Comparison

Timeline vs SmartWOD Timer

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

Head to head
About

Timeline

This app provides a highly customizable interval timer for various activities, including fitness, exercise, and productivity. Create and manage timer sequences with intuitive gestures, utilize ready-made templates, and share your routines with others. Enjoy spoken prompts and motivational messages to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Flexible interval timer design
  • Intuitive gesture-based timer creation
  • Ready-made schemes and templates
  • Manage and arrange timers by category
  • Share timers with friends or clients
  • Spoken timers and motivational messages
  • Continuous alarm option
Features
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Timeline is the most flexible interval timer. Ideal for fitness, running, exercise, productivity and more. It gives you intuitive, powerful and practical controls to run timer sequences or to create your own routines. • FLEXIBLE BY DESIGN Whether it is for sports such as fitness, running, cycling, high-intensity training, tabata, circuit training, yoga and more. Or if you want to time your daily routines, stay productive, stay focused or need to clock your tasks. Timeline has got you covered. • CREATE TIMERS USING INTUITIVE GESTURES You can create your own sequences of timers quickly using intuitive gestures. There are no difficult menus and options to go through. Just swipe, pinch, pan, tap and group to build any sequence you can imagine. What you see is what you get. You can always edit your timers, even after you have started playing them. • READY-TO-USE SCHEMES AND TEMPLATES Start right away with ready-made schemes and templates. Get into running with 56 weeks worth of training schemes to run from 0 to 5 km up to a full marathon. Use or create your own templates as the starting point for your custom timers. You can import ready-made timers, build your own on your computer or open them directly from websites. • MANAGE AND ARRANGE YOUR WAY Whether you want to arrange your timers per category, or want to separate your clients from your personal timers. Timeline gives you the freedom to manage and arrange your timers the way you want. Creating, moving or copying timers and folders are all only a few taps away. • SHARE WITH FRIENDS OR CLIENTS Share any number of timers and folders at once with your friends or clients. You can also publish them on your website so your audience can directly open them in the Timeline app. • SPOKEN TIMERS AND MOTIVATION IN YOUR LANGUAGE Have your timers and countdown spoken out loud in your own language. You don't have to look at your screen and can keep your device locked or in your pocket. Spoken motivational messages support you through your extensive workouts and sessions. • CONTINUOUS ALARM OPTION TO NEVER MISS A MOMENT Sometimes it is critical to know the end of your timers. You don't need to stay with your device all the time. Just turn on the continuous alarm. It works like your alarm clock and will pause your timer until you have confirmed the alarm. • PRACTICAL FEATURES YOU WILL LOVE Timeline is a premium-quality interval timer app. You can play your own music through Timeline or via your preferred music app. Timeline works fully in the background and can alert you with sounds, vibrations and speech. Run it in the foreground and it will keep your screen turned on if you want. Resume timers where you previously left off. Choose from different color themes. Get personal assistance from the developer. Plus more practical features to ensure you'll enjoy using Timeline. • UPGRADE TO TIMELINE PRO You can use all main features of Timeline completely free. However, to create more than 5 timelines or to share your timers, please upgrade to Timeline Pro with a one-time purchase. You thereby also support an individual developer. Timeline is designed to be your flexible interval training timer. Download Timeline now and start achieving your personal goals.

About

SmartWOD Timer

This app provides a versatile timer for various functional fitness routines like AMRAP, EMOM, and Tabata. It features customizable intervals, motivational cues, and a clear display, making it suitable for gym or home workouts.

Highlights
  • AMRAP, EMOM, For Time, Tabata timers
  • Customizable MIX timer
  • Motivational sound and voice cues
  • Mid-workout reminders
  • Round counter
  • Landscape mode with large display
  • Background operation
Features
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SmartWOD Timer is a simple yet powerful timer for all popular functional fitness workouts: AMRAP, EMOM, For Time, Tabata, and custom intervals. Just select your workout type, set the time, and go! TIMERS • AMRAP, EMOM, For Time and Tabata • Customizable MIX timer for your own workout flows • Round counter and landscape mode with large, clear numbers • Motivational sound and voice cues, plus mid-workout reminders • Runs in the background and works great with Apple Watch AFTER YOUR WORKOUT • Guided cool-downs — stretches for exactly the muscles you just trained, video by video • Workout log with calendar, notes and CSV export • Save your workouts to Apple Health IN THE GYM • Cast your timer to any TV with Chromecast • Save any setup as a preset and start with one tap • Clean, distraction-free design Whether you're training at the gym, at home, or preparing for events like HYROX or The Open – SmartWOD Timer keeps you on track. Train smart. Train strong. With SmartWOD. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS SmartWOD offers auto-renewing subscriptions: Premium $2.99 per month $17.99 per year Premium+ $4.99 per month $34.99 per year Prices shown are for United States customers and may differ elsewhere. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy and terms: https://smartwod.app/timer-terms https://smartwod.app/privacy

Screenshots

Timeline4 screens
SmartWOD Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Timeline at none against SmartWOD Timer's shown. Timeline also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). SmartWOD Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 22 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Timeline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SmartWOD Timer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartWOD Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartWOD Timer has 54K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Timeline's written reviews are positive against 88% of SmartWOD Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeline ships an update every 22 months, SmartWOD Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Timeline versus SmartWOD Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelineSmartWOD Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)4.9 (54K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.5% of reviews
Number of ratings954K — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFly Your Vision B.V.SmartWOD GmbH

Customer experience

Timeline

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SmartWOD Timer

All ratings54,037 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews746 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.2%

Bugs and requests

Timeline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SmartWOD Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 13.4.1
  • Workout notes not showing up
  • Music interruption during workouts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Ability to skip sections of a workout
  • Louder beep/countdown volume
  • Workout log sync across devices
  • Split-screen support on iPad

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timeline

One-time1
  • Timeline Interval Timer Pro$4.99
11 purchases

SmartWOD Timer

Subscriptions6
  • Premium 1 month$2.991 Month
  • Premium 1 Month Special$2.991 Month
  • Premium+ Monthly$3.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Premium 1 Year$14.991 Year
  • Premium 1 Year Special$14.991 Year
  • Premium+ Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • Ad-Free$3.99
  • Ad-Free$4.99
  • Ad-Free$9.99
Show 2 more
  • Premium Lifetime$89.99
  • Premium Lifetime Special$89.99

Questions

Is Timeline free?
Timeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartWOD Timer free?
SmartWOD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timeline or SmartWOD Timer?
SmartWOD Timer is rated higher. Timeline averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while SmartWOD Timer averages 4.9 from 54K ratings.
Do Timeline or SmartWOD Timer have ads?
SmartWOD Timer shows ads; Timeline does not.
Which is updated more often, Timeline or SmartWOD Timer?
Timeline ships an update every 22 months, and SmartWOD Timer every 10 days. Most recently, Timeline was updated on October 24, 2026 and SmartWOD Timer on October 30, 2026.

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