Comparison

Workout Timer vs Surge HIIT

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

Surge HIIT

Features
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HIIT shouldn't start with a fight against a confusing timer. Surge HIIT does the hard part for you: pick a workout, hit start, and move. Your phone — and your Apple Watch — call every interval so you never have to look down mid-burpee. Built for people who want to sweat, not fiddle. — WORKOUTS THAT ARE READY WHEN YOU ARE — Eight studio-quality HIIT workouts, beginner to advanced. No setup, no guesswork. Warm-up, work, rest, cooldown — all timed, all coached, all yours from the first tap. — BUILD YOUR OWN, EXACTLY YOUR WAY — Drag-and-drop the perfect routine in our custom builder. Set work and rest to the second, name your exercises, pick your colors. Tabata, EMOM, circuits, ladders — if you can imagine it, you can build it. Frankly, the builder is tremendous. — YOUR APPLE WATCH BECOMES A COACH — This is where Surge pulls ahead. Real-time heart rate. Active calories. Haptic taps on every interval change so you feel the switch without breaking stride. Your custom workouts sync straight to your wrist, and your Activity rings close automatically. Leave the phone on the bench. — SPOKEN CUES, EYES UP — Surge announces each interval out loud in a natural voice and ducks your music so you hear it. No squinting at a screen between rounds. — NINE THEMES WITH REAL CHARACTER — From cool Glacier blues to molten Ember, electric Voltage, and a neon Tron-inspired grid. Make the app yours. — 100% OFFLINE. ZERO ADS. ZERO NONSENSE — No internet required. No accounts. No ads interrupting your set. Ever. Just you and the work. — APPLE HEALTH — Every session saves to Apple Health — workouts, active calories and heart rate — so your progress lives where the rest of your fitness data does. — START FREE — Two built-in workouts and two custom workouts are free forever. Want it all? Start a 14-day free trial — no credit card, no commitment. Keep the free workouts as long as you like. Surge Premium unlocks: • All 8 HIIT workouts • Unlimited custom workouts and exercises • Every color theme • The full Apple Watch experience It's a HIIT timer that respects your time. Believe me — your next workout starts the second you open it. Download Surge HIIT and go. ——— Subscription details: A yearly subscription is available after the free trial, or buy Lifetime once and own it forever. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The yearly subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://ibkoch247.de/en/datenschutz/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Workout Timer4 screens
Surge HIIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Surge HIIT at none against Workout Timer's shown. Surge HIIT also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Surge HIIT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Surge HIIT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Workout Timer versus Surge HIIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerSurge HIIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppRebel, Inc.Ralf Koch

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

Surge HIIT

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
3 purchases

Surge HIIT

Subscriptions1
  • Surge Hiit Premium - Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Surge Hiit Premium - 14-day TrialFree
  • Surge Hiit Premium - Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surge HIIT free?
Surge HIIT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workout Timer or Surge HIIT have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; Surge HIIT does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or Surge HIIT?
Workout Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Surge HIIT every 5 days. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Surge HIIT on October 12, 2026.

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