Comparison

Dash Timer vs WorkOther

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

Head to head
About

Dash Timer

This fitness app helps track athletic performance with features like an athletic stopwatch, timed haptics, and detailed workout history. It supports various activities, integrates with Apple Health, and provides coaches with performance analysis tools.

Highlights
  • Athletic Stopwatch
  • Timed Haptics
  • Workout History & Summaries
  • Pace Goals
  • Apple Health Integration
  • Coach Performance Analysis
Features
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Maximize your athletic potential! Dash Timer is the ultimate fitness app designed specifically for track and field athletes, sprinters, runners, and fitness enthusiasts. Elevate your performance, crush your personal bests, and train smarter with Dash Timer's powerful features. TRAIN LIKE A TRACK PRO: Practice block starts and strength train more effectively with Dash Timer's Athletic Stopwatch, Command Starts, Timed Haptics, and saved intervals. Ideal for aggressive, high-speed training, Dash Timer is your ultimate companion for improving track and field performance. VERSATILITY AT ITS BEST: Not just for track athletes, Dash Timer supports a wide range of activities, including sprints, runs, bike rides, lifts, HIIT, and more. Whether you're an athlete, a coach, or a fitness enthusiast, Dash Timer has everything you need to excel in your training. UNPARALLELED WORKOUT HISTORY: Dash Timer empowers you to access your workout history from all of your favorite apps - right on your wrist! Discover detailed workouts and weekly summaries dating back to the last 250 sessions. Effortlessly keep track of your progress and performance trends, enabling you to train smarter and reach your peak potential. TAILORED FOR YOUR WORKOUTS: Choose between Manual or Auto Segments, set Pace Goals, and access a wealth of workout metrics right on your wrist. Stay on pace, track your progress, and optimize your workouts like never before. COACHES’ DREAM TOOL: For coaches, Dash Timer offers tamper-proof screenshots and weekly summaries to evaluate students and athletes effortlessly. Keep track of their progress and analyze performance data with ease. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION: Dash Timer syncs seamlessly with Apple Health and Apple Fitness, ensuring all your workout data is conveniently stored and accessible in one place. It also supports Activity Rings, trends, awards, sharing, and competitions. SIMPLE TO USE, POWERFUL RESULTS: With convenient music controls, optional app shortcuts via the Digital Crown, and a plethora of useful Apple Watch Complications, Dash Timer offers a user-friendly experience without compromising on performance. Don't wait to unleash your full athletic potential. Download Dash Timer now and experience a whole new level of fitness training. An Apple Watch with watchOS 6.0 or later is required for fitness tracking. Visit www.dashtimer.com for more information and dedicated support to help you crush your fitness goals. Get Dash Timer today and transform the way you train!

About

WorkOther

Create and customize your own workouts directly on your Apple Watch. Track your progress and monitor your fat-burning heart rate zone for improved weight loss efficiency. Integrates with HealthKit to sync your workout data.

Highlights
  • Create custom workouts
  • Use workouts on Apple Watch
  • Fat burning heart rate indication
  • Weight loss efficiency improvement
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Have you ever bothered looking for appropriate workouts on your watch? If so, why not create ones by yourself? WorkOther helps you do that, you can create custom workouts on it and use them on Apple Watch, which makes your Watch the all-round workout tracker. Another feature worth mentioning is fat burning heart rate indication, It ensures your exercise intensity is enough for burning fat, so as to improve weight loss efficiency. HealthKit WorkOther requires the HealthKit permission to read your heart rate while doing exercises with Apple Watch, and write workout data into Health app.

Screenshots

Dash Timer4 screens
WorkOther3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WorkOther at none against Dash Timer's 1. WorkOther also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (204 vs 45). Dash Timer's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 58%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dash Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WorkOther asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dash Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 204 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Dash Timer's written reviews are positive against 58% of WorkOther's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dash Timer ships an update every 8 months, WorkOther every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dash Timer versus WorkOther: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDash TimerWorkOther
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (45 ratings) — better4.6 (204 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better58.5% of reviews
Number of ratings45204 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Voland晓东 林

Customer experience

Dash Timer

All ratings41 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

WorkOther

All ratings202 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral11.3%
Negative30.2%

Bugs and requests

Dash Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

WorkOther

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Watch app not installed
  • Exercises stop after minutes
  • Poor responsiveness, frequently stuck
  • App crashes automatically
  • Watch app closes unexpectedly
Show 17 more
  • Syncing workout to Watch not working
  • Watch app installation issues
  • Watch app not configuring
  • AirPods Pro disconnects during workout
  • Custom workouts show as 'Other' on Watch
  • App crashes when receiving notifications
  • Watch app not installed
  • Exercises stop after minutes
  • Poor responsiveness, frequently stuck
  • App crashes automatically
  • Watch app closes unexpectedly
  • Syncing workout to Watch not working
  • Watch app installation issues
  • Watch app not configuring
  • AirPods Pro disconnects during workout
  • Custom workouts show as 'Other' on Watch
  • App crashes when receiving notifications

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add custom workout icons
  • Sync custom workouts to WeChat
  • Add GPS/distance tracking
  • Allow choosing GPS or not
  • Associate geographical information
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  • Option to disable voice prompt volume
  • Add weekly/monthly single item statistics
  • Allow use with iTunes or Spotify
  • Add calorie display on home screen
  • Record number of repetitions
  • Allow switching measurement units
  • Disable voice prompts
  • Add calorie display in overview
  • Support modifying workout item icons
  • Allow custom workout icons
  • Sync custom workouts to WeChat
  • Add GPS/distance tracking
  • Allow choosing GPS or not
  • Associate geographical information
  • Option to disable voice prompt volume
  • Add weekly/monthly single item statistics
  • Allow use with iTunes or Spotify
  • Add calorie display on home screen
  • Record number of repetitions
  • Allow switching measurement units
  • Disable voice prompts
  • Add calorie display in overview
  • Support modifying workout item icons

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dash Timer

One-time1
  • Check Submitted Screenshots$29.99
None

WorkOther

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dash Timer free?
Dash Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WorkOther free?
WorkOther is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dash Timer or WorkOther?
Dash Timer is rated higher. Dash Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while WorkOther averages 4.6 from 204 ratings.
Do Dash Timer or WorkOther have ads?
Neither Dash Timer nor WorkOther shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dash Timer or WorkOther?
Dash Timer ships an update every 8 months, and WorkOther every 2 months. Most recently, Dash Timer was updated on November 3, 2026 and WorkOther on November 7, 2026.

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