Comparison

Workout Timer vs BimStrength Timer

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 timer app is ideal for interval training like HIIT and Tabata, as well as circuit training, stretching, and yoga. Customize workout and rest periods, track sets, and adjust sound and vibration settings for a personalized fitness experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout and rest intervals
  • HIIT and Tabata timer
  • Circuit training support
  • Set number of sets
  • Adjustable sound and vibration
  • Simple setup and easy changes
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

BimStrength Timer

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BimStrength Timer — Build, run and reuse your workout timelines. Create a MIX session from timed phases, named blocks and nested repetitions. Save a version, run the complete sequence, then find the original timeline in your local history to replay it or adapt it into another MIX. BUILD YOUR OWN MIX • Combine work, rest and preparation phases with individual durations • Organise phases into blocks and repetitions • Preview the expanded timeline before starting • Save versions of your templates and find them in Library KEEP A USEFUL SESSION HISTORY • Open completed sessions and review their timing and progress • Add perceived effort (RPE), personal notes, tags and favourites • Filter your local history and export session data as CSV • Private notes, tags and RPE stay out of CSV exports • Replay the original timeline or duplicate it into the MIX editor 12 EXECUTABLE MODES AND 30 OFFICIAL PRESETS Stopwatch with laps and splits; countdown; HIIT; Tabata; EMOM; AMRAP; For Time; combat rounds; circuit; MIX; strength rest timer; guided breathing. Additional catalogue entries are clearly identified as previews rather than executable presets. DURING THE SESSION • Large display with the current phase and what comes next • Foreground sound and vibration cues • Pause, resume and lock controls; timing adjustments where available • Screen stays awake through the session • Long iOS sessions warn when background notification coverage is limited OFFLINE AND ACCOUNT-FREE MIX templates, session execution and local history work without a connection or account. Session recovery is available after closing the app. Profile includes controls to erase local data. INTERFACE Text scaling, reinforced contrast and right-to-left layouts. Multilingual interface; some advanced editor and history labels use English fallback. BimStrength Timer is the standalone workout-timeline app in the BimStrength suite. No subscription or purchase is required.

Screenshots

Workout Timer4 screens
BimStrength Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BimStrength Timer at none against Workout Timer's shown. BimStrength Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

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 4 months, BimStrength Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workout Timer versus BimStrength Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerBimStrength Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (558 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings558 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShogo YoshidaDENOLIA

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

BimStrength Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BimStrength Timer free?
BimStrength Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workout Timer or BimStrength Timer have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; BimStrength Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or BimStrength Timer?
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 months, and BimStrength Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on November 3, 2026 and BimStrength Timer on October 31, 2026.

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