Comparison

Gym Timer vs Dead Time

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Track gym sessions
  • Time rest periods between sets
  • Smartwatch optimized
  • Phone-free gym experience
  • Alerts for training intervals
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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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.

About

Dead Time

Features
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Turn the time you're already losing into the workout you keep skipping. Your day is full of dead time: the kettle boiling, code compiling, the microwave spinning, ad breaks, the minutes before a meeting. Dead Time turns every one of them into a 2-5 minute bodyweight workout, sized to exactly that gap. No gym. No gear. No excuses left. HOW IT WORKS - Tap your wait: kettle (3:00), microwave (2:00), ad break (4:00) and more - Get a plan built for that exact window, with work and rest intervals - Swap any move, remove what you hate, or let AI Smart Pick target the muscles you've been skipping - Follow big-type coaching with form photos, sound themes, and a voice coach BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING - Streaks with a safety net: every 7 days you show up banks a shield that covers one missed day - A show-up calendar that marks every day you trained - XP, daily quests, and 12 collectible foil cards with real engraved insignia - Your countdown lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen - A home screen widget keeps your streak in sight - A dry one-line AI coach that actually reads your week (on-device, private) THE SCIENCE Minutes of vigorous bursts spread through the day track with 26-30% lower all-cause mortality in Nature Medicine cohort research. "Exercise snacks" work. You just needed somewhere to put them. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No ads. No analytics. Everything stays on your phone. FREE AND PRO The core loop is free forever: kettle, microwave, ad break, streaks, quests, and stats. Dead Time PRO adds every context, custom dead time (1-10 minutes), AI Smart Pick, the full 219-move no-gym library, muscle heat, and complete history. Weekly with a free trial, or one lifetime purchase. The weekly plan auto-renews until canceled in your App Store settings. Terms: https://novarch.lol/deadtime/terms/ Privacy: https://novarch.lol/deadtime/privacy/ Stop donating your waits to the void.

Screenshots

Gym Timer4 screens
Dead Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gym Timer at none against Dead Time's 2. Gym Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Dead Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Gym Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gym Timer versus Dead Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGym TimerDead Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (460 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings460 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe FasanoNovarch LLC

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

Dead Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gym Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dead Time

Subscriptions1
  • Dead Time PRO Weekly$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Dead Time PRO Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Gym Timer free?
Gym Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dead Time free?
Dead Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gym Timer or Dead Time have ads?
Neither Gym Timer nor Dead Time shows ads.

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