Gym Timer vs ForTime
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.
ForTime
This fitness timer app offers a variety of interval training modes for workouts like HIIT and CrossFit. It features highly visible text, audible alerts, and allows users to play their music simultaneously. The app is designed to be simple and effective for achieving personal records.
- Multiple interval timer modes (EMOM, AMRAP, Tabata)
- Highly visible text display
- Audible beeps for countdowns
- Background music playback support
- Simple and intuitive interface
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ForTime - A Free Fitness Timer for HIIT, CrossFit, Bodybuilding, Functional Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Personal Training and more. Interval, ForTime, TABATA, EMOM, Equal-Work-Rest, Timed Rest, Ascending/Descending Timers, Running Clock and more. Simple. No nonsense. Timers that just work and do their job. Highly visible text. Audible beeps for countdowns. Play your music while you have your timer running and get some PR's.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ForTime at 100% against Gym Timer's 55%. ForTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). Gym Timer's advantage is ratings volume (460 vs 10). 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.
ForTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym Timer has 460 ratings behind it against 10, 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 ForTime's.
Gym Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, ForTime every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gym Timer | ForTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (460 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 460 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe Fasano | Agilevent Corporation |
Customer experience
Gym Timer
ForTime
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
ForTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gym Timer
No in-app purchases
ForTime
No in-app purchases
Questions
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