Basic Sports Timer vs Harf Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Sports Timer
This versatile timer app supports interval training, HIIT, boxing drills, and general countdowns. Customize workout and pause durations, track rounds, and utilize a stopwatch with lap saving. It's designed for focused training sessions.
- Customizable workout and pause durations
- Interval training modes (including Tabata)
- Boxing drill timer
- Stopwatch with lap saving
- Countdown timer
- Background timer operation
- Portrait and landscape modes
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We use this Basic Sports Timer for our Wing Tsun workouts. It's quick & easy to set up so you can focus on your training. This simple App can be used for any kind of interval training, HIIT sessions (including Tabata method), boxing, MMA, running, stretching etc. INTERVAL TIMER: • Adjust duration of Workout & Pause and your are ready to go! • Just tap the screen to start / stop • Set number of rounds / Number of rounds are counted until you're done. COUNTDOWN: • Adjust Workout duration and your are ready to go! • Just tap the screen to start / stop BOX-DRILL: Fix duration - 3 Minutes - 1.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 10 seconds - then take a break for 10 seconds. - 2.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 20 seconds - then take a break for 20 seconds. - 3.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 30 seconds - then take a break for 30 seconds. - 4.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 20 seconds - then take a break for 20 seconds. - 5.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 10 seconds - then take a break for 5 seconds. - 6.: Punch hard & consistent against a sandbag for 5 seconds. STOPP WATCH: • Saves up to 15 rounds • It’s accurate to 1/100 of a second ALARM: • Set time to start / stop your training session WATCH: • Simple clock FEATURES: • Duration of Workout & Pause can be set between 5 seconds up to 60 Minutes • 5 seconds up to 10 Minutes: 5 seconds steps • 10 Minutes up to 60 Minutes: 1 minute steps • Saves Workout & Pause settings • Initial Countdown & Boxing bells • Portrait and landscape Mode available • Select a background Color for workout, pause and the app itself • Timers are running in background If there is any additional feature you'd like to see in this App please don't hesitate to contact me via: support@janessig.com. Please support me by rating this app! Thanks and I look forward to your feedback. :-)
Harf Workout Timer
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Workout Timer a straightforward IOS App that serves as a stopwatch for your workouts. You can customize it to your needs by setting the number of rounds and exercises, selecting several sounds or importing your own sounds and importing your own background image.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Harf Workout Timer at Free against Basic Sports Timer's $1.99. Harf Workout Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Basic Sports Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Harf Workout Timer is free to download; Basic Sports Timer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Sports Timer ships an update every 6 months, Harf Workout Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Sports Timer | Harf Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Essig | R&D Advance BV |
In-app purchases
Basic Sports Timer
No in-app purchases
Harf Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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