Comparison

Workout Timer vs Workout Timer

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

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About

Workout Timer

This versatile timer supports various training styles including HIIT, Tabata, and circuit workouts. Customize your work and rest intervals, track sets, and adjust sound and vibration settings for a personalized fitness experience. It's suitable for gym sessions, home stretching, yoga, and even non-fitness activities like studying and meditation.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout and rest intervals
  • HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training support
  • Set number of sets and cycles
  • Easy time and round adjustment
  • Adjustable sound and vibration settings
  • Track remaining time at a glance
Features
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This timer is designed for workout, stretch and high-intensity interval training, such as HIIT, Tabata workout and circuit training. You can set your own workout times, rest times, and rest times between cycles. So you can train at your favorite intervals. The remaining time is shown at a glance, and the number of sets can be easily checked. The setup is simple and you can easily change the time and the round you want to work out. You can also change the sound and vibration settings. It can be used for training at the gym, stretching and yoga at home, boxing, cardio, studying, meditation, and much more! The sound source was borrowed from Otologic (CC BY 4.0).

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

Workout Timer2 screens
Workout Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workout Timer at every 4 weeks against Workout Timer's every 6 months. Workout Timer's advantage is ratings volume (527 vs 23) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Timer has 527 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, Workout Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Workout Timer versus Workout Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerWorkout Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (527 ratings) — better4.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews93.5% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings527 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShogo YoshidaFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Workout Timer

All ratings527 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

Workout Timer

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

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workout Timer or Workout Timer?
Workout Timer is rated higher. Workout Timer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 527 ratings, while Workout Timer averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Workout Timer or Workout Timer have ads?
Both Workout Timer and Workout Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or Workout Timer?
Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, and Workout Timer every 4 weeks. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on October 10, 2026 and Workout Timer on October 5, 2026.

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