Comparison

Freedom Leisure vs Vault Timer

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

Head to head
About

Freedom Leisure

Book fitness classes and activities at over 100 leisure centers across England and Wales. Access up-to-date timetables, news, offers, and events. Manage bookings, view memberships, and share information with friends.

Highlights
  • Book fitness classes and activities
  • View class and swim timetables
  • Manage bookings
  • Receive news and offers via push notifications
  • View membership options
  • Share information on social media
Features
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With the Freedom Leisure App, you always have your facility in your pocket with quick and easy access to book your favourite fitness classes and activities. We have over 100 leisure centres all over England and Wales. Get up-to-date information, news, fitness class timetables, public swim timetables, offers, events and receive push notifications for important news. FITNESS CLASS TIMETABLES Get real-time access to your centre’s group exercise timetable, including class description. FITNESS CLASS BOOKINGS Check availability, make a booking, amend a booking and cancel a booking – all on the move! SWIM TIMETABLES Get real-time access to your centre’s swimming pool timetable. CENTRE INFORMATION Check our opening times and facilities. NEWS AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Instantly get notified of centre news and events direct to your phone. With our app, you’ll immediately know when there are new events or classes, ensuring that you’ll never miss a thing. OFFERS Get push notifications for new offers so you always know about special promotions. MEMBERSHIPS AND ONLINE JOINING View our different types of membership to find the one which best suits you and send us an enquiry or join online (where available). CONTACT US Easily contact us by telephone, email, pop in or visit us at any one of our centres SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL Share fitness classes, news, centre information and offers with your friends and family at the touch of a button. APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.

About

Vault Timer

Features
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Interval training deserves better. Vault Timer is a workout timer for people who train seriously: HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, boxing, BJJ and strength work. Big digits, clear sounds, no clutter. IT COUNTS YOUR REPS Set a work phase by reps instead of seconds, say 12 reps at 30 BPM, and Vault Timer paces every rep with a metronome and a spoken count, with the rep number big on screen. Ready-made 5×5, Hypertrophy and Rep Burn presets get you started. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GYM Boxing rounds open and close with a bell, BJJ rounds with a buzzer, just like the clock on the wall. Everything else gets a spoken 3-2-1 countdown and voice cues. READ IT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM Turn your phone sideways for landscape "gym TV" mode: huge, high-contrast digits you can see mid-set. FEATURES • Quick-start presets: HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, Fat Burn, Strength, Boxing, BJJ, 5×5, Hypertrophy and Rep Burn • Workout Builder for your own circuits • 50-movement exercise library, including 20 dumbbell exercises • A form guide on every exercise: what it works, how to do it, and a cue to keep in mind • Accurate in the background: lock your phone or take a call and it comes back showing the right time • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Haptics on every transition, and keep-awake so the screen never goes dark mid-set • Saves your workouts to Apple Health • Workout history, streaks and a home-screen streak widget • Text that scales with your iOS text size FREE, OR PRO FOR ONE PRICE Every quick-start preset and two custom workouts are free, with no ads and no account. One purchase unlocks Vault Timer Pro for good: unlimited custom workouts, Apple Watch sync, a choice of voice coaches and colour-coded phase backgrounds. No subscription, ever. Vault Timer. Interval training, perfected.

Screenshots

Freedom Leisure4 screens
Vault Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Freedom Leisure at none against Vault Timer's 1. Freedom Leisure also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). Vault Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Vault Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Freedom Leisure asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Freedom Leisure ships an update every 2 months, Vault Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Freedom Leisure versus Vault Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreedom LeisureVault Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWealden Leisure Limitedross cowen

Bugs and requests

Freedom Leisure

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Login credentials not recognized despite correct details
  • Service unreachable errors
  • App freezes during peak booking times
  • Password reset emails not sent
  • Remember me function not working
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  • App not compatible with iPad
  • Data connection issues on mobile networks
  • Duplicate class entries in bookings
  • Blank page after selecting class
  • Registration process fails
  • Booking confirmation emails sent multiple times
  • Class availability shows incorrect space count
  • Cannot change centre location in app
  • App not recognizing active memberships
  • Personal details mixed up between accounts
  • Booking cancellation not processing
  • App not expanding to full screen on iPad
  • Welsh language content not translatable
  • Jailbreak device detection error
  • Multi-centre account management broken

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add Apple Pay and saved card payment options
  • Implement SMS/push notifications for class availability
  • Add instructor names to class listings
  • Display class descriptions in app
  • Calendar sync functionality
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  • Multi-day class search capability
  • Cancellation deadline enforcement
  • Confirmation dialog for booking cancellations
  • Remember login credentials longer
  • Add sauna times to schedule
  • Show opening hours clearly
  • Improve search by exercise type/category
  • Display full timetable without time restrictions
  • Add class information button with details
  • Implement waitlist functionality

Vault Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Freedom Leisure

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vault Timer

One-time1
  • Vault Timer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Freedom Leisure free?
Freedom Leisure is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vault Timer free?
Vault Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Freedom Leisure or Vault Timer have ads?
Neither Freedom Leisure nor Vault Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Freedom Leisure or Vault Timer?
Freedom Leisure ships an update every 2 months, and Vault Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Freedom Leisure was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vault Timer on November 5, 2026.

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