Timer Plus vs Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer Plus
This interval training app supports HIIT, circuit, and Tabata workouts with customizable rounds and cycles. It offers background operation, screen flashing, and voice guidance for an enhanced fitness experience. An Apple Watch companion app is also available.
- Customizable rounds and cycles
- Interval stopwatch
- Background timer operation
- Informative screen flash
- Save and history of timers
- Voice guidance
- Apple Watch app
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Interval Training Timer perfect for HIIT Circuit and Tabata Workouts Timer Plus is an easy to use special app for high intensity interval Training. -Ability to display the number and duration of rounds and cycles. -Interval Stopwatch -Timer works in background mode -Informative screen flash -Create an infinite number of timers, save them in the history of workouts. -Voice guidance Use our Timer Plus app while training at home, at the gym, boxing, MMA, Bodyweight exercises or other fitness activities. Timer Plus comes also with an Apple Watch app that allows you to use your saved custom workouts from the iPhone on your Apple Watch. This app uses Apple Health Kit in order to run the Apple Watch app in the background. Terms of Use: https://argames.in/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://argames.in/privacy.html
Workout Timer
Create and save custom interval timers for various workout routines like Tabata and HIIT. Features audio cues, haptics, and voice announcements for phase changes. Keeps running with the screen locked and offers Live Activities on iOS.
- Build custom interval timers
- Save and reuse timer templates
- Audio cues and haptic feedback
- Voice announcements for phase changes
- Live Activities on iOS Lock Screen
- Runs with screen locked
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A workout interval timer for Tabata, HIIT, and any work-and-rest routine. Build a timer once, save it, and run it again with one tap. It's free to use. No paywall. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. What it does: - Build interval timers with warm-up, work, rest, recovery, and cool-down phases - Save timers as templates and run them again in one tap - Audio cues, haptics, and optional voice announcements at every phase change - Watch the phase, set, and time left on a clear countdown screen - On iOS, a Live Activity shows your timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Keeps running with the screen locked, so the phone can sit in your pocket Made for any interval discipline: - Rock climbing: hangboard and fingerboard repeaters (try 7 seconds on, 3 seconds off, for 6 sets), plus campus-board and no-hang protocols - Boxing, MMA, and martial arts: timed rounds with rest between them - High-intensity interval training and functional fitness: Tabata, EMOM, and AMRAP - Running and cycling: sprint and interval training - Strength and calisthenics: timed sets and supersets - Yoga, mobility, and stretching: hold each pose for a set time - Physical therapy and rehab: timed holds and repetitions - Meditation and breathwork: steady, repeating intervals If it has a "work for a bit, rest for a bit, repeat" shape, you can build it here. Your data stays with you. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your timers stay on your phone. The only network activity is the check for app updates, which carries no information about you. Open source: https://github.com/Josh-Approved/workout-timer What it doesn't do: No paywall. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No subscriptions. The whole app is the whole app: every feature is here, free. Josh Approved is supported by the people who use it. No ads, no subscriptions, no data harvest. What keeps this sustainable is whether it's worth a few dollars to you. If it is, there's an optional tip jar in the app. Send feedback: feedback@joshapproved.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Workout Timer at none against Timer Plus's shown. Workout Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Timer Plus's advantage is ratings volume (61K vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price and in-app purchases 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. Timer Plus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Workout Timer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer Plus has 61K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Timer Plus ships an update monthly, Workout Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer Plus | Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (61K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 61K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArGames | Josh Approved LLC |
Customer experience
Timer Plus
Workout Timer
Bugs and requests
Timer Plus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer stopping unexpectedly due to notifications or phone calls
- Inconsistent volume changes when using music
- Difficulty finding and loading saved timers
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to name and save custom workouts
- Option to turn off countdown sound
- Customizable alert sounds
- Ability to skip or pause rounds
- Connection to health/fitness tracking apps
Workout Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer Plus
- Timer Plus Pro$2.991 Month
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Timer Plus Lifetime$9.99
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
Workout Timer
- Tip$2.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
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- Tip$19.99
- Tip$49.99
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