Gym Timer vs Simple Interval Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gym Timer
This app helps you track gym sessions and manage rest times between sets. It's designed for use on a smartwatch, allowing you to leave your phone behind. The app alerts you when it's time to train again, ensuring your workout flows smoothly.
- Track gym sessions
- Time rest periods between sets
- Smartwatch optimized
- Phone-free gym experience
- Alerts for training intervals
- HealthKit integration
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Gym Timer helps you tracking your gym sessions and timing rest time. - You can leave your smartphone in the locker room: An app designed from the concept of the Apple Watch's app to give you the best mobility in the gym, without the need to lug around the smartphone. It's all on your wrist. With CareKit and HealthKit integration, your workout will never be interrupted if your Apple Watch goes into standby mode. - It does everything: With Gym Timer, you just set the number of sets and the rest time between one set and the other, then you just need to start the timer at the end of each set. When is time to start to train again, it will alert you. Follow us on our social media to be the first to know about new features we're developing, to get in touch with our community and give us a feedback. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gymtimer/ Instagram: @gym_timer Twitter: @gym_timer Gym Timer uses Health Kit for some functionalities like staying active while your watch screen is off.
Simple Interval Workout Timer
This app provides a simple, intuitive timer for various interval training methods like Tabata, HIIT, and EMOM. It allows users to save unlimited custom workouts for free, making fitness routines more efficient and accessible.
- Interval training timer
- Supports Tabata, HIIT, EMOM
- Save unlimited workouts
- Minimalistic UI
- Readable from a distance
- Ad-free experience
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If you were searching for the timer app for your Tabata, hit, HIIT, emom, you name it - any interval or simply timed training, then that’s the one! Forever free and free from annoying ads. Simple, minimalistic, intuitive, polished, and smoothly animated user interface. Quick to set up and easily readable from a further distance. Make your interval workout a breeze with this app that allows you to save limitless workouts for free. Interval training is a great tool for burning a lot of calories in a short period of time and they help a lot with your cardiovascular health. Let’s get fit together!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Interval Workout Timer at 100% against Gym Timer's 55%. Simple Interval Workout Timer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Gym Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (460 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Interval Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym Timer has 460 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Gym Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Interval Workout Timer's.
Gym Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Interval Workout Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gym Timer | Simple Interval Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (460 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 460 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe Fasano | Artur Fijal |
Customer experience
Gym Timer
Simple Interval Workout Timer
Bugs and requests
Gym Timer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timer resets unexpectedly
- Set/rep count not updating correctly
- Syncing issues with Apple Watch
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to track exercise time
- Implement workout history/progress tracking
- Provide Apple Watch complications
- Offer paid ad-free version
Simple Interval Workout Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gym Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Interval Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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