Twixt Time vs Timegrapher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Timegrapher
This application uses your device's microphone to measure the accuracy of mechanical watches. It detects ticking sounds to analyze beat rate, beat error, and amplitude, displaying results in real-time and over time.
- Detect BPH
- Measure Beat rate
- Measure Beat error
- Measure Amplitude
- Set Lift angle
- Real-time sound display
- Accuracy over time display
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What is Timegrapher? Timegrapher measures the accuracy of your mechanical watch. The app uses your device's microphone to detect the ticking of your watch. Features: Detect BPH Measure Beat rate Measure Beat error Measure Amplitude Set Lift angle Display beat noises real time (unlock, impulse and lock sounds) Display accuracy and beat error over time More features will be coming soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Timegrapher at Free against Twixt Time's $9.99. Timegrapher also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 39%) and ratings volume (46 vs 14). Twixt Time's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Timegrapher is free to download; Twixt Time costs $9.99 up front. Timegrapher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Twixt Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Twixt Time holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 46 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Twixt Time's written reviews are positive against 55% of Timegrapher's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Twixt Time ships an update every 2 months, Timegrapher every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Twixt Time | Timegrapher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 2.8 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coldflower Design Corp. | Attila Lelko |
Customer experience
Twixt Time
Timegrapher
User reviews
Twixt Time
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Timegrapher
From 46 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works great for some
- 🎯 Accurate for some users
- 💰 Good value for money (paid features)
- 💡 Useful for watch regulation
- 🎧 Works better with external mic
Room to improve
- 😞 Doesn't work for many
- 💸 Requires payment for full functionality
- ❓ Scam accusations
- 📱 Inconsistent readings
- 🚫 No readings at all
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
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- 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
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- 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
Timegrapher
Reported bugs
9 issues- Does not detect ticking
- Does not work at all
- Requires payment to function
- Inaccurate readings
- Unskippable pop-ups
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- App magnetizes watch
- Does not work after paying for premium
- Amplitude reported as 360
- Inconsistent measurements
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode
- Keep screen on during use
- Ability to save data per watch
- Improve visual design
- Lower price for Pro version
In-app purchases
Twixt Time
No in-app purchases
Timegrapher
- Unlock full$5.99
Questions
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