Comparison

Stopwatch ٞ vs Tsugitsugi Chain Timer

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

Head to head
About

Stopwatch ٞ

This stopwatch app offers continuous timing even after relaunch or inactivity. It provides sound and vibration notifications for start, stop, and lap actions, with customizable options. It also supports synchronization with widgets and smartwatches for seamless use across devices.

Highlights
  • Continuous timing without interruption
  • Sound and vibration notifications
  • Lap recording
  • Today widget support
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Stopwatch application is easy use for daily life. Has following features: -After re launch or came back from inactive mode continuous to timer without interruption -Start, stop, laps buttons gives vibrate and sound notification - Sound and Vibrate notification can be turn on and off -Records Laps -Support Today widget and display the stopwatch session started from application with synchronization - Support Apple watch - If you start timer from phone or Apple watch you can continue on apple watch or phone such as lap,stop, start functionality without interruption

About

Tsugitsugi Chain Timer

Features
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Tsugitsugi Chain Timer runs several countdowns as a chain: when A ends, B starts on its own. For cooking, studying, and workouts, you stop re-setting "the next five minutes" over and over. ■ When one ends, the next begins Line up steps into a chain and start it once. An alarm rings at the end of each step and the next step starts automatically. It keeps going with the app closed and the phone in your pocket. ■ Your Lock Screen shows what's running and when it ends Running chains live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: the step name ("Cook noodles"), the time left, and the end time ("Ends 7:41 PM"), all in words, never just a color or an icon. ■ Rings until you stop it, even in Silent mode Alarms use AlarmKit in iOS 26. They ring through Silent mode and Focus, and they don't cut out until you stop them. Your music keeps playing. ■ Several chains at once Run the pasta chain and the oven chain side by side. There is no artificial limit on how many run at the same time. ■ Simple controls - Tap to start - Pause, resume, skip, cancel - Repeat a whole chain (e.g. Focus 25 min → Break 5 min × 4) - One-off quick timer - Per-step alert sounds (4 included) ■ No ads, everything free No feature limits, no counters. If you like the app, you can tip the developer from Settings (tips don't change any features). ■ Privacy The app never connects to the network. Your chains and timers stay on this iPhone and are never sent to the developer or anyone else. No tracking, no ads. Requires iOS 26.0 or later on iPhone (also runs on iPad).

Screenshots

Stopwatch ٞ4 screens
Tsugitsugi Chain Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stopwatch ٞ at none against Tsugitsugi Chain Timer's 3. Stopwatch ٞ also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 26.0). Tsugitsugi Chain Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Tsugitsugi Chain Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stopwatch ٞ asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stopwatch ٞ versus Tsugitsugi Chain Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopwatch ٞTsugitsugi Chain Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniCom Technologyicot

Bugs and requests

Stopwatch ٞ

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Laps marked on the watch do not appear on the phone
  • App keeps updating and disappearing from Apple Watch

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to change main display from whole time to lap time
  • Ability to save splits for later

Tsugitsugi Chain Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stopwatch ٞ

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tsugitsugi Chain Timer

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.49
  • Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$3.99

Questions

Is Stopwatch ٞ free?
Stopwatch ٞ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tsugitsugi Chain Timer free?
Tsugitsugi Chain Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stopwatch ٞ or Tsugitsugi Chain Timer have ads?
Stopwatch ٞ shows ads; Tsugitsugi Chain Timer does not.

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