UniTimer vs Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniTimer
Create personalized timers for any routine with custom text, colors, and sounds. Set notifications, use your own music or voice, and add custom images. Works in the background with built-in music controls.
- Customizable text and colors
- Notification options
- Customizable sound alerts
- Image integration
- Background operation
- Pre-built routine sets
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UniTimer is the Universal Timer app. You can build any kind of routine: - Custom text - Custom colors - Option for notifications - Custom melodies or your iPod music or even your own voice - Custom pictures from library or your camera - Customizable interval ending notice Application comes with pre-built sets for different use cases: - HIIT Training - Boxing Rounds - Tooth Brushing - Take Turns in Gaming - and others UniTimer works in background or while your device is locked. iPod controls are build-in and music plays while UniTimer is active.
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://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Workout Timer at every 4 weeks against UniTimer's every 6 months. UniTimer's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for UniTimer against 4.7 for Workout Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of UniTimer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.
UniTimer ships an update every 6 months, Workout Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniTimer | Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | 4.7 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AlexApps.Net Co | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
UniTimer
Workout Timer
In-app purchases
UniTimer
No in-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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