LiveTime Viewer vs Punch Rescue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveTime Viewer
View your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device. This companion app allows you to monitor live event times remotely, supporting both portrait and landscape orientations. It automatically discovers nearby clocks or connects via URL.
- Remote clock display viewing
- Portrait and landscape support
- Disable device sleep
- Automatic clock discovery
- Connect via URL
- Maintains connection across networks
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**NOTE: Live Time Viewer is used in conjunction with Live Time for macOS. If you do not own or have viewing access to Live Time for macOS with an enabled Clock Display, you won’t have anything to view with this iOS app. Live Time Viewer is the easiest way to see your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device! Need to keep track of your live event’s time but aren’t at a laptop or desktop computer? No problem, now you can keep track of your event anywhere you have an iOS device and an internet connection (cellular or wifi). Supports portrait and landscape viewing. • Ability to disable your device from sleeping while viewing a Clock. • Automatic discovery of nearby Live Time Clocks Displays for quick connecting. • Quickly load Live Time clocks to watch by simply entering a URL. • Automatically keeps you connected even when switching between cellular and wifi connections when the Clock Display is externally available through a global hostname.
Punch Rescue
Manage your facility's emergency safety devices and coordinate real-time incident responses. Monitor device health, provision new hardware, and receive critical alerts with location data. Facilitates communication and verification for efficient emergency management.
- Device health dashboard
- Seamless device provisioning
- Rescue Card assignment
- Over-the-Air firmware updates
- Critical emergency alerts
- 2-way incident chat
- Emergency verification
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Punch Rescue: Device Management & Incident Response The Punch Rescue app is the essential tool for managing your facility’s emergency infrastructure and coordinating real-time response. Designed specifically for Punch Rescue administrators and staff, this app bridges the gap between your physical safety hardware and digital emergency management. Administrative Management & Setup: Device Health Dashboard: Monitor the real-time status of your entire safety ecosystem. Instantly see which Rescue Cards, Repeaters, and Base Stations are online, offline, or require battery replacements. Seamless Provisioning: Use your phone’s Bluetooth to find and connect new Repeaters and Base Stations to your facility’s Wi-Fi network in minutes. Card Assignment: Quickly assign wearable Rescue Cards to specific staff members by scanning the device, ensuring every alert has a name and a face attached. Firmware Updates: Maintain peak security with Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. Push the latest firmware to your hardware directly through the app without needing to collect physical devices. Incident Response & Coordination: Critical Emergency Alerts: Receive instant, high-priority notifications when an emergency is triggered on-site, including precise room-level location data. 2-Way Incident Chat: Coordinate with internal responders through an integrated messaging platform, allowing for rapid decision-making and status updates during a crisis. Emergency Verification: For non-K12 environments, use the app to validate or cancel an incoming alert before it is escalated to law enforcement, reducing false alarms and ensuring a measured response.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Punch Rescue at 5.0 against LiveTime Viewer's 4.6. Punch Rescue also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). LiveTime Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Punch Rescue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveTime Viewer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Punch Rescue every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveTime Viewer | Punch Rescue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workflow Network | Punch Rescue |
Customer experience
LiveTime Viewer
Punch Rescue
In-app purchases
LiveTime Viewer
No in-app purchases
Punch Rescue
No in-app purchases
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