Comparison

Soapbox Timer vs Sardines Carpool

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Slide number display
  • Time remaining indicator
  • Audio cues for slide changes
  • Vibration cues for slide changes
  • Clear, at-a-glance display
Features
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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

About

Sardines Carpool

Effortlessly organize carpools directly within iMessage. Create ride polls, manage multiple vehicles, and save your car details for quick setup. Everything stays within your conversations, no accounts or servers needed.

Highlights
  • Create ride polls in iMessage
  • Support for multi-vehicle trips
  • Save custom vehicle seat layouts
  • Automatic name saving
  • No accounts or server reliance
  • Trip scheduling with date and time
Features
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Sardines makes organizing carpools effortless — right inside iMessage. No accounts, no downloads for your friends, no switching between apps. Just open Sardines in any conversation and start filling seats. **Create Ride Polls in Seconds** Pick your vehicle, assign a driver, add passengers to seats, and share the ride poll with your group. Everyone in the conversation can see who's riding where at a glance. **Multi-Vehicle Trips** Need more than one car? Add multiple vehicles to a single trip and assign passengers across all of them. The message preview adapts automatically — from a detailed single-car view to a compact multi-vehicle summary. **Your Vehicle Garage** Save your cars, vans, and SUVs with their exact seat layouts. Support for regular seats, shotgun, car seats, and boosters — so you always know who fits where. Switch vehicles with a tap when plans change. **Names That Stick** Sardines remembers your drivers, passengers, and trip names. The more you use it, the faster it gets. Names from rides other people send you are saved automatically too. **No Accounts. No Servers.** Everything stays in iMessage. Your ride details are encoded directly in the message — no sign-ups, no cloud storage, no tracking. It just works. **Trip Scheduling** Add a date and time to any ride so everyone knows when to be ready. **Built for Real Life** Whether it's the daily school run, a weekend trip, or coordinating rides to the game, Sardines keeps everyone on the same page without the group text chaos.

Screenshots

Soapbox Timer4 screens
Sardines Carpool3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sardines Carpool at 100% against Soapbox Timer's 0%. Sardines Carpool also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.0). Soapbox Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.2). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Sardines Carpool is free to download; Soapbox Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sardines Carpool holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sardines Carpool has 12 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 Sardines Carpool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soapbox Timer ships an update every 32 months, Sardines Carpool every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Soapbox Timer versus Sardines Carpool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoapbox TimerSardines Carpool
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperXdev Studio LimitedRobert Mc Cord Hoehn

Customer experience

Soapbox Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Sardines Carpool

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Soapbox Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Sardines Carpool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soapbox Timer free?
Soapbox Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sardines Carpool free?
Sardines Carpool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soapbox Timer or Sardines Carpool?
Sardines Carpool is rated higher. Soapbox Timer averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sardines Carpool averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Soapbox Timer or Sardines Carpool have ads?
Neither Soapbox Timer nor Sardines Carpool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soapbox Timer or Sardines Carpool?
Soapbox Timer ships an update every 32 months, and Sardines Carpool every 4 days. Most recently, Soapbox Timer was updated on August 12, 2026 and Sardines Carpool on June 5, 2026.

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