Comparison

PaceTimer vs Cadre Contacts

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

Head to head
About

PaceTimer

This app provides a visual timer with color-coded cues to help users manage their time during presentations, meetings, or workouts. It offers customizable alerts and full-screen display options for easy monitoring.

Highlights
  • Visual color-coded timing
  • Flashing light, vibration, and sound alerts
  • Full-screen mode with large fonts
  • Apple Watch synchronization
  • Customizable reminders and colors
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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PaceTimer shows your pace as a color. Green means you're on track, yellow means start wrapping up, red means time's up. Glance at the screen, not the clock. BUILT FOR SPEAKING UNDER A TIME LIMIT Speeches, presentations, lectures, debates, interviews, meetings, pitch practice. FREE • Green → yellow → red background, with sound, vibration and flash at each change • Set total time and the yellow point to the second • Quick presets: 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 minutes • Elapsed, remaining, or both on screen; overtime counts up in red • Full-screen mode: huge digits readable from the back row • Keeps alerting when the screen is locked (notifications) and shows a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Screen stays on while the timer runs • Apple Watch app with haptic alerts PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) • Multi-segment agenda: chain up to 20 segments, each with its own warning, with auto-advance. Templates for talk + Q&A, debate rounds and pitches • Saved presets: start your favorite setups in one tap • History and stats: on-time rate and how far you run over or under If you bought the earlier paid version of PaceTimer, Pro is unlocked for you automatically. Questions or ideas? Write to us from the App Store page. We read everything.

About

Cadre Contacts

Organize your address book by cleaning up duplicates and inconsistent information. This app analyzes your contacts locally, suggests fixes, and allows you to review and approve changes. It helps maintain data quality and offers export options for backups.

Highlights
  • Health Score for contact quality
  • Duplicate detection across accounts
  • Field validation for phone and email
  • Smart fix suggestions for data
  • Export and backup contacts
  • Local data processing for privacy
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Contacts a mess? Let’s address. Find possible duplicates, review suggested fixes, and organize the contacts already in Apple Contacts. See what needs attention and choose which changes to apply. Cleanup at a Glance Find recommended next steps, upcoming dates, review queues, recent changes, backup status, and recoverable deleted contacts in an overview that adapts to your screen. See your progress during the current session. Missing Info points you to a useful suggestion when one is available, or to the field you can complete yourself. Library Health See a grade from F to A+, follow its trend, and explore contact quality areas to find missing or inconsistent details. Duplicate Review Compare possible duplicates across iCloud, Google, Exchange, and other accounts connected to Apple Contacts. Review contacts side by side and choose what to merge. Formatting Checks & Smart Fixes Check phone-number formatting against conventions for 240+ countries and territories. Find possible errors in email formatting, names, and addresses. Review suggested fixes and apply, edit, or ignore them. Export & Backup Export contacts as vCard or CSV, and save a backup before major changes. Undo & Recovery Undo supported edits and merges for up to 30 days while their history is retained. Account moves cannot be undone. Restore contacts deleted in Cadre for up to 30 days. Stay Organized Use Smart Lists that update as contacts change, and restore earlier versions of their rules. Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries, record direct relationships, and share your own card with a QR code. Made for iPhone, iPad, both iPhone Duo displays, and Mac. Available in English, German, Spanish, and French. Privacy Contact analysis runs on your device. Private iCloud sync keeps supplemental contact details, Smart Lists, and preferences available across your devices when iCloud is available. You can turn it off in Settings. No Cadre account is required, and Cadre does not operate a contact-data server.

Screenshots

PaceTimer4 screens
Cadre Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cadre Contacts at none against PaceTimer's 1. Cadre Contacts also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). PaceTimer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. PaceTimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cadre Contacts asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaceTimer ships an update every 5 months, Cadre Contacts every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PaceTimer versus Cadre Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceTimerCadre Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer阳 孙Something Punny, LLC

Customer experience

PaceTimer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Cadre Contacts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PaceTimer

One-time1
  • PaceTimer Pro$0.99
None

Cadre Contacts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaceTimer free?
PaceTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cadre Contacts free?
Cadre Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaceTimer or Cadre Contacts have ads?
Neither PaceTimer nor Cadre Contacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaceTimer or Cadre Contacts?
PaceTimer ships an update every 5 months, and Cadre Contacts every 5 days. Most recently, PaceTimer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cadre Contacts on October 24, 2026.

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