Comparison

Workout Timer vs Workout Timy

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

Head to head
About

Workout Timer

This app provides customizable timers for various training styles including HIIT, Tabata, and circuit workouts. Easily set your own workout and rest intervals, and track your progress with clear visual cues. Adapt it for gym sessions, home stretching, or even non-fitness activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout and rest intervals
  • HIIT and Tabata timer
  • Circuit training support
  • Simple setup and easy adjustments
  • Sound and vibration settings
  • Track remaining time and set count
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 Timy

This app offers customizable timers for various workout types, including strength training, HIIT, and Tabata. It features intuitive settings, powerful sound alerts, and progress tracking. The app also automatically records your exercise sessions and helps you set weekly workout goals.

Highlights
  • Workout-specific timers
  • Intuitive timer settings
  • Sound alerts and rest reminders
  • Workout progress tracking
  • Automatic workout recording
  • Weekly workout goal setting
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Workout Timy provides timers for everything from Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals Our Workout Timer helps you focus on your workouts and finish them. -Workout-specific timers - Timers for Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals -Easy and intuitive timer settings -Easy and simple operation, from setting rounds to automatic breaks -Powerful sound alerts and rest reminders -5/3/1 sound and push notifications even when you're not looking at the app -Easy to see workout progress -Displays total workout time and preparation time between exercises -Automatic workout recording -Automatically logs exercises performed, number of sets, and time. -Set a goal number of workouts per week -Provides a weekly workout history and widget

Screenshots

Workout Timer4 screens
Workout Timy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Workout Timer at 4.9 against Workout Timy's 4.2. Workout Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (558 vs 5). Workout Timy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Timy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Timer has 558 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 71% of Workout Timy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Timer ships an update every 2 months, Workout Timy every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Workout Timer versus Workout Timy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerWorkout Timy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (558 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews — better70.8% of reviews
Number of ratings558 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShogo YoshidaPepper Factory

Customer experience

Workout Timer

All ratings558 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.4%

Workout Timy

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral20.8%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Workout Timy

Subscriptions2
  • Workout Timy Premium$0.991 Month
  • Workout Timy Premium$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Workout Timy Lifespan$12.99

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Timy free?
Workout Timy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workout Timer or Workout Timy?
Workout Timer is rated higher. Workout Timer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 558 ratings, while Workout Timy averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Workout Timer or Workout Timy have ads?
Both Workout Timer and Workout Timy show ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or Workout Timy?
Workout Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Workout Timy every 3 days. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on November 7, 2026 and Workout Timy on November 7, 2026.

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