Comparison

SwolTime vs FulwaveTimer

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

Head to head
About

SwolTime

This app provides a versatile interval timer for various fitness routines like Tabata, HIIT, boxing, and weightlifting. It allows for real-time adjustments, customizable settings, and workout sequencing. Track progress with notes and use it in the background or with Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Dynamic workout timer control
  • On-the-fly timer adjustments
  • Customizable interval timer settings
  • Custom workout sequencing
  • Progress notes
  • Background operation
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Time your Tabata, HIIT, boxing, crossfit, running, weightlifting, EMOM, and WOD routines with SwolTime — the workout timer app for precise interval tracking, rest management, and customizable fitness planning. [ DYNAMIC WORKOUT TIMER CONTROL ] • With a simple press, SwolTime adapts in real-time, letting you tweak sets, workout, and rest durations without missing a beat. [ ON-THE-FLY TIMER ADJUSTMENTS ] • Fine-tune your session's intensity by adding or cutting time, and navigate through your workout with skip and rewind options. [ CUSTOMIZE INTERVAL TIMER SETTINGS ] • Personalize your SwolTime experience in the Settings, from timer increments to motivational halfway sounds. [ CUSTOM WORKOUT SEQUENCING ] • SwolTime Playlists combine exercises into cohesive sessions, simplifying routines with smooth transitions and tailored rest periods. [ QUEUE WORKOUT PLAYLISTS ] • Quickly organize and modify exercises in a sequence, enhancing workout focus and efficiency. [ PROGRESS NOTES ] • Document your journey with detailed notes on Playlists and exercises, a simple yet powerful tool for tracking your fitness evolution. [ BACKGROUND BEAST MODE ] • SwolTime's background functionality means your focus stays on your workout, not your screen, even with your phone locked. [ APPLE WATCH INTEGRATION ] • Adjust your workout on-the-fly directly from your Apple Watch. Monitor intervals and manage your workout all from the convenience of your wrist. ▶ ONE TIMER FOR EVERY WORKOUT ◀ [ WORKOUT INTERVAL TIMER ] • Craft the ideal balance between active sessions and rest periods, enhancing both endurance and strength. [ BOXING ROUND TIMER ] • Sharpen your technique and precision with custom "Boxing Training" playlists, integrating exercises and breaks for a seamless session. [ TABATA TIMER ] • Engage in quick, intense bouts of exercise followed by very short breaks, a method proven to increase stamina and strength. [ HIIT TIMER ] • Tailor your sessions for short, intense bursts of activity followed by brief recovery periods, ideal for burning fat and improving cardiovascular health. [ CROSSFIT TIMER ] • Organize your varied, high-intensity workouts with a timer that adapts to the day's challenge, keeping you on track and motivated. [ WOD TIMER ] • Navigate the Workout of the Day with ease, focusing on beating your personal bests in a variety of high-intensity activities. [ EMOM WORKOUT TIMER ] • Boost efficiency with a timer that challenges you to complete a task at the start of every minute, perfect for high-intensity workouts. [ WEIGHTLIFTING REST TIMER ] • Leverage strategic breaks to maximize recovery and performance, making each workout more effective. [ STOPWATCH TIMER ] • Capture every moment of your training with accuracy, ideal for timing sprints, laps, or measuring improvement over time. [ GYM TIMER ] • Organize your gym session effectively, ensuring a comprehensive workout that covers all your fitness goals. [ RUNNING & SPRINT TIMER ] • Enhance your running or sprinting with targeted timing, focusing on improving speed and endurance with every session. ▶ READ WHAT SWOLTIME USERS SAY ◀ • "[...] I looooove this app - it targets all the most annoying aspects of planning your own workout." • "[...] The halfway chime is the only thing that keeps me going during hard sets." • "[...] No more hassle configuring things on the fly. Every other app feels like a toy compared to this." ------------ Download SwolTime to transform your workouts on your smartphone. Need assistance or have suggestions? Reach out for support at support@swoltime.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://swoltime.com/privacy-policy

About

FulwaveTimer

Features
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Most timers count to zero. FulwaveTimer runs your whole routine — built from stages, each with its own length, color, and most important sound. Intervals, Pomodoro focus blocks, breathing exercises, a speech you're rehearsing, a sleep wind-down: set the structure once, press play, and follow along by sound, on your Lock Screen, or from your wrist. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Multistage timers — add as many stages as you like, each with its own duration and color. • Per-stage sound — play an audio track you own, or have the app read text aloud with a voice and speed you choose. • Independent transitions — set how each stage's audio starts and ends on its own: Cut, Fade, or Crossfade into the next stage. • Per-stage haptics and alert tones, plus a spoken 10-second warning or 3-2-1 countdown. • Repeat a single stage, or loop the whole playlist — perfect for HIIT rounds, Pomodoro cycles, and breathing sets. • Start fast from built-in templates: Pomodoro, HIIT, Box Breathing, Meditation, and more. ON-SCREEN TEXT FOR SPEECHES • Show a stage's text on the Player and scroll it in time with the reading — a simple teleprompter for practicing a talk. VOICE-OVERS, IN YOUR VOICE • A session can carry its spoken words as text rather than baked-in audio, so your device reads them over the stage's music in any voice you have installed — including another language. • Set the voice and the speed, or turn speaking off and read along on screen. Yours to adjust even in a locked session. STAY IN CONTROL, EVERYWHERE • Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your session on the Lock Screen with a glanceable countdown. • A Quick Start Home Screen widget launches a playlist with one tap. • On-time stage notifications announce each new stage by name. • Lock Screen and headphone controls to play, pause, and skip. APPLE WATCH + APPLE HEALTH • A live timer on your wrist with stage, countdown, and controls. • Record your session as a workout in Apple Health — with heart rate, active energy, and the workout type you set on the playlist. • Wrist haptics fire at every stage change, even with the screen off. YOUR LIBRARY, SAFE AND IN SYNC • iCloud keeps your playlists in sync across your devices, privately. • Color-tag playlists to organize your library. • Export and import playlists. • Automatic backups with one-tap restore — the newest also kept in your own iCloud account, so it survives a reinstall. • A shared session puts its own audio back on your other devices, or after a reinstall. MADE TO FIT YOU • Custom accent, background, and text colors; Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. • A simplified Playback-Only view when you just want to press play. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. FULWAVE PRO FulwaveTimer is free to use, and keeps a small library at no cost. Fulwave Pro unlocks an unlimited playlist library and session export. Pro is available as a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. SHARE COMPLETE SESSIONS Bundle a playlist together with its audio into a single .fws session file and share it. Anyone can open and play a session they receive; Fulwave Pro keeps imported sessions in your library permanently. FULWAVE DESIGNER FOR MAC Fulwave Designer is a free companion app on the Mac App Store. Build a session on a big screen: layer several audio tracks and spoken-text cues on a single stage, set each layer's start delay, gain, and pan, choose haptics and stage colors, add session artwork, and audition it all on a transport. Export a .fws session — optionally locked, so it plays exactly as you built it — to play or share here. Sessions you receive open and play for free; Fulwave Pro keeps them in your library. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your devices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fulwave.com/FulwaveTimer/PrivacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

SwolTime4 screens
FulwaveTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FulwaveTimer at every 2 days against SwolTime's fortnightly. SwolTime's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SwolTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FulwaveTimer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwolTime ships an update fortnightly, FulwaveTimer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SwolTime versus FulwaveTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwolTimeFulwaveTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSWOL LLC (USA)Phillip Fuller

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SwolTime

Subscriptions2
  • SwolTime Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • SwolTime Pro Yearly14 Days trial$12.991 Year
2 purchases

FulwaveTimer

Subscriptions1
  • Fulwave Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Fulwave Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is SwolTime free?
SwolTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FulwaveTimer free?
FulwaveTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SwolTime or FulwaveTimer have ads?
Neither SwolTime nor FulwaveTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwolTime or FulwaveTimer?
SwolTime ships an update fortnightly, and FulwaveTimer every 2 days. Most recently, SwolTime was updated on September 21, 2026 and FulwaveTimer on September 15, 2026.

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