Workout Timer vs Simple Stretch Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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://
Simple Stretch Timer
This app helps you time your stretches with customizable duration and alert settings. It offers vibration and sound cues, allowing you to keep your device in your pocket. Designed for simplicity, it requires no complex setup or user accounts.
- Customizable timer duration
- Sound alerts
- Vibration alerts
- Repeat timer function
- Pocket-friendly vibration cues
- No user accounts
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Simple Stretch Timer is your trusty stretching companion. This timer is as simple as it gets: no settings pages, no premium features, no user accounts, no headaches. Just time your stretch. Control timer duration, sound alerts, vibration alerts and toggle repeat to create a timer that fits your needs. And with strong vibration cues, you can keep it in your pocket without missing a beat. Don't waste time learning how to use a new timer. Keep it simple, and get Simple Stretch Timer today! (This app will always be 100% free and private: it will never have in-app purchases or a premium counterpart and no data will be collected from users by the developer or any third party.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Simple Stretch Timer at none against Workout Timer's shown. Simple Stretch Timer also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Workout Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 22 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Stretch Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Simple Stretch Timer's.
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Simple Stretch Timer every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Simple Stretch Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Rex Garland |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Simple Stretch Timer
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Stretch Timer
No in-app purchases
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