Exercise Timer vs Zestimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Custom workout routines
- Voice coach for next exercise
- Timed and rep-based exercises
- Workout logging and analytics
- Training plans
- Background operation
- Apple Watch support
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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
Zestimer
This app transforms YouTube videos or AI prompts into timed workouts, offering both high-intensity interval training and stretching routines. It provides voice and haptic cues for seamless transitions, and features AI coaching for custom workout adjustments. Available on iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Convert YouTube videos to timed workouts
- AI-powered workout generation and editing
- Voice and haptic interval cues
- Stretching and mobility routines
- Apple Watch integration
- Customizable workout builder
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YOUR HOME WORKOUT COMPANION Want to sweat today, or just loosen off? A rich set of built-in HIIT, Tabata, stretch and recovery, circuit, boxing and yoga workouts — and Zestimer stays a workout timer that's simple to use. No equipment, no gym: open it and start. Orange is work, green is rest, with sound and haptics calling the pace, every change of move and every change of side. Play a Spotify or Apple Music playlist in the background and move to something you like. 130 MOVES, YOURS TO COMBINE 130 equipment-free moves are built in — burpees and mountain climbers to get you sweating, planks and dead bugs for your core, child's pose and pigeon to loosen off — and they all mix. Set the rounds and the work and rest seconds, drag to reorder, and favorite the workouts you keep coming back to. Add your own custom moves too, and build something that's only yours. It runs on Apple Watch on its own, and casts to a TV or an external display so the move is clear on the big screen. YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK VIDEOS BECOME FOLLOW-ALONG WORKOUTS Found a workout video you like? You don't have to set it up move by move. Share it to Zestimer from YouTube or TikTok, or just paste the link, and Zestimer turns the video into a timed workout you can follow along with straight away. You can change anything afterwards, and the original video and its creator stay credited. A full class or a short clip — both become yours to train to. AI COACH, A WORKOUT IN SECONDS Tell AI what you want to train today, and in seconds you have a workout ready to start. Already have one? Just tell AI how you want it changed. Swap a move, make it harder, shorten the rest, add a round — none of it by hand. TRACK EVERY BIT OF PROGRESS After every session, look back at your history, your weekly goal and everything you've built up. When you finish, make a share card in one tap for Instagram Stories, and keep the habit going with your friends. YOUR DATA IS YOURS ALONE Zestimer doesn't collect your personal data. Your workouts sync securely through your own iCloud, so your data stays in your account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zestimer.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Zestimer at every 3 days against Exercise Timer's monthly. Zestimer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Exercise Timer's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 6). On price, ads, 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. Exercise Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Zestimer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zestimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exercise Timer has 1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Exercise Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zestimer's.
Exercise Timer ships an update monthly, Zestimer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exercise Timer | Zestimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neurondigital Ltd | MAGIC PARK LABS LLC |
Customer experience
Exercise Timer
Zestimer
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
Zestimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exercise Timer
- Exercise Timer Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Exercise Timer Premium Yearly3 Days trial$30.991 Year
- Exercise Timer Lifetime$69.99
Zestimer
- Zestimer Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Zestimer Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Zest Pack$0.99
- Zestimer Pro Lifetime$24.99
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