Comparison

Twixt Time vs Watch Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Twixt Time

This app helps you track the long-term accuracy of your watches and clocks. By taking precisely timed photos of your timepiece's dial, it analyzes the time displayed against internet-accurate servers to calculate its rate and cumulative gain or loss.

Highlights
  • Track watch and clock accuracy
  • Precisely timed dial snapshots
  • Analyze rate and cumulative gain/loss
  • Supports various dial configurations
  • Automatic timezone monitoring
  • Works with GMT and chronograph watches
Features
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Twixt Time helps track the longterm accuracy of watches and clocks, by collecting & analyzing precisely timed snapshots of their dials. Use Twixt Time to take a picture of the dial of an analog clock or watch. Each picture captures the exact time displayed on the dial. Twixt also notes the precise instant that the each snapshot was taken, by communicating with highly accurate NTP timeservers on the Internet. A new snapshot of each timepiece can be added everyday. Using the information from 2 or more snapshots of the same timepiece, Twixt will calculate and show you how precisely the watch or clock is keeping time. Twixt tracks the most recent rate, overall average rate, and cumulative gain or loss for each timepiece. Supported dial configurations: * Hour & minute hands with a central seconds hand * Hour & minute hands with seconds displayed in a subdial * Hour & minute hands only Does Twixt Time work with GMT watches? Yes. Twixt Time does not need to track the 24 hour hand of GMT watches to measure their precision. It is only necessary to track the hour, minute, and second hands. For GMT watches with central seconds, select the "central seconds" layout. For GMT watches with an offset or subdial seconds hand, select the "subdial seconds" layout. Twixt Time automatically monitors timezone changes based on the timezone setting of the iPhone or iPod touch. Does Twixt Time work with chronograph watches? Yes. The chronograph functions of a watch do not need to be measured to track the precision of the watch. Twixt Time tracks the precision of chronographs, as well as watches with other complications, in the exact same way that it tracks the precision of a normal, time-only watch. If the central seconds hand can be stopped and reset with the chronograph function, select the "subdial seconds" layout to track the small seconds hand with Twixt Time. If the central seconds hand continues to move when the chronograph is stopped, but the small seconds hand stops, select the "central seconds" layout to track the central seconds hand with Twixt Time. Most chronographs will use a subdial seconds layout. Does Twixt Time work with watches that have an offset seconds hand? Yes. For watches with a second hand that is not concentric with the hour and minute hands, select the "subdial seconds" layout. Does Twixt Time work with quartz watches and clocks? Or other watches and clocks that are powered by batteries? Yes. Twixt Time works with battery powered watches and clocks that display the time with an hour, minute, and/or second hand. It does not work with watches or clocks that only display the time digitally. ---------- Twixt Time is not affiliated with or endorsed by any watch or clock brand. The timepieces shown are for demonstration purposes only.

About

Watch Tracker

Easily track your wristwatch's accuracy against an atomic clock. This app measures and records time differences, displaying detailed graphs of your watch's performance. It's designed to be more accurate and simpler than traditional methods.

Highlights
  • Tracks wristwatch accuracy
  • Synchronizes with atomic clock
  • Measures and records time differences
  • Displays data graphs
  • Tracks multiple watches
  • Exports data to CSV
Features
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Watch Tracker is a revolutionary app for tracking the accuracy of a wristwatch. It's dramatically easier and more accurate than any previous method. Just tap a button when the time on your watch matches the time displayed by the app, and Watch Tracker does the rest. It synchronizes with an atomic clock, measures and records the difference, and displays graphs of all the data points you've recorded. - Uses best-fit analysis to accurately calculate how many seconds your watch gains or loses per day - Displays graphs of rates and variance - Can track multiple watches simultaneously - Saves data in CSV files that can be opened with any spreadsheet software Watch Tracker is made by the developer of tChess (the chess app that was featured in Apple's "Learn" commercial for the iPad) and Learn Chess (the Apple Staff Favorite e-book).

Screenshots

Twixt Time4 screens
Watch Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Watch Tracker at 91% against Twixt Time's 39%. Watch Tracker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Twixt Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Twixt Time costs $9.99 and Watch Tracker $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Watch Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Tracker has 324 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Twixt Time's written reviews are positive against 91% of Watch Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twixt Time ships an update every 2 months, Watch Tracker every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Twixt Time versus Watch Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwixt TimeWatch Tracker
Price$9.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.7 (324 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.0% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColdflower Design Corp.Tom Kerrigan

Customer experience

Twixt Time

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive39.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative52.5%

Watch Tracker

All ratings322 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

Twixt Time

From 14 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Unique way of capturing time
  • 👍 Simple yet effective tracking
  • 👍 Very useful and easy to use
  • 👍 Works like a charm
  • 👍 Surprisingly effective

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Tedious and inaccurate
  • 🐛 Manual hand location required
  • 🐛 Struggles with mid-way points
  • 🐛 Not automatic hand recognition
  • 🐛 Expensive for missing features

Watch Tracker

From 324 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Accurate and reliable
  • 📊 Useful data and graphs
  • 🔍 Helps track watch accuracy
  • 💻 Simple and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on some devices
  • 🐛 Inconsistent results
  • 🤔 Confusing to navigate at first
  • 🤔 Lacks detailed instructions

Bugs and requests

Twixt Time

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Always displays 12+ hrs
  • Crashes constantly
  • App crashes every time you try to take a picture
  • App crashes when resizing a picture
  • Camera takes forever to come on or just does not
Show 14 more
  • Errors: hands not synchronized, internet not available
  • Unable to verify time errors
  • Camera function works much slower than native
  • Shutter does not open for the first picture
  • App cannot associate the correct time
  • App is fiddly to align hands manually
  • App reports variances of several minutes on watches running +/- 6 secs
  • App reports losing 1.2 minutes per day when actual is -1s/day
  • App does not work with separate second face
  • App has regressed, used to work
  • App struggles to discern minute points
  • App doesn't seem to be able to access camera
  • App accuracy affected by Daylight Savings Time changes
  • App averages +/- seconds by accumulated days instead of total running hours

Requested features

12 requests
  • Ability to export/import timelines
  • Delete a separate timeline
  • Reset button for manual time changes
  • Remove restriction on one snapshot a day
  • Allow manual entry of time
Show 7 more
  • Zoom in for better accuracy
  • Slider to move hands
  • 10-minute spread for marking noon
  • Ditch cute lens effects for speed
  • Allow deletion of individual snapshots
  • Faster entry process
  • Improve screen layout for iPad

Watch Tracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add photos
  • Inconsistent time tracking results

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more positional variance options
  • Implement cloud sync for data
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve support for newer iOS versions

In-app purchases

None

Twixt Time

No in-app purchases

None

Watch Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Twixt Time free?
Twixt Time costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Tracker free?
Watch Tracker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Twixt Time or Watch Tracker?
Watch Tracker is rated higher. Twixt Time averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Watch Tracker averages 4.7 from 324 ratings.
Do Twixt Time or Watch Tracker have ads?
Neither Twixt Time nor Watch Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twixt Time or Watch Tracker?
Twixt Time ships an update every 2 months, and Watch Tracker every 6 months. Most recently, Twixt Time was updated on October 23, 2026 and Watch Tracker on October 23, 2026.

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