RepCount vs Workout Timer Essential
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RepCount
This app helps you track and analyze your strength training workouts. Log unlimited exercises and programs for free, with an optional premium subscription for advanced features like supersets and detailed progress charts.
- Workout logging
- Exercise creation
- Workout program creation
- Rest timer
- Supersets
- Advanced statistics
- Health app integration
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RepCount is a workout tracker for strength training. It's free, with no ads and no limit on workouts, routines or exercises. Premium adds charts, personal records, supersets, drop sets and export. Every workout starts with the weights and reps from last time, so you always know what to beat. Use it for whatever you train: a 5x5 or upper/lower program, a bodybuilding split, calisthenics, or a home gym with a pair of dumbbells. IN THE GYM • Log more than weights and reps: bodyweight exercises (assisted or weighted), timed holds, farmer's walks, and cardio with time, distance and calories • Warm-up sets, and notes on any set, exercise or workout • A rest timer that can start when you check off a set, with the countdown on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start a workout or routine with Siri or Shortcuts • Share a finished workout as an image ROUTINES AND EXERCISES • Build your own routines, save any workout as a routine, or repeat a past workout • Add your own exercises. Built-in exercises show a demo and the muscles they work YOUR DATA • Sign in with Apple, Google or email, and your workouts are backed up and synced between iPhone and Android • Works offline, even in a basement gym • Saves workouts, active calories and body weight to Apple Health PREMIUM • Your estimated one-rep max from every set, charted over time, so you can see your strength go up without testing a true max • Charts of heaviest weight, volume, sets and reps per exercise, plus workout frequency, duration and body weight • Personal records for every rep range, all-time and for each year • Exercise history and charts right from the workout screen • Supersets and drop sets • Export your workouts to Excel (CSV) QUESTIONS Can I see my progress without Premium? Yes. Every workout you've logged stays free to look back through, month by month, and each set starts from last time's numbers. Premium adds the charts, personal records and exercise history inside a workout. Is it good for beginners? Yes. Start with one of the built-in routines and build your own when you're ready. RepCount has been downloaded more than 2 million times on iPhone and Android. It's been on the App Store since 2013, with several hundred updates so far, and it keeps getting better. Questions or ideas? Email feedback@repcountapp.com. We read and answer every message. SUBSCRIPTION RepCount Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. If a free trial is offered, any unused part of it ends when you subscribe.
Workout Timer Essential
A streamlined workout timer designed for simplicity and essential functionality. It offers a clean, bicolor interface and integrates with HealthKit for Apple Watch workout data. Support the developer with an optional in-app purchase to remove ads.
- Essential bicolor layout
- HealthKit integration
- Apple Watch workout functions
- Streamlined design
- Optional ad removal
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Hi, my name is Alessandro, 23yo from Italy. I've been going to the gym since I was a teen and I've tried pretty much all the gym apps in the App Store, both paid and not. Nothing worked. They were either cluttered messes, no longer maintained, terribly designed or simply not working anymore. So I've set out to design my own, targeting the latest Apple hardware and Development Kit, sticking to the true simplicity of a bicolor, essential layout. I decided to share it with you, for free, with a small in app purchase to remove ads if you want to support the development, hoping you'll enjoy it as much as I do. Thank you.This App integrates with Health Kit to use the Workout functions in your Apple Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RepCount at 93% against Workout Timer Essential's 50%. RepCount also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months). Workout Timer Essential's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RepCount sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Workout Timer Essential sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RepCount holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RepCount has 13K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of RepCount's written reviews are positive against 50% of Workout Timer Essential's.
RepCount ships an update weekly, Workout Timer Essential every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RepCount | Workout Timer Essential |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13K ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siper Apps AB | Alessandro Pettazzoni |
Customer experience
RepCount
Workout Timer Essential
Bugs and requests
RepCount
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Issues with adding exercises and selecting categories
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to share routines and exercises
- Calendar view to see workout history
- Option to track RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion)
- Ability to track time-based exercises
- Folders or grouping for routines
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- Integration with fitness tracking devices
Workout Timer Essential
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RepCount
- RepCount Premium$4.991 Month
- RepCount Premium$6.991 Month
- RepCount Premium$29.991 Year
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- RepCount Premium1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
- RepCount Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- RepCount Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Workout Timer Essential
- Ads Removal$0.99
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