Timer for Workouts vs Personal Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer for Workouts
This app provides a versatile timer for various workout styles, including HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training. It offers customizable intervals, background operation, and audible countdowns to keep users focused on their training. Designed for athletes and fitness enthusiasts, it simplifies interval timing for effective workouts.
- Customizable work and rest intervals
- Support for Tabata, HIIT, EMOM, and circuits
- Background operation with alerts
- Audible countdowns
- Fullscreen landscape mode
- Save and switch between multiple timers
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The workout timer trusted by athletes, coaches and gym-goers since 2013. Repeat is built for one thing: keeping you moving through every round, set and interval of your training. Whether you're grinding through Tabata sprints, HIIT circuits, EMOM workouts, AMRAP rounds, boxing intervals, CrossFit WODs or simple rest-work cycles - Repeat handles the timing so you can focus on the effort. –– Built for every workout style: • Tabata — 20s work / 10s rest, 8 rounds. Set it once, go. • HIIT — custom work and rest intervals with unlimited repeats • EMOM — every minute on the minute, as many rounds as you need • Circuit training — chain multiple exercises with timed stations • Boxing / MMA — round timers with rest between rounds • CrossFit — AMRAPs, intervals and timed WODs • Yoga & stretching — hold timers with gentle alerts • Running — walk/run intervals for couch-to-5K and beyond –– Dead simple to use: Set your work time, rest time, number of rounds and press Start. Name your timers to keep them organized. That's it. –– Keeps going when you put your phone down: Runs in the background with audio and notification alerts. Lock your screen, switch apps, put your phone in your pocket — Repeat will tell you when to move and when to rest. –– Audible countdown: Hear "3, 2, 1" before each phase transition so you're always ready for what's next. Configurable from 3 to 10 seconds. –– Fullscreen landscape mode: Prop your phone on the gym floor and see a giant countdown from across the room. Phase colors change so you know work from rest at a glance. Everything you need: ––––––––––––––––––––––– • Work, rest, prepare and cool down phases • Sets with rest between sets • Up to 999 repeats and 999 sets with Pro • 50+ alert sounds including voice commands • Save multiple timers and switch between them • Precise to the second • Background alerts — no need to keep the app open • Clean, minimal interface with no clutter Repeat is used daily by personal trainers, CrossFit coaches, martial arts instructors, yoga teachers and hundreds of thousands of people who just want a timer that works and gets out of the way. -------------- Subscription terms: - The subscription auto-renews at the end of each term. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy and Terms of Use: https://applorium.com/privacy-repeat
Personal Interval Timer
This app helps you manage timed workouts for sports like boxing, HIIT, and Tabata. It offers customizable presets, workout history tracking, and works with a locked screen and background music. Share your routines with friends and receive voice or bell notifications.
- Works with locked screen
- Plays with background music
- Saves custom presets
- Share workouts with friends
- History and progress charts
- Voice or bell notifications
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Simple interface to do sport without wasting time. Personal Interval Timer is good for Boxing, MMA, BJJ, HIIT, Tabata, and any activity with intervals. Features: - Works with the locked phone with a black screen - Works while your music is playing - Saving your customized presets/workouts - Sharing workouts with friends - Shows your history and the progress in charts - Voice or bell notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Personal Interval Timer at free with in-app purchases against Timer for Workouts's subscription. Personal Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Timer for Workouts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 14). On price, update cadence, 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. Timer for Workouts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Personal Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Personal Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer for Workouts has 1.4K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Timer for Workouts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Personal Interval Timer's.
Timer for Workouts ships an update monthly, Personal Interval Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer for Workouts | Personal Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | AlexApps.Net Co |
Customer experience
Timer for Workouts
Personal Interval Timer
Bugs and requests
Timer for Workouts
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timers not working consistently
- Sound issues and notifications not working as expected
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Difficulty deleting or managing timers
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options for timer sounds and alerts
- Ability to schedule timers to repeat at specific times
- Support for multiple timers/intervals running simultaneously
- Improved background/locked screen functionality
- Integration with Apple Watch or other wearables
Personal Interval Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer for Workouts
- Monthly Workout Timers$2.991 Month
- Yearly Workout Timers3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime timers$19.99
Personal Interval Timer
- Remove Ads$5.99
Questions
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