Simple Workout Timer vs Workout & Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable timer to support your workouts. It can send notifications, record active energy and workout data to Apple Health, and display your workout history. Calculate active energy burned with detailed input options.
- Customizable workout timer
- Workout notifications
- Record to Apple Health
- View workout history
- Active energy calculation
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This App will support workout. Timer can be customized. Main Function ・Workout timer. ・Notifications. ・Record Active Energy and Workouts to Apple Health. ・View history. Active Energy ・Ex. METs 3.5, Weight 50 kg, Time 30 min. (3.5 - 1) x 50 x (30 / 60) x 1.05 = 65.6 kcal. Optional permission requests ・Apple Health: It is used to record data in Apple Health. ・Tracking: It is used to deliver personalized ads to you. ・Notifications: It is used to sending notifications. Languages ・Japanese, English.
Workout & Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable timer for fitness routines, including Tabata training. Easily set workout durations, intervals, and sets, with options for sound and vibration alerts. Save frequently used timers for quick access.
- Customizable workout intervals
- Set number of sets
- Save frequently used timers
- Sound and vibration alerts
- Read aloud function
- Simple and easy interface
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Workout & Interval Timer can be used for fitness or workouts, especially suitable for Tabata Training. You can configure workouts, intervals, and sets. As the interface is easy and simple, you can start it quickly. Functions ■ Timer ・ You can set duration for workouts or intervals from 5 seconds to 59 minutes 55 seconds. ・The number of sets can be set from 1 to 99 sets. ■ Menu ・You can easily register the timer you often use. ・Up to 100 lists can be registered. ■ Sound, Vibration ・You can set on and off respectively. ・In silent mode, sounds aren’t available. ■ Read aloud ・You can set on and off. ・When reading aloud, the workout time and break time that you set are read aloud. ・There is no sound in the silent mode. Sound material: OtoLogic(https://otologic.jp) Sound material: MaouDamashii Please use for simple training or fitness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Workout Timer at none against Workout & Interval Timer's 1. Workout & Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Workout & Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Simple Workout Timer against 4.8 for Workout & Interval Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Simple Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 85% of Workout & Interval Timer's.
Simple Workout Timer ships an update every 3 months, Workout & Interval Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Workout Timer | Workout & Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intersect | Masafumi Negishi |
Customer experience
Simple Workout Timer
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In-app purchases
Simple Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Workout & Interval Timer
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