Core vs Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Core
This app helps you stay focused during workouts by managing intervals, work times, and rest periods with clear visual and audio cues. Save custom routines for HIIT, Tabata, or boxing, and track your training history to monitor progress.
- Customizable interval timers
- Audio cues for work/rest phases
- Save and reuse workout routines
- Visual countdown and color coding
- Workout history and trend tracking
- Optional Pro features via in-app purchase
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Keep your focus on the workout Core takes care of the intervals, so you can stay with your training. Set your work time, rest time and sets, then follow a clear countdown and audio cues from the first round to the last. Made for your routine Build a timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training or boxing rounds. Save your usual workouts and have them ready when it is time to train again. Know when to move and when to recover A large countdown and distinct work and rest colors make each phase easy to recognize at a glance. Choose audio cues that suit the way you train. See the work you have put in Revisit completed sessions and see your weekly training trends. Your training history gives every session a place beyond the final countdown. Go further with Core Pro Unlock unlimited timers and duplicates, full workout history, monthly and yearly trends, and CSV export. These features require an in-app purchase. Core Pro is optional. Available plans and prices are shown before purchase. If you choose an auto-renewable subscription, payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://yating-900.github.io/core-timer-site/privacy.html Terms of use: https://yating-900.github.io/core-timer-site/terms.html If you have any ideas to improve the App, please contact us via coretimerapp@gmail.com. Your feedback is highly valued!
Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for HIIT and Tabata workouts. It offers unlimited timer creation with extensive sound and voice reading options, background notifications, and dark mode. All features are free to use.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Folder classification
- High timer setting freedom
- Variety of sounds and voice readings
- Favorite color and reading text
- Background notifications
- Dark mode
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It's a workout timer app suitable for HIIT and Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited timer creation, folder classification is also possible - High degree of freedom in timer setting (supports rep and unlimited time) - A wide variety of sounds and voice readings (about 100 types of sounds) - Favorite color, reading text - Background notifications - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: workouttimer://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against Core's 3. Workout Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). Core's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price 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
Both are free to download. Core sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Core holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Timer has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Core's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.
Core ships an update every 33 months, Workout Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Core | Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yating Lu | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Core
Workout Timer
In-app purchases
Core
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases









