Comparison

Workout Timer vs DayAhoy!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Unlimited timer creation
  • Folder classification
  • High timer setting freedom
  • Variety of sounds and voice readings
  • Favorite color and reading text
  • Background notifications
  • Dark mode
Features
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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://

About

DayAhoy!

Features
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Discover the patterns in your workday. Do you know what makes you thrive at work — and what drains you? DayAhoy! helps you find the answer in your own everyday life, from your own data. No generic wellness tips. DayAhoy! navigates you in the right direction based on your days, and yours alone. FREE — START TODAY: • Daily mood check-in in 30 seconds • Choose your day type: office, remote, or day off • Tag what influenced your day • Track mood trends over two weeks • Work Wellbeing Compass: Control, Capability, Meaningfulness, Autonomy and Rhythm Stability at a glance • Weekly coaching on one compass dimension INSIGHTS — GO DEEPER: As data builds up, patterns start to emerge from your everyday life that you've never noticed before. • Rhythm: which days do you feel your best? How do remote days or days off affect your mood? • Focus: dive deeper into your most meaningful observations. AI supports your reflection with follow-up questions. • Change: when change begins, this is where you'll see it first. • Flow Map: see work performance and mood on the same map. • Weekly coaching on all five compass dimensions • Long-term mood trends (1 month, 6 months, 12 months, from the start) • Available as individual subscription (€3.99/mo) or employer-provided benefit BUILT IN FINLAND, FOR GLOBAL WORK LIFE DayAhoy! is designed in Finland to understand the demands of modern work. We're here to support a better working life — everywhere. Start for free. Navigate toward a better workday. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dayahoy.com/tietosuoja

Screenshots

Workout Timer4 screens
DayAhoy!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against DayAhoy!'s 1. DayAhoy!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. DayAhoy! sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, DayAhoy! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Workout Timer versus DayAhoy!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerDayAhoy!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.ARTTURI MIIKAEL PITKALA

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DayAhoy!

Subscriptions1
  • DayAhoy! Oivallukset-tilaus14 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayAhoy! free?
DayAhoy! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workout Timer or DayAhoy! have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; DayAhoy! does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Timer or DayAhoy!?
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, and DayAhoy! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Workout Timer was updated on August 18, 2026 and DayAhoy! on September 24, 2026.

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