TimerWOD vs CompTrain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimerWOD
This app provides a versatile gym clock for various workout formats like AMRAP, EMOM, and intervals. It features large, easy-to-read digits, on-time beeps, and saves your workout logs with notes and photos. It's free, requires no account, and supports multiple languages.
- Multiple workout formats (AMRAP, EMOM, Intervals, For Time)
- Customizable work/rest periods
- Large, visible LED digits
- Audible beeps with music ducking
- Workout logging with notes and photos
- Save custom presets
- Share workout results
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The gym clock, in your pocket. From first rep to final beep. One timer for every workout: For Time, AMRAP, EMOM, intervals, or a Mix of all of them. Set it up in seconds, press START and train. Big LED digits you can read from across the gym, beeps that land on the second, and every workout saved to your log. Free. No account needed. EVERY FORMAT • For Time: count up to a time cap, or run with no cap. Tap + ROUND for every round and see your splits live. • AMRAP: as many rounds as possible in a set time. Count rounds with one tap and add the reps of your last round at the end. • EMOM: every minute on the minute, or every 2:00, every 0:30, whatever the workout says. Rounds, sets and rest between sets. Death By: one more rep every round. • Intervals: work and rest. HIIT 40/20, HIIT 30/30, Tabata and FGB are ready to go, or set your own numbers. • Mix: chain For Time, AMRAP, EMOM, intervals, work and rest blocks into one workout, in any order. One START for the whole thing, and a timeline that shows where you are. THE GYM CLOCK • Big LED digits: red for work, green for rest, amber for the countdown. You know the phase at a glance. • Turn the phone sideways and the clock fills the screen. • Beeps on time with the phone locked, the screen off or your music playing. The music is lowered for each beep and comes back. • Alerts on the lock screen while you train. • Warm-up, cool-down and rest after the last round in More options. Count up or count down. • The screen stays on for the whole workout. PRESETS AND QUICK START • Built in: HIIT 40/20, HIIT 30/30, Tabata, FGB, EMOM 10, EMOM 40, Death By and AMRAP 20. • Save any setup or finished workout as your own preset. Your last workouts sit under Quick start on the home screen: one tap and the clock is running. AFTER THE WORKOUT • Results with your time, rounds and reps, and every round time, the faster rounds in green. • How it felt, notes and a photo of the whiteboard, saved with the workout. • Workout log: every workout with its notes and photos, how many you did this week, and Repeat to run the same workout again. • Share image: your result on your own photo as a Gradient, a Dark card or a Scoreboard, or on a dark, light or sticker card. Story and square sizes, straight to Instagram or saved to your photos. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish and Portuguese. The app follows your phone's language, or pick one in Settings. FREE, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up. Open the app and train. Questions or ideas: support@timerwod.com
CompTrain
This app offers a complete fitness training methodology designed to build strength, conditioning, and capacity for all fitness levels. It provides daily workouts, progress tracking, and a supportive community to help users achieve their fitness goals efficiently and sustainably.
- Complete Training methodology
- Daily conditioning workouts
- Score tracking and accountability
- Supportive community and leaderboards
- Strength progressions and personalized tools
- Video demonstrations and coaches' notes
- Mindset video library
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For those who want to train smarter and be athletic forever. Whether you train at home or at a gym, CompTrain is pioneering a Complete Training methodology, designed to build strength, conditioning, and capacity—no matter where you are in your fitness journey. WHERE CAN WE TAKE YOU? For two decades, we’ve shaped some of the fittest humans on Earth, including 10 CrossFit Games world champions, so we understand the toll high-intensity training can take on the body. We believe fortune favors the fit, so we've evolved our unique approach beyond the sport, to create a well-rounded program for athletes who have no off-season. Our proven training program builds strength, endurance, and capacity all while avoiding burnout. You will get incredibly fit today without fearing tomorrow. With programming tailored to your schedule and tools to track progress, the CompTrain app is your ultimate training guide with a supportive community pushing in the same direction. UPGRADE TO BASIC TO UNLOCK: - Daily conditioning workouts to build consistency and momentum. - Score tracking to help you stay accountable. - A supportive community through the worldwide leaderboard. - Strength progressions and personalized tools to improve faster. - Coaches' Notes with scaling guidance and daily video demos to guide your workouts. - Smarter, balanced training in just 30 minutes a day. UPGRADE TO PRO TO UNLOCK: - Full access to all training modules, including competitors’ training. - Warm-ups, advanced accessory & skill work to fine-tune your performance. - Plan ahead and view programming 7-days in advance - Mindset video library to sharpen mental and physical performance. With Complete Training, you’ll build balanced all-around fitness in optimized time-adjusted training that fits into any schedule. Start today and see what’s possible with CompTrain. This application is licensed under Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimerWOD at 88% against CompTrain's 52%. TimerWOD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). CompTrain's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. CompTrain sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. TimerWOD asks for nothing beyond the download.
TimerWOD holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of TimerWOD's written reviews are positive against 52% of CompTrain's.
TimerWOD ships an update every 9 days, CompTrain fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimerWOD | CompTrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better | 4.6 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 51.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Click Statement Inc | CompTrain |
Customer experience
TimerWOD
CompTrain
Bugs and requests
TimerWOD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CompTrain
Reported bugs
52 issues- App goes to splash screen and says something went wrong
- App remains at subscribe page after subscribing
- App doesn't work
- App doesn't work, no support replies
- No free version anymore, no access without paying
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- App keeps getting worse and worse
- Content that was free is now behind a paywall
- Recent update put previously free info behind subscription
- Can't sign in or see anything
- App no longer lets me sign in
- App is full of bugs
- Can't log workouts for months
- Glitches everywhere, can't use app
- App has too many issues, little improvement
- Doesn't save workout history
- Doesn't consistently calculate percentages
- New app doesn't work
- Emails back and forth are time consuming
- Frustration of not speaking to someone knowledgeable on the phone
- Glitch with IT has happened multiple times
- Access issues to paid content while up to date on payment
- Same issues everyone else is having
- Getting locked out, app not loading, needing to restore purchases
- App is not worth the hassle
- Double billed for months, ineffective customer service for refunds
- Showing locked out of programming despite resubscribing
- UI is glitchy and not intuitive
- Needs a workaround for subscription recognition
- Completed buttons on workouts don't work
- Doesn't recognize new training day without closing and reopening
- App freezes a lot
- Loading screen loops that can't be backed out of
- App acts like you're not paying for subscription
- Doesn't do a good job of tracking lifts
- Visual black theme is not readable
- Entering scores is long
- Not intuitive
- Customer service is catastrophic
- Loading bubble for scores
- App doesn't load properly, often have to close and reopen
- Takes a long time to load
- Function of the button in the middle with the CT logo is unnecessary
- Failed to allow proper access to subscription features
- No response from customer support
- PRs and height/weight sections reset or don't save data
- App is becoming painful
- Payment isn't working for Pro
- Still says free in account after payment
- Have to keep signing in every time app is closed and reopened
- Sign in feature was broken
- App keeps crashing
- Can't open camera roll or take a picture
Requested features
6 requests- Adjustable timer for workouts (e.g., Tabata)
- Explanation for CrossFit terminology for non-CrossFitters
- Transfer PR weights from older app
- Dark mode option
- More intuitive UI
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- Easier navigation for past workouts
In-app purchases
TimerWOD
No in-app purchases
CompTrain
- BASIC Subscription - Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- PRO Subscription - Monthly7 Days trial$39.991 Month
- 3 MONTHS PRO OFFER - Monthly3 Months trial$39.991 Month
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- BASIC Subscription - Yearly7 Days trial$199.991 Year
- PRO Subscription - 6Months14 Days trial$214.996 Months
- PRO Subscription - Yearly7 Days trial$399.991 Year








