WOD Timer by Atlon vs BrainGate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WOD Timer by Atlon
This app automatically tracks functional fitness exercises without manual input, offering detailed insights into strength, skill mastery, and performance metrics. It features customizable workout timers on Apple Watch and provides monthly progress summaries.
- Automatic exercise tracking
- Customizable Apple Watch timers
- Consistency and effort score
- Intelligent workout generator
- Rep speed analysis
- Monthly progress reports
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Press start on your Apple Watch and train. Atlon recognises your exercises, counts your reps and rounds, and times your work and rest, so you never type a thing between sets. Atlon is built for functional fitness: WODs, HIIT, metcons, strength days and everything in between. Your watch does the logging. Atlon turns it into a training history you can watch grow. More than 28 million reps and 170,000 workouts have been tracked with Atlon so far. SIX WAYS TO TRAIN ON YOUR WATCH • Just train: no timer, no setup. Every exercise tracked. • Strength: just lift. Atlon logs every set at the weight you set. • AMRAP, RFT (rounds for time), EMOM and Intervals: set up in seconds with a slider, no crown needed. MADE FOR THE MIDDLE OF A WORKOUT • Big, clear numbers: your work or rest timer leads, with total time and heart rate beside it. • A live strip of your session shows every set: how long it lasted and how hard you worked. • Count a round with one tap, or with a double tap of your fingers on supported watches. Hit it twice? Undo. • Pause, resume and end from one page, with a confirmation so you never end a workout by accident. YOUR IPHONE AS A GYM TIMER Prop your iPhone up and it shows the workout running on your watch, big enough to read across the room, with countdown beeps everyone in the gym knows. Your watch stays in control, so there's no second timer to start in sync. STRENGTH THAT LOGS ITSELF Atlon detects each set as you lift and names the exercise. Correct it once and Atlon remembers next time. Set the weight while you load the bar, and see your last set at a glance. RESULTS AT A GLANCE After every workout, right on your wrist: your points, time, rounds, heart rate, effort and top exercises. Every past workout is in your watch's history too. POINTS THAT ADD UP Reps, minutes and kilos don't compare, so Atlon scores every workout in points. Home on your iPhone shows your points for the month, the year or all time, how you're pacing against last month, what's new since you last looked, your training days and your week streak. 37 EXERCISES, RECOGNISED ON YOUR WATCH Including air bike, bench press, bike erg, box jumps, box step-ups, burpees, carries, cleans, clean and jerks, deadlifts, devil presses, double-unders, front squats, GHD sit-ups, handstand push-ups, handstand walks, kettlebell swings, lunges, muscle-ups, overhead squats, planks, pull-ups, push-ups, ring rows, rowing, running, shoulder-to-overhead, single-unders, sit-ups, ski erg, snatches, squats, thrusters, toes-to-bar, wall balls and wall climbs. Recognition runs on your watch, in every workout mode, and gets better with every release. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Atlon uses your heart rate and calories during workouts and saves your workouts to Apple Health, so your Activity rings stay up to date. Atlon requires an Apple Watch.
BrainGate
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**Stop mindless scrolling. Reclaim your focus. Master your time.** We’ve all been there: you open your phone for a quick check, and thirty minutes later, you’re still scrolling. BrainGate is designed to break that cycle by introducing "forced friction"—a deliberate pause between you and your most distracting apps. Unlike traditional blockers that you can simply tap to bypass, BrainGate requires you to engage your brain. To unlock a blocked app, you must solve a quick mental challenge. Whether it's a math equation, a trivia question, or a vocabulary puzzle, this small mental shift is often all it takes to snap out of "autopilot" and get back to what you intended to do. #### How It Works 1. **Gate Your Apps**: Select the apps and categories that distract you most. 2. **Face the Challenge**: When you try to open a blocked app, BrainGate presents a challenge of your choice (Math, Trivia, or Vocabulary). 3. **Earn Your Time**: Solve the challenges to unlock the app for a set duration (5 to 60 minutes). 4. **Build the Habit**: Over time, your brain learns to associate scrolling with effort, naturally reducing your screen time. #### Key Features - **Powerful App Blocking**: Uses Apple’s Screen Time API (Family Controls) for secure, system-level blocking that can't be easily bypassed. - **Dynamic Challenges**: Choose between Math, Trivia, or Vocabulary puzzles. Pick the one that keeps you sharpest. - **Tailored Difficulty**: Choose your difficulty level (Easy, Medium, or Hard). Each level is now clearly described to help you find the right balance of friction. - **Flexible Unlocks**: Deep work or a quick check? Set your unlock duration from 5 to 60 minutes. - **Streak Tracking**: Stay motivated by building a daily focus streak. Don't break the chain! - **Game Center Integration**: Compete with friends on leaderboards for most problems solved and most time saved. - **Global Support**: Full localization for French, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese. - **Sleek Design**: A premium, modern interface that looks great in both light and dark modes. #### Privacy First - **No Data Harvesting**: Your app usage data never leaves your device. BrainGate uses Apple's privacy-focused Screen Time API. - **Local Storage**: All settings and progress are stored locally on your iPhone or iPad. - **No Accounts Required**: Start focusing immediately—no sign-ups or servers involved. #### Who is BrainGate for? - Students who need to stay off social media while studying. - Professionals looking to eliminate distractions during the workday. - Anyone who feels like they've lost control over their screen time. **Stop being a passenger to your notifications. Take the wheel with BrainGate.**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WOD Timer by Atlon at Free against BrainGate's $0.99. WOD Timer by Atlon also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). BrainGate's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On ads, 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
WOD Timer by Atlon is free to download; BrainGate costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WOD Timer by Atlon ships an update every 10 days, BrainGate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WOD Timer by Atlon | BrainGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WOD Scribe ApS | jinhe zou |
In-app purchases
WOD Timer by Atlon
No in-app purchases
BrainGate
No in-app purchases









