Best Workout Timer alternatives: apps like Workout Timer - Custom Fitness

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Updated November 2026

Workout Timer is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Workout Timer

训记 - 训练计划专家#2

训记 - 训练计划专家 by XUNJI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

努力打造最领先的训练计划专家之一
Strong Contender
💪 Health & Fitness
4.7😊(534 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This is a hardcore fitness app for dedicated enthusiasts. It allows precise logging of every set's weight and reps, focusing on analyzing training volume. It offers advanced customization for plans and data input, integrating with HealthKit for comprehensive health tracking.

What We Love

  • 👍 Comprehensive training data tracking
  • 🚀 Detailed exercise instructions and videos
  • 💡 Customizable training plans
  • 👍 Syncs with Apple Health/Huawei Health
  • 👍 Detailed progress tracking and analytics
  • 👍 Intuitive and clean user interface
  • 💡 Supports multiple languages
  • 👍 Affordable one-time payment model

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional sync issues with wearables
  • 🐛 Reported crashes and loading failures
  • 🐛 Limited language options (mostly Chinese)
  • 🐛 Inconsistent unit conversion (kg vs lbs)
Exercise Timer: Interval Timer#3

Exercise Timer: Interval Timer by Neurondigital Ltd

HIIT, Tabata, Circuit Training
Worth Considering
💪 Health & Fitness
4.8😊(1K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Create and guide custom interval training routines with this app. It supports timed and rep-based exercises, offers voice coaching, and logs your workout history with detailed analytics. Track progress over time and organize routines into training plans.

What We Love

  • 👍 Great value without fluff
  • 👍 Simple but customizable
  • 👍 Awesome HIIT timer with exercise naming
  • 👍 Versatile and customizable exercise timer
  • 👍 A very underrated app
  • 👍 Great variety of workouts and flexibility to create your own
  • 👍 Simple to use, clean interface
  • 👍 Great app, simple and effective
  • 👍 Wonderful until it crashed
  • 👍 Lovely timer for bootcamps and pilates
  • 👍 Overall intuitive and makes life easier
  • 👍 Great no-frills workout tracker app
  • 👍 Very reliable for daily workout routine
  • 👍 Most versatile customizable exercise timer
  • 👍 Amazing app, thankful to have found it
  • 👍 Accomplished what I was looking for

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Buggy, freezes constantly
  • 🐛 Apple Watch version dysfunctional
  • 🐛 Input nightmare, difficult to use
  • 🐛 Landscape mode not available on iOS
  • 🐛 Reordering exercises in edit stage is a nightmare
  • 🐛 Watch app not so good
  • 🐛 Fails to provide audio feedback on Apple Watch
  • 🐛 Customization of sound has issues
  • 🐛 Awful bell sound
  • 🐛 Buggy, moving timers messes up exercise sequence

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