Comparison

Workout Timer vs HC Manager

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 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

HC Manager

Features
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This application is an app that remotely monitors customers' safety and health status using data transmitted to the server by our company's smart radar device. In particular, it supports rapid response through fall detection and biometric signal monitoring. The smart radar terminal is a device that detects falls, bed exits, and biometric signals. 1. This app is not restricted to a specific individual within a single company. 2. Any user who has purchased our company's smart radar device can use this app. 3. This app allows monitoring of customers' safety and health status using data received through the smart radar device. 4. To obtain an account for this app, customers who have purchased the smart radar device must request access from our company. 5. This app is free and does not include any paid content.

Screenshots

Workout Timer2 screens
HC Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HC Manager at none against Workout Timer's shown. HC Manager also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, HC Manager every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Workout Timer versus HC Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerHC Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (556 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings556 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShogo Yoshidathink-i

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

HC Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HC Manager free?
HC Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workout Timer or HC Manager have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; HC Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or HC Manager?
Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, and HC Manager every 5 weeks. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on October 25, 2026 and HC Manager on October 7, 2026.

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