Precise Timestamp vs NTP Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Precise Timestamp
Record events with extreme accuracy, down to the tenth of a second. This utility syncs with time servers to ensure precise measurements and allows for custom-labeled buttons to categorize your recorded moments. It offers various display options and editing capabilities for your event logs.
- Record time to the tenth of a second
- Syncs with time servers for accuracy
- Customizable, named buttons for events
- Relative time mode
- Event editing and manual entry
- Shareable event logs
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Precise Timestamp records exactly when something happens, to the tenth of a second. Tap a button and the time is saved. Your phone's clock can drift by a second or more. So when the app opens, it checks the time against a time server, and you can see the last sync, the offset and the round trip time. That way you know how much to trust the numbers. What it does: - Record the time with one tap, or record when your finger touches the screen instead of when you lift it - Set up named, colored buttons like "Start", "Lap" or "Car 12", and each one labels its own events - Switch to relative mode to see every event as + or − from a reference event - Events are grouped by day, and you can add a description to any of them - Edit or delete events, or add one by hand if you missed it - Share your event log as plain text - 12-hour, 24-hour or UTC time, light or dark theme, and an option to keep the screen on - Choose your time server: pool.ntp.org, Google, Apple, Cloudflare or NIST
NTP Inspector
This utility app allows you to query NTP servers on the internet and view detailed information from their responses. It helps troubleshoot server issues by providing protocol version, stratum, reference time, and leap second status directly from your device.
- Query NTP servers
- View protocol version
- Check server stratum
- Report reference time
- Detect leap seconds
- Troubleshoot network issues
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NTP Inspector is an application that allows you to check servers running the NTP protocol over the Internet and report some basic information. It sends an NTP packet from your device to the server and reports backs almost everything included in the response, like the protocol version, mode, the server Stratum, its precision, reference time, as well as whether there is a leap second today or not. With this app you can troubleshoot NTP servers from anywhere, as seen from your device, and not a remote server, with complete privacy. The app was created when I received an alert for one of my NTP pool servers while outside and without laptop access, with no other option to query it to see what's wrong.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Precise Timestamp at 9 against NTP Inspector's 2. Precise Timestamp also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Precise Timestamp against 5.0 for NTP Inspector. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Precise Timestamp ships an update every 5 weeks, NTP Inspector monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Precise Timestamp | NTP Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Gillin | Antonios Chariton |
Customer experience
Precise Timestamp
NTP Inspector
In-app purchases
Precise Timestamp
No in-app purchases
NTP Inspector
No in-app purchases
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