Comparison

DelayCam vs Video Timer

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

Head to head
About

DelayCam

Features
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Transform your practice and accelerate your improvement with DelayCam, the ultimate video delay and instant replay tool designed for athletes, dancers, coaches, and performers. Stop guessing and start seeing—DelayCam gives you the immediate visual feedback you need to perfect your technique on the spot. Whether you're mastering a golf swing, perfecting a dance routine, or checking your fitness form, Delay Cam is your personal performance analyst. How It Works: Record: Position your phone or tablet to capture your activity. Delay: Set a custom time delay—from a few seconds to several minutes. Review: After you perform an action, watch yourself on screen with the perfect delay. Analyze, adjust, and go again! Stop waiting for practice to be over to review your performance. Get the instant feedback you need to improve faster than ever before. Download DelayCam today and start training smarter!

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Video Timer

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Video Timer records your activity and burns a running stopwatch, split markers, and a session title directly into the saved video — so every replay shows exactly what happened, when. Recording, live timer overlays, and reviewing your sessions in the app are free. A one-time $1.99 unlock adds Save to Photos, Share, and CSV export. FREE — WHAT IT DOES • Start recording video • Hit Start Timer before your run, race, lift, or drill — a live stopwatch appears on screen while you record • Press Split at any moment to mark a timestamp. As many splits as you need • Stop the timer, stop recording — the session is saved in the app instantly • Review any session with the timer and splits rendered live in playback • Works in portrait or landscape — overlay adapts to recording orientation FREE — DESIGNED FOR • Coaches reviewing athlete performance • Athletes timing their own drills, sprints, or lifts solo • Anyone who needs timestamped video proof of a result • Parents, fans, and spectators collecting stats on their favorite races FREE — THE OVERLAY SHOWS • Session title (you set it before recording) • A running HH:MM:SS.cs stopwatch that starts and stops with your timer — not the camera • Split markers that light up green as each moment passes in the replay EXPORT & SHARE UNLOCK — $1.99 ONE-TIME • Save to Camera Roll — write the finished video (with overlays baked in) to your phone's photo library • Share — send to Messages, Drive, AirDrop, or any sharing-capable app • Export Splits as CSV — grab the raw split times for spreadsheets and analysis • Auto-save to Photos — toggle on to save every recording the moment it finishes One optional one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No watermarks. No cloud required — everything processes on your device.

Screenshots

DelayCam4 screens
Video Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Timer at none against DelayCam's 1. Video Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. DelayCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DelayCam ships an update weekly, Video Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
DelayCam versus Video Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDelayCamVideo Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLennard MeijerSEDX LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DelayCam

One-time1
  • Full access$6.99
None

Video Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DelayCam free?
DelayCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Timer free?
Video Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DelayCam or Video Timer have ads?
DelayCam shows ads; Video Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, DelayCam or Video Timer?
DelayCam ships an update weekly, and Video Timer every 9 days. Most recently, DelayCam was updated on September 19, 2026 and Video Timer on September 29, 2026.

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