Magnetized Wristwatch Checker vs setting.watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magnetized Wristwatch Checker
This utility app helps mechanical watch owners determine if their timepiece is magnetized. It provides a user-friendly interface with a calibrating feature for accurate results, ensuring your watch functions correctly.
- Detects watch magnetization
- Ensures watch accuracy
- User-friendly interface
- Calibrating feature
- No ads
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Magnetized Wriswatch Checker (Mgntzd Watch) app helps you measure if your mechanical watch is magnetized and needs to be demagnetized to ensure the accuracy and correct work of the watch. - User friendly interface - Easy to use - Calibrating feature ensures reliable and precise results - No ads or other distractions Make sure you read the instructions in the app and follow the precisely for reliable results!
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 in-app purchases: setting.watch at none against Magnetized Wristwatch Checker's 5. setting.watch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Magnetized Wristwatch Checker's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Magnetized Wristwatch Checker sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. setting.watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
setting.watch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magnetized Wristwatch Checker has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Magnetized Wristwatch Checker ships an update every 4 months, setting.watch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magnetized Wristwatch Checker | setting.watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deniss Fedotovs | ChiComp |
Customer experience
Magnetized Wristwatch Checker
setting.watch
In-app purchases
Magnetized Wristwatch Checker
- Buy developer a bit of coffee$0.99
- Buy developer some coffee$1.99
- Buy developer a regular coffee$3.99
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- Buy developer a large coffee$12.99
- Buy developer lots of coffee$49.99
setting.watch
No in-app purchases
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