Rep Timer vs Auto Rep Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rep Timer
This app provides a simple and elegant way to time holds and rests during workouts, offering audio cues or haptic feedback. Settings can be easily managed and synced across paired devices, with options to save custom workout shortcuts.
- Audio and haptic workout cues
- Cross-device settings sync
- Customizable workout shortcuts
- Elegant visual hold display
- HealthKit activity recording
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Rep Timer is the timer you've been looking for! Rep Timer provides a simple, elegant way to time your holds without the need to look at your iPhone or Apple Watch. Just listen for the tone, or the tap on your wrist! And if you do look at it, it's beautiful and clear, providing a clear and elegant visualisation of the hold, and rests. It's awesome! Need to change settings? Easy! Change them on one device, and they are conveniently and automatically shared to your paired device (in either direction!). You can even save those settings as shortcuts. Have multiple workouts? Easy, just create a shortcut for each one! Swipe left and tap! Off you go! And if the app is open on both paired devices, starting your activity on one is automatically synced to the other! Don't have an Apple Watch? No worries, just use Rep Timer on your iPhone, and it will provide audible prompts, or taps (on a wooden table is awesome) to communicate. What you see is what you get. Do you want more? Let us know, and we'll look at adding in more features over time. If you're sick of ad supported apps, in-app purchases, or subscriptions, and you just want a simple timer that does what you need it to do, then Rep Timer is the app you're looking for. Rep Timer records any activities with HealthKit, so they count to your daily totals! I wrote Rep Timer because I've recently been given a set of daily exercises to do at home, and whilst I love Apples Workout app, it was a pain when I'm in a 30 second hold, that I couldn't look at my watch to know when it was time to have a break. Rep Timer lets me go into a hold, and just relax into it. When the tap comes, I know it's time to rest, and I know that Rep Timer will let me know when to start the next hold. I've built Rep Timer for my simple needs, and I'm sure that many people will appreciate a tool that is simple to use without all the fuss and bother of AI and spam generating subscriptions that just want their data. Sometimes when all you have is a nail, a hammer is all you need. Rep Timer doesn't share or collect any data outside what you permit it to store in your own HealthKit on your devices.
Auto Rep Counter
Generate personalized AI training programs or choose from a library of routines. Log workouts with automatic rep counting and track progress with smart charts and widgets. Integrates with Apple Watch and Siri for seamless fitness tracking.
- AI Training Programs
- Routine Creation Wizard
- Automatic Rep Counting
- Smart Charts & Widgets
- Apple Watch & Siri Integration
- Body Metric Tracking
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Start a set and HealthBuddy counts your reps for you — with AirPods or Apple Watch, no camera needed. Rep counting works on 120+ exercises, from push-ups to squats, and it's free. HealthBuddy also brings smart multi-week training plans, nutrition logging with camera food scanning, and 17 body measurements — all in one premium workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. From your first squat to your next PR, train smarter, eat smarter, and see real results. ▸ AI REP COUNTING Put in your AirPods or wear your Apple Watch and let HealthBuddy count for you. The motion model runs on your device and counts reps in real time — so you can focus on form, not numbers. Free for everyone, and improving with every update. ▸ NUTRITION TRACKING Log meals effortlessly — scan food with your camera, describe a meal in words and let AI estimate the macros, or add it manually. Track calories, protein, carbs, and fats with clean daily summaries and macro progress that reflects how you train. ▸ WATER & SUPPLEMENT TRACKING Hit your daily water goals and never miss a dose. Quick-log hydration, creatine, protein, vitamins, and the rest of your stack to build consistent habits. ▸ PERSONALIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS Tell us your goal, level, equipment, and schedule — HealthBuddy generates a multi-week program with progression phases: Foundation, Intensify, Peak, Deload. Goals include a glute-focused option. ▸ ROUTINE BUILDER Create custom routines with the guided Routine Wizard, or build them manually from the exercise library. Filter by body part and equipment, or add your own exercises. ▸ PRECISION WORKOUT LOGGING Log every set with intent — Warm-up, Working, Drop Set, and Failure sets. Track weight, reps, duration, or distance per exercise. Personal Records detected automatically. ▸ EFFORT TRACKING & MUSCLE MAP After a working set, HealthBuddy asks how it felt — in words, reps in reserve, or RPE. Your answers drive progression on adaptive routines and sharpen your 1RM estimate. Each session also lights up the muscles you worked. ▸ BODY MEASUREMENTS Track 17 body measurements, including weight, body fat, chest, waist, and biceps. See trends over time; weight and body fat sync with Apple Health. ▸ COMPOSABLE CHART WIDGETS Build your own analytics dashboard with line and column charts. Visualize workout frequency, strength trends, body composition, and PR progression. ▸ APPLE WATCH COMPANION Your full workout experience on your wrist. Browse routines, log sets, and track heart rate — all without pulling out your phone. Real-time sync keeps everything in lockstep. ▸ HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Live Activity and Dynamic Island for active workouts. Home Screen widgets for streaks, today's program, weekly activity, PR spotlights, nutrition (calories, macros, water), and quick-start, plus a streak widget for the Lock Screen. ▸ SIRI & SHORTCUTS Start workouts, log water, and check your streak, PRs, and calories with your voice. Shortcuts support for custom automations. ▸ APPLE HEALTH SYNC Workouts, weight, body fat, and nutrition are saved to the Health app; activity and heart rate are read from it. ________________ WHY HEALTHBUDDY • On-device AI — reps are counted right on your device, no camera needed • Apple-native: Watch, Live Activity, Widgets, Siri, Health Sync — all working together • Built and refined by lifters who actually train • Send feedback from inside the app — we read every message and ship fast ________________ WHO IS HEALTHBUDDY FOR? • Lifters who want detailed set-by-set tracking with automatic PR detection • Program followers who need structured, progressive training plans • Women who want plans designed around their goals • Nutrition-conscious athletes tracking meals alongside workouts ________________ TRAIN SMARTER. EAT SMARTER. TRACK EVERYTHING. SEE RESULTS. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Auto Rep Counter at Free against Rep Timer's $0.99. Auto Rep Counter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Rep Timer's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ratings volume, ads 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
Auto Rep Counter is free to download; Rep Timer costs $0.99 up front. Auto Rep Counter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Rep Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Auto Rep Counter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 38 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Rep Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Auto Rep Counter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rep Timer ships an update every 2 months, Auto Rep Counter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rep Timer | Auto Rep Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | pkclSoft | Bartlomiej Zabicki Mobile Developer |
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Rep Timer
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In-app purchases
Rep Timer
No in-app purchases
Auto Rep Counter
- Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium$0.997 Days
- Premium7 Days trial$1.993 Months
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- Premium1 Month trial$5.991 Year
- Tip the developer$1.99
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