Workout Timers vs Custom Interval Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Timers
Design custom sequences of timers for your fitness routines. Share your personalized workouts with friends and have the app announce each timer's name as it begins.
- Create custom timer sequences
- Randomize timer order
- Share workouts via email/Airdrop
- Voice announcements for timers
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Create sets of custom, randomize-able, timers for workouts. Share workouts with friends via email and airdrop. Workouts speak each timer name as the timer starts.
Custom Interval Timers
Design personalized interval timers for workouts or productivity. Its intuitive editor allows for custom flows with various settings like countdowns and personalized interfaces. Offers light/dark modes and an option to disable ads.
- Customizable interval flows
- Intuitive timer editor
- Count up or down timers
- Personalized running interface
- Light/dark mode
- Ad-free option
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Create highly customizable interval timers in a beautiful Interface. Interval timers are useful for exercise, like High-intensity interval training (HIIT) or Tabata, and can also be used to manage productivity, events, and more! This app provides a fascinatingly simple and intuitive editor for setting up your own custom timers. With just a few building blocks you can create the exact experience you want. Multiple settings to match your preferences: - Count up or down - Personalize the running interface to show what matters to you - Light/dark mode - Disable ads for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Custom Interval Timers at 100% against Workout Timers's 33%. Custom Interval Timers also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Workout Timers's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Custom Interval Timers is free to download; Workout Timers costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Custom Interval Timers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Workout Timers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Custom Interval Timers's.
Workout Timers ships an update every 5 weeks, Custom Interval Timers every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timers | Custom Interval Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robotic Snail Software LLC | Alex Rich |
Customer experience
Workout Timers
Custom Interval Timers
In-app purchases
Workout Timers
No in-app purchases
Custom Interval Timers
No in-app purchases
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