Simple Workout Timer vs Workout
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
This application serves as a straightforward timer for Tabata and HIIT workouts. It allows users to customize their exercise routines and provides guidance throughout their training sessions.
- Customizable workout configuration
- Tabata timer
- HIIT timer
- Guided exercise sessions
- Simple interface
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A simple Tabata / HIIT workout timer to help you with your workouts. Configure your optimal workout and let the app guide you through your exercises.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Workout at none against Simple Workout Timer's shown. Workout also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Simple Workout Timer's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Workout Timer has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Simple Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Workout's.
Simple Workout Timer ships an update every 3 months, Workout weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Workout Timer | Workout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intersect | Kyle Pickering |
Customer experience
Simple Workout Timer
Workout
In-app purchases
Simple Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Workout
No in-app purchases
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