Comparison

Workout Timer vs Return

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

Head to head
About

Workout Timer

Design personalized fitness routines with a highly customizable interval timer. Track your progress, play your own music, and receive spoken exercise prompts. Integrates with Apple Health for detailed workout data.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timer
  • Create custom workout routines
  • Play background music
  • Text-to-speech exercise prompts
  • Save and reuse workouts
  • Time Under Tension (TUT) tempos
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Simple, Customizable, and Easy-to-use. Create any workout you can imagine in a matter of seconds & play your own music in the background!  Workout Timer is a fully customizable interval timer that dictates each exercise. Create as many different sets as you want and how many rounds you want to do them for. Great in the gym, at home, or outdoors. Whether you're creating your own HIIT routine or lifting weights in the gym, workout timer will keep you on pace! Key Features: - Play your own music in the background - Continues to work even while your screen is locked - Write in your own exercises - Reads off each exercise during the workout using text-to-speech - Save your workouts for later use - Number of Sets - Number of Exercises or Rest in each Set - Number of Rounds to repeat each Set - New: Set custom time-under-tension tempos! Great for any number of workouts, including: - Tabata - Interval Training - High Intensity Interval (HIIT) Training - Boxing round timer - Calisthenics circuit timer - Circuit training - Time Under Tension Training - Core Workouts - Cycling - Plyometrics - Weight Lifting - Cardio - Wind Sprints - Running - Jogging WORKOUT HISTORY USING APPLE HEALTH • Workout Timer has the best Apple Health integration. • Automatically sync workout time, heart rate, and calories burned to the Health App during your workouts. • Detailed stats for every interval • All your data is safely stored in Apple Health • You can enable this feature by granting the app the necessary permissions. If you wish to stop using the feature, you can easily disable the permissions in your mobile settings. .... and more! Please reach out to contact@apprebel.co for any questions/feedback / support https://www.workouttimer.com/terms-conditions https://www.workouttimer.com/privacy-policy

About

Return

Features
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Return asks two quiet questions a day: how willing you felt, and how much was in your hands. Then it connects your answers to what your Apple Watch already records. No long questionnaires, no new habits. From those two taps and up to seventeen Apple Health signals (sleep, HRV, activity, mindfulness, ambient noise and more), Return builds a small model that is entirely yours. It doesn't just show a score: it surfaces the few factors that moved your sense of autonomy up or down, and gives an honest range instead of false precision. Everything stays on your device. Entries, notes, moods and health data are encrypted with a key that never leaves your Keychain. iCloud sync is optional and off by default. No telemetry, no ad SDKs, no cloud analysis. All AI runs on the device with Apple's Foundation Models. - A two-question check-in in about ten seconds - A personal model grounded in self-determination research - Understand, from your own data, why your days differ - What-If: move sleep, HRV, exercise and more to see how tomorrow might shift - Apple Watch app: log in three taps and get an estimate on your wrist, even without your iPhone - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island, and "Hey Siri, record autonomy" - Optional, end-to-end encrypted weekly sharing with a few friends - Multilingual, following your system settings (with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Simplified Chinese variants) Return is a mirror for your days, not another feed to feed.

Screenshots

Workout Timer4 screens
Return4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Return at none against Workout Timer's 6. Return also leads on ads (none vs shown). Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Return asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Workout Timer versus Return: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerReturn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppRebel, Inc.Opifex LLC

Bugs and requests

Workout Timer

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Workouts not saving properly
  • Premium features not functioning as expected
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices
  • Unauthorized user issues after purchases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save unlimited workouts
  • Improved syncing and backup options
  • Integration with fitness tracking apps
  • More customization options for workouts
  • Better customer support and communication

Return

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Workout Timer

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premimum Version$4.99
  • Premium Version Life Time$24.99
  • Premium Version Life Time$39.99
None

Return

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Return free?
Return is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workout Timer or Return have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; Return does not.

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