Comparison

Warudo vs Workout Timer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Music integration with Apple Music
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Shareable workout routines
  • Exercise-specific music changes
  • Background operation
Features
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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

About

Workout Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for HIIT and Tabata workouts. It offers unlimited timer creation with extensive sound and voice reading options, background notifications, and dark mode. All features are free to use.

Highlights
  • Unlimited timer creation
  • Folder classification
  • High timer setting freedom
  • Variety of sounds and voice readings
  • Favorite color and reading text
  • Background notifications
  • Dark mode
Features
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It's a workout timer app suitable for HIIT and Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited timer creation, folder classification is also possible - High degree of freedom in timer setting (supports rep and unlimited time) - A wide variety of sounds and voice readings (about 100 types of sounds) - Favorite color, reading text - Background notifications - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: workouttimer://

Screenshots

Warudo4 screens
Workout Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against Warudo's 1. Workout Timer also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 5). Warudo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On price 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. Warudo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Warudo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Warudo's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Warudo ships an update every 5 days, Workout Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Warudo versus Workout Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarudoWorkout Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings523 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirat OzsarikamisFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Warudo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Workout Timer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Warudo

One-time1
  • Warudo Pro$4.99
None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Warudo free?
Warudo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Warudo or Workout Timer?
Warudo is rated higher. Warudo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Workout Timer averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Warudo or Workout Timer have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; Warudo does not.
Which is updated more often, Warudo or Workout Timer?
Warudo ships an update every 5 days, and Workout Timer every 4 weeks. Most recently, Warudo was updated on October 4, 2026 and Workout Timer on October 5, 2026.

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