Workout Timer vs Timer for Workouts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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).
Timer for Workouts
This app provides a simple yet powerful interval timer for various fitness activities. Easily create and save custom workouts with adjustable work, rest, and repeat intervals. Stay focused with visual and voice cues to track progress and achieve your fitness goals.
- Build custom HIIT and tabata workouts
- Save and repeat favorite routines
- Clear visual and voice cues
- Track progress
- Adjustable work, rest, and repeat intervals
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Transform your training with HIIT Timer — the simple interval timer and workout timer built for every level of fitness. Whether you lift in the gym, crush home circuits, or hit the road running, this HIIT timer creates powerful, personalized sessions in seconds. Set work, rest, and repeat intervals for tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, strength, mobility, or any exercise you choose. No fluff. Just fast, focused intervals. What You Can Do • Build custom HIIT and tabata workouts in a few taps • Save and repeat your favorite routines anytime • Stay on track with clear visual and voice cues • Track progress to see every flex and milestone Designed for efficiency, HIIT Timer makes every second count — from warm-up to cool-down — acting as the perfect timer for workouts of any length. Perfect For • Home training or full-body gym days • Running, cycling, rowing, bodyweight drills • Coaches and athletes who need a reliable interval clock Why It Works Structured interval training ignites metabolism, burns more calories, and builds endurance fast. HIIT Timer delivers the precision timing you need to stay consistent and get results you can flex. Download HIIT Timer today and train smarter. Your next sweat session starts with one tap. Have feedback or questions? Contact us in the app. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gLTzf9_jwmI0T46C_tdsgMxNqjS7jIdZBLtCXiidlhA/edit?usp=drive_link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against Timer for Workouts's 4. Workout Timer also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 79%) and ratings volume (527 vs 82). Timer for Workouts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Timer for Workouts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Workout Timer against 4.8 for Timer for Workouts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Timer has 527 ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 79% of Timer for Workouts's.
Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, Timer for Workouts every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Timer for Workouts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (527 ratings) — better | 4.8 (82 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 527 — better | 82 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shogo Yoshida | Aral Atpulat |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Timer for Workouts
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Timer for Workouts
- Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Annual Pro$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$20.00
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