Workout Timer vs Minimal Workout 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://
Minimal Workout Timer
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A beautiful, no-nonsense interval timer built for HIIT and circuit workouts. Features: • Distraction-free interface with large, readable timer • Configurable work/rest intervals and rounds • Audio cues with configurable volume • Create custom workouts with named exercises • Vocalization of exercise names for hands-free use Free, local, forever. Get grinding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Minimal Workout Timer at none against Workout Timer's shown. Minimal Workout Timer also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Minimal Workout Timer daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Minimal Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Freeman Jiang |
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Minimal Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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