Comparison

Start to Win vs VeraTime

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

Head to head
About

Start to Win

This app helps sailboat racers accurately time their start to the starting line. It calculates the distance and time remaining, ensuring a precise race commencement.

Highlights
  • Regatta countdown timer
  • Distance to starting line calculation
  • Time to starting line calculation
  • Accurate race start timing
  • Sailboat racing aid
Features
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Start your sailboat race on time! Regatta Countdown with distance and time to starting line crossing.

About

VeraTime

This app provides a connected timing workspace for ski races, supporting various event types and roles. It offers features for time trials, team and individual racing, and hand timing backups. Real-time results and export options are available.

Highlights
  • Connected timing workspace
  • Time trials with fastest time tracking
  • Team and individual racing support
  • Hand timing backup
  • Connected race-day roles
  • Voice updates with transcription
  • Live results and export options
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VeraTime is a connected timing workspace for ski clubs, coaches, race directors, starters, finishers, and spectators. TIME TRIALS Give every athlete as many runs as needed. VeraTime tracks each bib's fastest time, average, standard deviation, and fastest combined runs, with separate or combined men's and women's results. TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RACING Run two-run Slalom, GS, Super-G, Downhill, or custom events. Assign athletes by team and sex, organize Varsity and JV groups by start order, and score by points or combined time. HAND TIMING Record start and finish time of day as a dependable backup to the primary timing system. Handle reruns, unknown finishers, DNF results, swapped times, bib corrections, and excluded runs without losing the original audit trail. CONNECTED RACE-DAY ROLES Race Director, Start Timer, Finish Timer, and optional Spectator views stay in sync through Firebase. Crew presence indicators help the Director see whether timers are active, idle, or offline. RACE RADIO Hold to record short voice updates for race officials. Messages include sender, role, timestamp, duration, and speech-to-text transcription. Audio is removed after 24 hours while the transcript remains with the race. RESULTS AND EXPORT Sort live tables by the column that matters in the moment. Final results, CSV/Excel exports, clipboard copy, and Director audit logs are available with a 24-hour pass or monthly/annual subscription. VeraTime supports Light, Dark, and Follow System appearance modes. Live timing is free in every race mode. The 24-hour pass never renews. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Support: support@vera-time.com Privacy: https://www.vera-time.com/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Start to Win4 screens
VeraTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Start to Win at none against VeraTime's 3. Start to Win also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). VeraTime's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VeraTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Start to Win asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Start to Win against 5.0 for VeraTime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Start to Win versus VeraTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStart to WinVeraTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian BoyleNext Dimension Fun LLC

In-app purchases

None

Start to Win

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VeraTime

Subscriptions2
  • VeraTime Monthly$29.991 Month
  • VeraTime Annual$99.001 Year
One-time1
  • VeraTime 24-Hour Results Pass$13.49

Questions

Is Start to Win free?
Start to Win is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VeraTime free?
VeraTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Start to Win or VeraTime?
Start to Win and VeraTime are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Start to Win or VeraTime have ads?
Neither Start to Win nor VeraTime shows ads.

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