Comparison

WOD Timer vs The Growth Diaries

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

Head to head
About

WOD Timer

This app provides a highly visible stopwatch designed for functional fitness and CrossFit workouts. It supports various training styles like AMRAP, EMOM, HIIT, and Tabata, offering customizable interval timers and adaptive clock sizes for optimal clarity during exercise.

Highlights
  • Count Up timer
  • Count Down timer
  • Interval timers for EMOM/HIIT
  • Tabata timer
  • Adaptive clock size
  • Dark and light themes
Features
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The WOD Timer is a high-visibility CrossFit and HIIT workout timer—your gym stopwatch for AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, and interval training. Built for functional fitness and "for time" metcon workouts. If you've seen the clock on the wall, you'll know what to expect. **Features** - Count Up timer ("For time" workouts) - Count Down timer (AMRAP-style workouts) - Interval timer for EMOM / HIIT with configurable High and Low periods - Tabata timer - Adaptive clock size - Countdown from 10 seconds (with 3 + 1 beep before start) - Simple settings (mute, force sounds) - Automatically matches your device's light or dark mode - No tracking, no ads, no internet required—as minimal as it gets Barbell icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

About

The Growth Diaries

Features
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Unleash your inner beast and crush your weight-lifting goals with The Growth Diaries! With lightning-fast workout tracking, you'll never miss a beat. Visualize your progress and see your gains come to life with detailed workout analysis, metrics, and dashboards. Impress yourself with how much you're growing every week. The AI-based workout importer makes it easy to import and track your workout plans, simply by uploading a photo of your workout program. Reach new personal records and dominate your weightlifting journey with our app. Get motivated and grow faster with our app that emphasizes on your progress and weekly growth. Key features: * Blazing fast workout tracking * Visualize progress * Detailed workout analysis, metrics and dashboards * AI-based workout importer * Progress and weekly growth charts * Personal Records tracking * Easy-to-use interface for for quick and efficient tracking * Progress tracking to visualize the progress over time. * Advanced set-tracking with metrics such as reps-in-reserve, failure sets, super-sets, drop-sets, giant-sets, notes, reps and weight. TERMS OF USE: https://lily-olive-645.notion.site/The-Growth-Diaries-Terms-Of-Use-50242fc30dc44da0b0eccc1e35c68521

Screenshots

WOD Timer4 screens
The Growth Diaries4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Growth Diaries at Free against WOD Timer's $4.99. The Growth Diaries also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). WOD Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

The Growth Diaries is free to download; WOD Timer costs $4.99 up front. The Growth Diaries sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. WOD Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WOD Timer ships an update every 4 months, The Growth Diaries every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WOD Timer versus The Growth Diaries: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWOD TimerThe Growth Diaries
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (202 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings202 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalazs TothJazzlab Tech AS

In-app purchases

None

WOD Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Growth Diaries

Subscriptions1
  • Full access7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is WOD Timer free?
WOD Timer costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Growth Diaries free?
The Growth Diaries is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WOD Timer or The Growth Diaries have ads?
Neither WOD Timer nor The Growth Diaries shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WOD Timer or The Growth Diaries?
WOD Timer ships an update every 4 months, and The Growth Diaries every 9 days. Most recently, WOD Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Growth Diaries on October 10, 2026.

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