Whistle Timer vs Captime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whistle Timer
Create custom workout schedules with customizable work and break intervals. Save your training plans for future use and focus on your fitness goals. The app can run in the background to keep your workout on track.
- Customizable workout schedules
- Add custom breaks
- Save training plans
- Background operation
- Whistle sound option
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Whistle Timer lets you create a customised working schedule without anything unnecessary. - Blow a whistle forever - Add customised breaks - Focus on your workout! - Save your plans for further use - Run on the background
Captime
This app provides a professional gym clock experience for athletes, featuring large, high-contrast digits and voice control. It supports various workout formats and includes a unique video overlay for progress tracking and social sharing.
- Video overlay for progress filming
- Large, high-contrast digits
- Zero-touch voice control
- Supports AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, For Time
- Music ducking for audio cues
- Multiple interval timers
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Stop Fiddling with Your Phone. Own Your WOD. Designed by athletes for athletes, Captime is the only CrossFit timer that stays out of your way while you push your limits. No more distractions—just the precision of a professional gym clock right on your iPhone. WHY ATHLETES CHOOSE CAPTIME: - Film Your Progress: Built-in video overlay—perfect for the CrossFit Games or your IG feed. - Built for Distance: Massive, high-contrast digits you can read from across the box. - Zero-Touch Control: Hands covered in chalk? Just yell "START" to kick things off. - The Full Arsenal: AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, For Time, Intervals, and the Sally Challenge. - Smart Audio: Automatically ducks your music so you never miss a beep. LEVEL UP YOUR TRAINING. Join thousands of athletes using the most intuitive HIIT timer on the App Store. >>> Get Captime for FREE and train like a pro today!
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Verdict
Whistle Timer and Captime both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 62% of Captime's written reviews are positive against 29% of Whistle Timer's. Captime also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Whistle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Captime sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Captime holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Whistle Timer's written reviews are positive against 62% of Captime's.
Whistle Timer ships an update every 10 months, Captime every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whistle Timer | Captime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (99 ratings) | 4.6 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 62.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | Leduc IT |
Customer experience
Whistle Timer
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In-app purchases
Whistle Timer
- Unlock all settings$2.99
Captime
- PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
- PRO$2.997 Days
- PRO$3.991 Month
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- PRO$7.991 Month
- PRO7 Days trial$25.491 Year
- One time offer1 Year trial$25.491 Year
- PRO$41.991 Year
- PRO$49.991 Year
- PRO3 Days trial$54.991 Year
- PRO$149.99
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