Warudo vs Hero Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Warudo
Create custom interval timers for various workouts like HIIT and Tabata. Automatically change music based on exercise intensity and sync workout data with Apple Health. Share routines with others.
- Customizable interval timers
- Music integration with Apple Music
- Sync with Apple Health
- Shareable workout routines
- Exercise-specific music changes
- Background operation
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Warudo is an IOS Exclusive timer app which lets you create Tabata, Boxing or any type of timer and play it with your favorite playlist. You can add custom sets, exercises and even steps which are the parts of the exercises. Exercises can change the playing music automatically. Warudo supports Health App and can save your workouts and burned calories to Health App. Calories burned can be modified before saved to Apple Health, if you are using any external calculation or device for calorie calculations. You need to save activity type of your routines for this features. Warudo does not contain any ads. BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD: Music playing features not available on Apple Watch. Non paying users cannot play timer routines which is longer than 15 minutes, and cannot add notes to routine activity. Also loop feature only available for paying users. You can unlock these features by one time purchase. Features - Highly Customizable - Ability to create very complex workouts, when compared to the other timer apps. - Templates for boxing, tabata and countdown routines. - Can play playlists from Apple Music. - Supports iOS 13 Dark Mode. - Can save workouts and calorie calculations to Health App. - Keeps history for played routines. - Exercises can change current song to preferred song. For example you can set your low intensity training to play slow music and high intensity training to play fast music. - Can play sounds periodically. - Exercises and sets can have ending warnings. - Supports landscape and portrait modes. - Forward and back buttons exist for sets, exercises and steps. - Every routine can have different background or text color. - When warudo is in background it can still read step names and play sounds, even in locked screen. You need to enable background mode from settings for this feature. - Background or text color can be changed for every step. - Can speak step names with text to speech. Also play sounds like beeps and bells. - Can speak in all languages which is exists on the IOS text to speech. - Speech speed can be different for every step. - You can send and receive routines with AirDrop, files app, mail apps, messaging apps or any app that supports transfer data. - You can copy routines, sets, exercises or steps by swiping them to left. Icons by Icons8
Hero Timer
This app provides customizable timers for various workout types like Tabata, HIIT, AMRAP, and EMOM. It allows users to create custom routines, review past sessions, and offers a landscape view for a professional timer experience.
- Tabata timer
- HIIT timer
- AMRAP timer
- EMOM timer
- Custom workout creation
- Workout review and sharing
- Landscape orientation
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Train your body as you were at your favorite Box or at the Gym. Select your workout type, configure the time and start training! Hero Timer is perfect for every workout type. It includes a: - TABATA workout timer - HIIT workout timer - AMRAP workout timer - EMOM workout timer - FORTIME workout timer Need a chronometer? Use the COUNT UP timer or the COUNT DOWN option. What else? - Create multiple AMRAP rounds - Create multiple TABATA sets - Configure EMOMs as you wish. - Create Custom workouts mixing together multiple workouts types for a complete training session! - Use the the landscape orientation to have the same experience of the physical professional timers available on the market. - Review your workouts, share or even repeat them. Be a HERO
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Warudo at 5.0 against Hero Timer's 4.1. Warudo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Warudo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hero Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Warudo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Warudo's written reviews are positive against 80% of Hero Timer's.
Warudo ships an update every 5 days, Hero Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Warudo | Hero Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firat Ozsarikamis | Francesco Miscia |
Customer experience
Warudo
Hero Timer
In-app purchases
Warudo
- Warudo Pro$4.99
Hero Timer
- Custom Workouts$0.99
- ADS Free$0.99
- Premium Version$4.99









