TimerNinja vs Workout & HIIT Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimerNinja
This app provides a versatile interval timer for various activities, from workouts to focus sessions. It offers pre-made routines and customization options, syncing across Apple devices and integrating with Apple Health. Enjoy advanced features and sound packs with an optional subscription.
- Interval, HIIT & Tabata timers
- Customizable workout routines
- Cross-device synchronization (iCloud)
- Apple Watch integration
- Live Activities and widgets
- Apple Health integration
- SharePlay for synchronized workouts
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TimerNinja is the simple, flexible interval timer for workouts, training sessions, and any other timed activity — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Start from a library of ready-made workouts — Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, boxing and MMA rounds, running intervals, and more — or build your own in seconds. TIMERS FOR EVERY ACTIVITY • Stopwatch — count up, with an optional time cap • Timer — a simple countdown • Intervals — work/rest rounds • Multi-interval — chain interval groups together • EMOM — Every Minute On the Minute • Tabata — 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off • Pomodoro — focus and break cycles (Plus) • Custom — build anything with nested, repeating intervals (Plus) READY-MADE WORKOUTS • 31 presets across CrossFit, HIIT, combat sports, running, and focus • Benchmark WODs like Cindy, Chelsea, and Fight Gone Bad; Tabata and the 7-minute workout; boxing, MMA, and BJJ rounds; Norwegian 4x4 intervals; and box breathing • Start one right away, or save it and make it your own YOUR TIMER, EVERYWHERE • Live Activities keep your timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start your favorite timers from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Control Center controls let you start, pause, and resume without opening the app • Siri & Shortcuts: start any saved timer or preset by voice, automate your routine, or put it on the Action Button on Apple Watch Ultra • Your saved timers show up in Spotlight search • Record your timers as workouts in Apple Health right from your iPhone or iPad BUILT FOR APPLE WATCH • Run timers standalone on your watch, or use it as a remote control for the timer on your iPhone • Record workouts to Apple Health with heart rate and calories — just pick an activity type when you start • Follow your live heart-rate zone during a workout and see your time in each zone afterward (watchOS 27) • Watch-face complications and Smart Stack support put your timers one tap away ALWAYS IN SYNC • Saved timers sync automatically across your devices with iCloud • SharePlay keeps timers perfectly in sync with friends anywhere in the world — challenge them to a workout • Share any timer as a link; anyone can open it instantly, even without the app SOUNDS THAT CUT THROUGH • Clear countdown beeps, interval cues, and finish sounds • Spoken announcements that call out each interval by name (Plus) • Extra sound packs — Airhorn, Ruan, Taiko, Boxing Bell, and more (Plus) • Play Apple Music with any timer, and hear every cue clearly over your music or podcasts MADE TO BE GLANCED AT • A distraction-free full-screen timer you can read from across the gym • Beautiful light and dark themes for both the app and the timer screen • Localized into 11 languages TimerNinja is free to use. TimerNinja Plus unlocks the Pomodoro and Custom timer types, spoken announcements, and extra sound packs. New subscribers can try it free for 7 days. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.timerninja.com/privacy
Workout & HIIT Timer
Create custom interval training sessions for any workout. Track progress, schedule routines, and access illustrated exercise guides. Integrates with Apple Watch and Health for comprehensive fitness tracking.
- Customizable interval builder
- Workout scheduling and calendar
- Exercise guides with illustrations
- Workout history and statistics
- Apple Watch companion app
- iCloud sync for presets and history
- Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts
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Your workout. Your intervals. Workout HIIT Timer helps you build focused interval sessions for home, the gym or outdoors, with a clear timer and a standalone Apple Watch companion. No app account or community feed is needed. BUILD YOUR SESSION Set preparation, work, recovery, exercises, rounds and round breaks. Use regular repeating intervals or combine independent workout blocks with different timings and repetitions. Choose which setup runs while keeping the other available to edit. Shared setup sheets keep Home and the preset builder familiar. PLAN AND REPEAT Save complete presets with exercise assignments and custom movements. Schedule an existing preset or create a new one in the calendar. Month shows the overview, Week shows all seven days, and Day focuses on one date. Optional reminders help you remember your plan. Completed workouts open their real History details. Planner entries stay on this device. Share complete preset files through Files or AirDrop. Review an import and its name before saving a new copy. Repeat a recorded workout and compare sessions that use the same recipe. START AND STAY FOCUSED Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts open your current setup or a selected saved preset. Use sound, haptics and spoken guidance, plus Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices. The running timer has a dedicated landscape layout. GUIDES AND TRAINING INSIGHTS Explore 43 stylized exercise guides with illustrations, movement cues and animated previews where available. Complex movements use clearly labeled static references. These are visual guides, not professionally validated form coaching. Review training volume, active days, streaks, work/recovery balance and changes over time. Add notes and export History as CSV or PDF. Optional weight-based active-calorie estimates are clearly distinguished from available Watch recordings. Estimates are approximate. APPLE WATCH, HEALTH AND ICLOUD Run workouts independently on Apple Watch and record available heart rate and active energy with permission. Apple Health access and workout saving are optional. Profile measurements and Health readings are not copied into the app's iCloud records or shared preset files. iCloud sync keeps supported timer history, saved presets, timer setup and preferences available with the same Apple Account. FREE TIMER, OPTIONAL FULL ACCESS The basic timer, Apple Watch functionality and iCloud remain free. Explicitly activate a free 30-day Full Access trial through the App Store. It does not automatically charge or renew. Full Access includes Presets, Planner and History, with statistics, notes and exports. After the trial, continuing these features requires Full Access; your saved data is retained. Lifetime Full Access is an optional one-time purchase: CHF 5 in Switzerland, with regional prices shown in the app. No new subscription is required. Existing subscribers retain their paid access. iPhone interface in English, German and Spanish; Watch interface currently in English. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workout & HIIT Timer at 5.0 against TimerNinja's 4.4. Workout & HIIT Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). TimerNinja's advantage is device support (6 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. TimerNinja sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Workout & HIIT Timer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workout & HIIT Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of TimerNinja's written reviews are positive against 100% of Workout & HIIT Timer's.
TimerNinja ships an update every 3 weeks, Workout & HIIT Timer every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | TimerNinja | Workout & HIIT Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heftii, Inc. | Christian Casariego |
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TimerNinja
Workout & HIIT Timer
In-app purchases
TimerNinja
- TimerNinja+ Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- TimerNinja+ Family Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- TimerNinja+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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- TimerNinja+ Family Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Workout & HIIT Timer
- 1 Month Full Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- 1 Year Full Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- 30-day TrialFree
- Lifetime Full Access$4.99
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