Comparison

LastTimer vs Jiu

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

Head to head
About

LastTimer

This interval timer app helps you maximize workout efficiency by guiding your training sessions. Create custom timers with prep time, exercise intervals, rest periods, and audio cues. Track progress visually with widgets and live activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Prep time and rest periods
  • Multiple exercises per cycle
  • Up to 10 cycles per workout
  • Audio cues
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activities integration
Features
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A timer keeps you honest. No more rushing through sets or resting too long between rounds. You set the work, the rest, and the pace, and LastTimer holds the line so you can focus on training, not on watching the time. Built for rounds, tuned for everything. LastTimer runs jiu jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, and wrestling rounds with a clean bell that cuts through a noisy room, and it is just as at home with HIIT, Tabata, circuits, yoga, meditation, or a Pomodoro block. NEW IN 1.4.0 - ON YOUR WRIST, IN SYNC, ONE SCAN AWAY - Apple Watch app: a real timer on your wrist that runs on its own, with no iPhone nearby. Start a round, drop your wrist, and it keeps running and taps you at every change. - Your timers, everywhere: iCloud keeps saved timers and workout history in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Build a timer on the phone and it is already on your wrist. - Scan to run: hand someone a workout with a scan. It opens the timer instantly, with nothing to install. - Every built-in preset is on the Watch too, ready without saving a thing. ONE TIMER, EVERY SCREEN - A full native iPad app with a coaching dashboard: the whole session at once, a big ring beside a board of every round, session stats, and what is up next. - Presentation Mode: a full-screen room display for a TV or projector over AirPlay or a USB-C to HDMI cable, so the whole class reads the timer from across the mat. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls: pause, resume, and skip a round without unlocking. - Interactive Home Screen widget: start a saved timer with one tap; pause, resume, or skip the running one. - Voice announcements: spoken round call-outs, a 3-2-1 countdown, and "Workout complete." - Named, colored rounds: label each slot (Warm-up, Guard Passing, Sparring) and the ring tints to match, everywhere the round shows. - Round presets: boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling, per-belt IBJJF match times, Tabata, and EMOM, ready in one tap. - Session history and streaks: every finished workout logged with a daily streak. - Share a timer: send any timer (rounds, names, colors) as a link a training partner imports. - Siri and Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, start Boxing Rounds in LastTimer." BUILD YOUR PERFECT TIMER - Prep, exercise, and rest periods - Multiple exercises per cycle, up to 10 cycles - A bell that mixes over your music and plays even on silent - Accurate in the background when you switch apps WORKS FOR - Jiu Jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling - HIIT and Tabata - Circuit and strength training - Yoga and stretching - Meditation - Pomodoro study sessions - Cooking (yes, really) PRIVACY No account. No ads. The developer collects no data. Your timers and history live on your device and sync privately through your own iCloud, where only you can see them. LastTimer costs less than that 12 oz can of sugar water. Download it and take control of your training.

About

Jiu

A private training journal for martial arts practitioners to log sessions, partners, and progress. Focus on improvement without needing an account or subscription. Your data stays securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Log training sessions and rounds
  • Track training partners
  • Set and monitor training focus
  • View progress over time
  • Searchable training history
  • Export training data
Features
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Stop losing the lesson between classes. Jiu-Jitsu Logs is a private training journal for the mats. Log your rounds and partners, save one focus for next class, and watch the weeks add up. Free. No account. Your journal stays on your iPhone. TODAY See your next focus before you leave for class and this week’s sessions at a glance. Your streak and training rhythm are one tap away. JOURNAL Every session in one place, searchable. Gi or no-gi, time on the mat, and who you rolled with. SESSION Rounds, partners, and the one useful detail you’d otherwise lose on the drive home. PARTNERS Who you train with most, your shared sessions, and a one-tap log with them next time. PROGRESS A single focus to take onto the mat, plus 4-week, 12-week and all-time totals so you can tell if the work is compounding. ON IPHONE DUO Unfold it and hold it like a book. Journal, Partners, and Profile keep the list on one side and what you open on the other. Today and Progress spread across both pages. WHY IT’S DIFFERENT Most BJJ apps want an account, a subscription, or your training data on their servers. This one doesn’t. • Free. No in-app purchases. No ads • No sign-up • No tracking, no analytics, no remote profile • On iPhones with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26 or later, a short coach’s note is written on-device. Your journal is never sent anywhere to produce it • Export anytime • English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Built by a practitioner, for people who want a journal they’ll still open in month four.

Screenshots

LastTimer4 screens
Jiu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jiu at Free against LastTimer's $0.99. LastTimer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Jiu is free to download; LastTimer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LastTimer against 5.0 for Jiu. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LastTimer ships an update every 3 weeks, Jiu every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LastTimer versus Jiu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLastTimerJiu
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew wepplerMario Jackson

Customer experience

LastTimer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Jiu

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LastTimer

No in-app purchases

None

Jiu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LastTimer free?
LastTimer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jiu free?
Jiu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LastTimer or Jiu?
LastTimer and Jiu are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do LastTimer or Jiu have ads?
Neither LastTimer nor Jiu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LastTimer or Jiu?
LastTimer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Jiu every 2 weeks. Most recently, LastTimer was updated on November 3, 2026 and Jiu on November 8, 2026.

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