Watch Collection Tracker vs setting.watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch Collection Tracker
Log your watch collection and wear history. Set detailed properties for each timepiece, including brand, model, and specific components. Receive personalized wear suggestions based on your rotation.
- Log watch properties (brand, model, image)
- Detail case, dial, bezel, and strap
- Manage watch wear history
- Receive wear suggestions
- Organize watch collection
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Track your watch collection and wear history using this application. You can set watch properties such as brand & model names, watch image, case, dial, bezel, and strap details. You can also manage watch wear history. You get watch wear suggestions according to your watch rotation.
setting.watch
This app helps watch enthusiasts set their timepieces accurately by providing clear displays for GMT, 24-hour time, moon phases, and DST. It also offers step-by-step guides for digital watches and allows tracking of mechanical watch accuracy over time. Users receive timely notifications for DST changes and end-of-month adjustments.
- Accurate watch setting
- GMT and 24-hour time displays
- Moonphase and DST tracking
- Digital watch setting guides
- Mechanical watch accuracy tracking
- DST change notifications
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Hacking Seconds (setting.watch) is a quick reference app for watch enthusiasts. Set any watch accurately with clear displays for GMT, 24-hour time, moonphase, and DST transitions. Includes step-by-step setting guides for popular digital watches. Track your mechanical watches' accuracy over time and spot regulation drift. Interactive bezels and dials with haptic feedback let you spin dive bezels and adjust GMT complications just like the real thing. Get notified before DST changes and at the end of short months so your watches stay accurate. All data stays on your device. No tracking, no account required. Free. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: setting.watch at every 6 weeks against Watch Collection Tracker's every 3 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Watch Collection Tracker against 5.0 for setting.watch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Watch Collection Tracker ships an update every 3 months, setting.watch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watch Collection Tracker | setting.watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehti Ozkan | ChiComp |
Customer experience
Watch Collection Tracker
setting.watch
In-app purchases
Watch Collection Tracker
No in-app purchases
setting.watch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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