tim vs SetGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tim
Track your progress in calisthenics and gymnastics exercises like planks, hollow body holds, and handstands. Features automated start/stop for handstand training to help you improve over time. Ideal for athletes and gym enthusiasts looking to enhance their timed holds.
- Track timed holds (planks, hollow body, handstands)
- Automated start/stop for handstand training
- Monitor improvement over time
- Designed for calisthenics athletes and gymnasts
- Suitable for general gym goers
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Tim:r is the perfect tool for calisthenics athletes and gymnasts as well as any gym goers who want to up their time game. Keep track of your planks, hollow body holds and handstands to see your improvement over time. An automated start/stop mode for handstand training specifically is a core feature of tim:r. Feel free to suggest features in the comments!
SetGo
This app provides a customizable interval timer and workout journal to help you track your fitness goals. Set work and rest times, log reps and time-based achievements, and view your progress over time.
- Customizable interval timer
- Workout journal with daily goals
- Rep counter
- Customizable exercises
- HIIT and Tabata modes
- Home screen widget
- Workout history calendar
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Your workout deserves better than a basic countdown. SetGo is a HIIT workout timer and gym journal built for people who like to train, whether at home, outside, with weights, or with bodyweight. Set your work time, rest time, and rounds. Hit play. SetGo handles the transitions so you can focus on your reps. Whether you're doing push ups between sets or holding a plank until the timer ends, the app keeps you on track without getting in your way. But SetGo isn't just a timer. It's also a daily workout journal. Pick any day of the week and set your goals: 50 push ups, 2 minutes of wall sit, 10 pull ups. Start your workout from the journal and your progress updates in real time. Reps-based goals update as you count. Time-based goals update as the timer runs. Close the workout early and your progress is still saved. Open the app the next day and see exactly where you left off. Your calendar tracks every completed goal, every exercise, every day. WHAT YOU GET A fully customizable interval timer with work, rest, and set controls. Adjust everything, start instantly, and let the timer guide your session. A workout journal where you set daily goals for each day of the week. Track reps, track time, and watch your consistency build. A rep counter you can open mid-workout. A small floating box that lets you count reps without leaving the timer screen. It syncs with your journal goals automatically. Custom exercises you create yourself. Name them, configure them, save them as presets. Access your saved workouts in one tap. HIIT and Tabata modes built in. Configure high intensity and low intensity intervals, set your rounds, and go. A home screen widget that shows your daily goals at a glance. See what's done and what's left without opening the app. Full workout history with a calendar view. Tap any day to see what you did, what you completed, and your session summary. Multiple color themes with light and dark mode. Make the app match your style. Available in 22 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Malay. PREMIUM Try everything free for 7 days. After that, unlock unlimited workouts with a monthly or annual subscription. SetGo. Set your goals. Start your timer. Go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tim at none against SetGo's 2. tim also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). SetGo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 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. SetGo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. tim asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for tim against 5.0 for SetGo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
tim ships an update every 8 months, SetGo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tim | SetGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GetSchwifty Ltd. | Mohamed Yassine Chakour |
Customer experience
tim
SetGo
In-app purchases
tim
No in-app purchases
SetGo
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year





