Comparison

Next Up vs Workout Timy

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

Head to head
About

Next Up

Create and customize interval timers with detailed options for reps, sets, colors, and sounds. Offers flexible display modes, quick actions for navigation, and background notifications. Organize timers with folders and choose between light and dark themes.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals (reps, sets, colors, sounds)
  • Detailed and full-screen display modes
  • Portrait and landscape orientation support
  • Quick actions for navigation and editing
  • Background notifications
  • Timer organization with folders
Features
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Customize Your Intervals, Your Way A fully customizable interval timer: Create your intervals. Specify reps, sets, colours and sounds. Tailor it to your purpose and needs. Minimal design and easy to use. Options for rep-based intervals and images. Display options: Choose to run your timer in a detailed view that auto-scrolls through intervals or a full-screen mode for a larger, easily visible display. Both modes support portrait and landscape orientations. Visual details: In detailed view, running intervals and sets are highlighted, providing a clear visual cue. For intervals with multiple reps, the highlighted area indicates the percentage completed. Set optional background colours on intervals for a visual cue. Light and dark mode versions are available and will adapt to your preferences set on your device. Quick actions: Set an interim interval that will automatically be added between intervals. Optionally, end your timer with the interim interval. Skip or backtrack through intervals using intuitive arrow buttons. Swipe actions allow for easy deletion and duplication of intervals and sets. --- Interval Timer features: • Interval timers: Create timers with unlimited intervals. • Description, Length, and Reps: Set the details of each interval, customizing it to your precise requirements. • Interim Intervals: Quickly set up timers by adding interim intervals that run between each interval. • Interval Sets: Group intervals into sets and specify the desired number of set reps. • Interval Customization: Differentiate intervals with background colors. • Time Display: View countdown of each interval and total remaining time, with an option to display total elapsed time. • Progress and Highlighting: View progress with highlighted current intervals and reps completed. • Start from Any Interval: Choose which interval to start the timer from, providing maximum control. • User-friendly Actions: Effortlessly manage intervals with swipe actions for deletion and duplication. Duplicate button allows for easy copying of intervals, sets, and timers. Arrow buttons enable smooth navigation between intervals. • Background Notifications: Run timers in the background and receive alerts for interval changes and timer completion. • Organize with Folders: Create folders to organize and easily access your timers. • Orientation and Display: Enjoy portrait and landscape orientations, and full-screen mode for a larger timer display. • Light and Dark Mode: Seamlessly switch between light and dark mode to suit your preference. Upgrade features include: • Unlimited timers: Create as many timers as you like. • Sound Options: Enable countdown beeps, set interval/timer sounds, and/or enable text to speech. • Rep-based Intervals: Option to create intervals based on reps instead of time to offer maximum flexibility. • More Interval Customization: Differentiate intervals with images/photos and sounds. • Edit received timers: Flexibility to modify all timers. Subscription - syncing and sharing timers: • Sync and Share: Sync timers across devices and choose to share timers and folders with other users. Sharing via email includes a direct download link and instructions. --- Privacy Policy: https://alysha.dev/interval-timer-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://alysha.dev/interval-timer-terms-of-use

About

Workout Timy

This app offers customizable timers for various workout types, including strength training, HIIT, and Tabata. It features intuitive settings, powerful sound alerts, and progress tracking. The app also automatically records your exercise sessions and helps you set weekly workout goals.

Highlights
  • Workout-specific timers
  • Intuitive timer settings
  • Sound alerts and rest reminders
  • Workout progress tracking
  • Automatic workout recording
  • Weekly workout goal setting
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Workout Timy provides timers for everything from Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals Our Workout Timer helps you focus on your workouts and finish them. -Workout-specific timers - Timers for Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals -Easy and intuitive timer settings -Easy and simple operation, from setting rounds to automatic breaks -Powerful sound alerts and rest reminders -5/3/1 sound and push notifications even when you're not looking at the app -Easy to see workout progress -Displays total workout time and preparation time between exercises -Automatic workout recording -Automatically logs exercises performed, number of sets, and time. -Set a goal number of workouts per week -Provides a weekly workout history and widget

Screenshots

Next Up4 screens
Workout Timy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Next Up at 4.7 against Workout Timy's 4.2. Next Up also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 5). Workout Timy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Next Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Workout Timy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Up holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next Up has 2.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Next Up's written reviews are positive against 71% of Workout Timy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Up ships an update every 5 weeks, Workout Timy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Next Up versus Workout Timy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext UpWorkout Timy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better70.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlysha KwokPepper Factory

Customer experience

Next Up

All ratings2,831 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative17.3%

Workout Timy

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral20.8%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Next Up

Subscriptions1
  • Syncing and Sharing$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Upgrade$2.99
3 purchases

Workout Timy

Subscriptions2
  • Workout Timy Premium$0.991 Month
  • Workout Timy Premium$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Workout Timy Lifespan$12.99

Questions

Is Next Up free?
Next Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Timy free?
Workout Timy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Up or Workout Timy?
Next Up is rated higher. Next Up averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Workout Timy averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Next Up or Workout Timy have ads?
Workout Timy shows ads; Next Up does not.
Which is updated more often, Next Up or Workout Timy?
Next Up ships an update every 5 weeks, and Workout Timy every 3 days. Most recently, Next Up was updated on October 22, 2026 and Workout Timy on October 23, 2026.

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