Comparison

Exercise Timer vs OCoach

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

Head to head
About

Exercise Timer

Create and guide custom interval training routines with this app. It supports timed and rep-based exercises, offers voice coaching, and logs your workout history with detailed analytics. Track progress over time and organize routines into training plans.

Highlights
  • Custom workout routines
  • Voice coach for next exercise
  • Timed and rep-based exercises
  • Workout logging and analytics
  • Training plans
  • Background operation
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Create custom workout routines & let Exercise Timer guide you through your interval training. Exercise Timer supports both timed exercises and even reps-based exercises (press 'done' when exercise complete). Use Exercise Timer with your screen on or even in the background with your screen locked. Keep your phone in your pocket & Exercise Timer will still let you know which exercise is coming up by voice, vibration & bell. Keep a log of every workout along with an exercise breakdown & take notes. Know how much time you spend exercising with weekly, monthly & yearly charts. In addition to this, Exercise Timer generates reports of individual exercises with overall totals & Exercise Progression charts FEATURES • Create your custom workout routines • Voice Coach announces the next exercise • Optional Metronome to improve cadence • Multiple Bell Sounds • Group Exercises. E.g.: for Warm-Up/Cool-Down • Timed Exercises & Reps exercises supported • Color code your Exercises • Explain your exercises better with our library of exercise GIFs • Log & keep track of your workouts • Workout Analytics • Organize your workouts in Training Plans • Training plans designed by our fitness experts • Works in Background with device locked and screen off • Use Exercise Timer on your Apple Watch IDEAL FOR: • Interval Training, Tabata & Circuit Training • Yoga • Boxing • Keeping all your Workout Routines & Plans in one place • Gym Timer ARE YOU A FITNESS TRAINER? Create your Training Plans and workout routines in Exercise Timer and easily share them with your clients. APPLE WATCH Yes, Exercise Timer works on your Apple Watch! All your workouts are automatically synced on your Apple watch. Workouts performed on your apple watch are also logged on your phone. Download Exercise Timer Now and get moving! UNLOCK PREMIUM FEATURES Exercise Timer Premium is available with a monthly or annual subscription. If you choose to purchase Exercise Timer Premium, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24hrs before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to the ‘Manage Subscription’ page after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of service: https://exercisetimer.net/terms Privacy policy: https://exercisetimer.net/privacypolicy

About

OCoach

Create and follow personalized workout plans for Yoga, HIIT, rehab, and more with a unique voice-coaching system. Features customizable timers, scheduling, and motivational achievements to encourage daily movement.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout plan creation
  • Live voice-coach guidance
  • HIIT timer
  • Plan scheduler and reminders
  • Active workday movement prompts
  • Trophy achievements and streaks
  • Community workout sharing
Features
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O'Coach/OCoach app lets you create and execute fully customizable Yoga, HIIT, Injury Rehab, Sports Conditioning, Warmup and Cooldown etc workout plans with its unique Live Voice-Coach guidance system! It is especially useful for endurance athletes like long distance runners, yoga practitioners, physiotherapists, sports trainers and busy working professionals! Key features of the O'Coach custom workout planner app are: - A very easy and quick to use High Intensity Interval Training timer (HIIT) - Fully customizable workout plans for Yoga self-practice, Stretching, Tabata, Rehab etc - Fully customizable plan scheduler and reminder alerts for injury rehabilitation, sports conditioning, physical therapy and physiotherapy programs - Customize length of each exercise set, rest, warmup and cooldown - Add a repetition counter for effective tempo training - Add custom voice instruction per exercise ACTIVE WORKDAY REVOLUTION: O'Coach amongst other features, also brings to you the "Active Workday Revolution" - a set of exercises that should be done by everybody, everyday despite your age or fitness levels. It motivates and helps you to get up from your desk or otherwise routines every few hrs and do a quick 2-5mins workout with your colleagues/friends/family. THE PROBLEM Our modern lifestyles - long sitting hours, slouching over desk/laptop/phone, long driving hours etc - continually disrupt the natural bio-mechanical balance of our bodies! We are simply carrying the daily accumulating effects of this unnatural lifestyle into everything we do, including our workouts! THE SOLUTION Do not let it accumulate! Simple! Do not let the stress of these unnatural positions accumulate for more than a few hrs continually. We should aim to get up from our desks every few hrs during the day and give our bodies the gift of simple but essential 2-5 minutes natural movement workouts! More features: - Natural Movement Program - In-built essential natural movements program to counter the ill-effects of unavoidable modern sedentary lifestyles - All these programs are less than 5 minutes in time and can be done anywhere - Especially designed to be done a few times everyday, even while at work, so as to counter those long sitting hours - Trophy achievements and streaks - Receive a Silver Trophy every time you do even a single small workout - Get rewarded by the elusive Golden Trophy when you do 3 small workouts spread thorough the day, totaling a minimum of 15 minutes - Proudly show your mobility/activity streak and a be a fitness hero amongst your friends - Community gameplay - View workout updates from people across the globe - Create your own networks/gangs/groups and target those fitness goals together - Post your workout completion achievements and trophies to community and spread some motivation Key definitions: HIIT: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of interval training, a cardiovascular exercise strategy alternating short periods of intense anaerobic exercise with less intense recovery periods, until too exhausted to continue. Tempo Training: Tempo training is adding constant and measured speed into the workout. It helps in building more muscles, increasing strength and burning fat fast. The purpose of tempo training is to hold the worked muscle under positive tension simulation for longer period at a steady speed. But then, keeping a tab of either time or repetitions mentally takes our focus away from the essential aspects like breathing and form etc. And that is where the unique Live Voice-Coach feature of the O'Coach app really comes into play! Read our privacy policy at https://vaskut.ai/privacy Read our terms of use at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Exercise Timer4 screens
OCoach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Exercise Timer at 4.8 against OCoach's 4.1. Exercise Timer also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 15). OCoach's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Exercise Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and OCoach sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exercise Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exercise Timer has 1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Exercise Timer's written reviews are positive against 80% of OCoach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Exercise Timer versus OCoach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExercise TimerOCoach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings) — better4.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better15
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1712.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB65 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNeurondigital LtdVaskut

Customer experience

Exercise Timer

All ratings1,000 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative19.6%

OCoach

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Exercise Timer

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Syncing issues with Apple Watch
  • Randomly locking users out and requiring upgrade
  • Deleting all routines after uninstalling
  • Exercises not updating properly on Apple Watch
  • Apple Watch app causing native exercise app to crash
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  • Phone locked, no chime when locked

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync workouts across devices without logging out/in
  • Ability to duplicate workouts on iPhone
  • Search, sort, or reorder routines
  • Connect with Apple Health app
  • Shortcut/automation support

OCoach

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Exercise Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Exercise Timer Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Exercise Timer Premium Yearly3 Days trial$30.991 Year
One-time1
  • Exercise Timer Lifetime$69.99
1 purchases

OCoach

Subscriptions1
  • O'Coach Premium Features$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Exercise Timer free?
Exercise Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OCoach free?
OCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exercise Timer or OCoach?
Exercise Timer is rated higher. Exercise Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while OCoach averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Exercise Timer or OCoach have ads?
Neither Exercise Timer nor OCoach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exercise Timer or OCoach?
Exercise Timer ships an update monthly, and OCoach monthly. Most recently, Exercise Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and OCoach on July 22, 2026.

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