Comparison

TimerWOD vs Dream Actively

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TimerWOD

This ad-free interval timer is designed for functional fitness enthusiasts. It supports various workout formats like AMRAP, EMOM, and Tabata with customizable settings and a clear display. Focus on your training with background operation and a simple interface.

Highlights
  • AMRAP, EMOM, For Time, Tabata timers
  • Count up or down functionality
  • Clear, easy-to-read display
  • Round counter
  • Landscape mode
  • Customizable intervals and countdowns
  • Background operation
Features
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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

About

Dream Actively

This app offers guided somatic audio practices designed for nervous system regulation. Utilizing frequency-based audio engineering, it helps users transition from active brainwave states to calmer ones, promoting improved heart rate variability and reduced stress. It features an AI companion for processing session shifts and integrating the practice into daily life.

Highlights
  • Guided somatic audio practices
  • Seven progressive levels
  • Sonic Architecture for brainwave entrainment
  • AI Reflective Witness for integration
  • Daily 7-10 minute sessions
  • Focus on nervous system regulation
Features
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The noise is constant. Returning to your center is a practice. Dream Actively is a guided somatic audio practice structured across seven progressive levels. It combines Sonic Architecture, structured repetition, somatic and contemplative techniques, and reflection with Bleu Pearl. The system draws on techniques associated with nervous system regulation and is designed to support calm, presence, awareness, and the practice of self-regulation. SONIC ARCHITECTURE Each session is built through Sonic Architecture: a deliberate composition of voice, harmonic structure, rhythm, spatialization, ambience, and silence. The audio carries the structure. The voice guides your attention. The practice invites you to notice breath, sensation, and the body through direct experience rather than analysis. Put on your headphones, press play, and listen awake and present. No previous meditation experience is required. A PATH THAT OPENS IN ORDER Everyone begins at Level 1 and moves forward sequentially. Each Level builds on the capacities developed before it. You may choose an individual Core Level or a complete Path, but the content always unlocks in order. You cannot enter a later Level without completing the one before it. The first four Levels form the Core Path. Each one lasts 28 days. Seven distinct practices are introduced during the first week and then return across the following three weeks. The repetition is intentional. It gives you time to meet the same practice in different moments, notice what changes, and gradually make the techniques your own. Dream Actively calls the integration that can emerge through repetition, attention, and structured practice Somatic Recalibration. Levels 5, 6, and 7 are the Advanced Levels. These are single-composition practices designed to deepen the application of the complete system. BLEU PEARL After each audio session, Bleu Pearl becomes available as an optional reflection space. Bleu Pearl is your AI Reflective Witness. It responds within the context of your current Level and practice, remembers what you choose to share across your journey, reflects patterns back to you, and asks precise questions that help you continue your own inquiry. Bleu Pearl does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace professional care. It listens, reflects, and helps you notice more clearly. WHAT YOU BUILD OVER TIME Dream Actively is built for people carrying the weight of contemporary life: creators, entrepreneurs, founders, executives, and anyone who has reached the edge of what trying harder can solve. Over time, the practice is designed to help you develop capacities you can carry into daily life: returning to your center, noticing before reacting, steadier attention, deeper presence, and greater awareness of your own patterns. Across the full seven-level path, these capacities develop toward what Dream Actively calls Internal Command Architecture and Biological Sovereignty: the ability to meet life with greater internal clarity, agency, and conscious choice. Morning Practices, Breath Practices, Micro-Resets, and Universal Resets help you bring the work of your current Level beyond the main session and into everyday life. Access is available through individual Core Levels, the Foundation Path (Levels 1–4), or the Full Path (Levels 1–7). Whichever Path you choose, the content unlocks sequentially. When you move into a larger Path, what you have already paid for included Levels is credited so that you do not pay twice for the same Level. If the credit is not applied automatically, contact support. Available in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and Thai. Built for people who are done outsourcing their inner state to the next quick fix. Dream Actively. A path, not a session.

Screenshots

TimerWOD4 screens
Dream Actively4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dream Actively at 5.0 against TimerWOD's 4.3. Dream Actively also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). TimerWOD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Dream Actively sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TimerWOD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dream Actively holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of TimerWOD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dream Actively's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimerWOD ships an update every 2 weeks, Dream Actively every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TimerWOD versus Dream Actively: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimerWODDream Actively
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClick Statement IncBleu Pearl Limited

Customer experience

TimerWOD

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Dream Actively

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimerWOD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dream Actively

One-time2
  • Level 1 – Nervous System Reset$29.99
  • Levels 2-4 – Foundation Path$99.99

Questions

Is TimerWOD free?
TimerWOD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dream Actively free?
Dream Actively is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimerWOD or Dream Actively?
Dream Actively is rated higher. TimerWOD averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dream Actively averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TimerWOD or Dream Actively have ads?
Neither TimerWOD nor Dream Actively shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimerWOD or Dream Actively?
TimerWOD ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dream Actively every 11 days. Most recently, TimerWOD was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dream Actively on October 14, 2026.

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