Soapbox Timer vs bearTracks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soapbox Timer
This app is a dedicated timekeeper for Pecha Kucha and Ignite presentations. It clearly displays slide numbers and remaining time, with options for audio or vibration cues for slide changes. Stay focused on your audience and manage your presentation time effectively.
- Slide number display
- Time remaining indicator
- Audio cues for slide changes
- Vibration cues for slide changes
- Clear, at-a-glance display
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Soapbox is an essential timekeeper app for anyone preparing or delivering a Pecha Kucha or Ignite presentation. At a single glance, the clear display shows the slide number and time remaining, helping you stay focused and make the most of every second. If you want to keep your eyes on the audience without glancing at the display for slide changes, just switch the settings to enable a beep or vibrate as each slide ends. "Fantastic! A must-have for presentations" Jim Shorthose, Pecha Kucha organiser, Nottingham, UK Soapbox is brought to you by a small team, working hard to deliver regular feature updates. We would love to know what we can do to make preparing and delivering quick-fire presentations even easier, so please get in touch using the feedback form. To find out more, visit http://soapboxapp.uk
bearTracks
Access and visualize scouting data for FIRST Robotics competitions. Plan match strategies with team performance graphs, cycle times, and qualitative responses. Quickly review team rankings, game records, and predictions for upcoming matches.
- Access match and pit scouting data
- Visualize team performance with graphs
- Analyze cycle times and qualitative responses
- Plan match strategy with team details
- Quick team summary and event state
- RP based rank and game record display
- Regional points system calculator
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- Access match and pit scouting data created by your scouts from your team and every other bearTracks user. - Graphs help visualize a team's performance over time. - Match data includes cycle times and long form qualitative responses. - Match list tab allows you to easily plan strategy for your upcoming matches, providing easy access to details on each team in a match and a match result prediction. - The team list tab provides a quick summary of the state of your current event. - Team details include RP based rank, game record, and all data about the team. - Calculator to demystify the new regional points system. FIRST® and FIRST® Robotics Competition are registered trademarks of FIRST® (www.firstinspires.org) which is not overseeing, involved with, or responsible for this activity, product, or service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: bearTracks at 100% against Soapbox Timer's 0%. bearTracks also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Soapbox Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
bearTracks is free to download; Soapbox Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
bearTracks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bearTracks has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Soapbox Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of bearTracks's.
Soapbox Timer ships an update every 32 months, bearTracks weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soapbox Timer | bearTracks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Xdev Studio Limited | Jayen Agrawal |
Customer experience
Soapbox Timer
bearTracks
In-app purchases
Soapbox Timer
No in-app purchases
bearTracks
No in-app purchases





