team Manager

This app helps swim coaches and managers quickly organize swimmer times, calculate optimal relays, and track progress. It supports various pool types and import/export options for seamless data management.

Highlights
  • Calculate fastest possible relays
  • Track swimmer progress
  • Color-coded times by speed
  • CSV and HTML import/export
  • Support for various pool types
  • Team record board
  • iCloud backups
Features
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Make split-second decisions about relays! Swim Team Manager allows you to take all of your swim team’s times everywhere you go, even on the pool deck. This app allows you to enter all of your swimmers’ times in and then determines the fastest possible relays. Times are color-coded by speed which allows you to quickly assess the speed of a swimmer or event at a glance. Current Features: • Highly flexible CSV import/export • HTML import, export, and batch email • Importing of some PDF layouts • Import SD3 files • Keep track of any number of teams • Keep times by seasons and meets • Track swimmer progress across seasons • Team record board • Smart, easy time entry • Make notes for swimmers for each meet • Manage which swimmers are in each meet • Times color-coding by speed • Time standards can be created, or use built in ones • Season best times are in bold for each swimmer • Sort an event by time • Calculate fastest possible relays for each age group • Create your own relays with easy to use editor • Remove specific swimmers from relays • Warning about swimmers in all relays • Mixed gender relays • Add any information desired to swimmers • SCY, SCM, or LCM pools • Choose which events and relays are displayed and add your own • iCloud backups • Age group, High School, College, and Masters Swimming support

Screenshots

Ultimate Stopwatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ultimate Stopwatch at 87% against Swim Team Manager's 0%. Ultimate Stopwatch also leads on ratings volume (71 vs 2) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ultimate Stopwatch costs $3.99 and Swim Team Manager $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Stopwatch has 71 ratings behind it against 2, 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 Swim Team Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, Swim Team Manager every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Ultimate Stopwatch versus Swim Team Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate StopwatchSwim Team Manager
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (71 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings71 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPinetree SoftwaresquishLogic

Customer experience

Ultimate Stopwatch

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

Swim Team Manager

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Swim Team Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Stopwatch

No in-app purchases

None

Swim Team Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ultimate Stopwatch free?
Ultimate Stopwatch costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swim Team Manager free?
Swim Team Manager costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Stopwatch or Swim Team Manager?
Ultimate Stopwatch is rated higher. Ultimate Stopwatch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Swim Team Manager averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Ultimate Stopwatch or Swim Team Manager have ads?
Neither Ultimate Stopwatch nor Swim Team Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Stopwatch or Swim Team Manager?
Ultimate Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, and Swim Team Manager every 2 months. Most recently, Ultimate Stopwatch was updated on November 10, 2026 and Swim Team Manager on November 1, 2026.

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