Workout Rest & Go vs Tempo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Rest & Go
This app helps you manage workout and rest periods without needing to set alarms. It integrates with your music to lower volume during countdowns and allows you to record notes to analyze your workout duration.
- Tap to start workout
- Press to start rest
- Swipe to record
- Music volume reduction during countdown
- Audio cues for rest completion
- Record workout notes
- Analyze work vs. rest time
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Workout without interruptions. Start with a tap, rest with a press, and recored with a swipe. Workout Rest & Go eliminates the need to create and stop alarms. List to music without Interruptions: With a built in audio countdown, your music will reduce to 50% during the countdown and will signal when rest time is completed. Recored and Update Workout Notes: Create notes during and after any workout. In addition, Workout Rest & Go separates your working time and resting time, to help you analyze your workout duration.
Tempo
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Tempo is an interval timer for people who actually train. Two tools in one app: a rest timer for between sets, and a routine builder for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM and circuits. FREE, FOREVER - Rest timer with 30s, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00 and 3:00 presets and a live progress ring - Set and round counters you tap as you go - Four built-in routines: Tabata 20/10, HIIT 30/30, EMOM 10 and a Pyramid - Build and save a routine of your own - Keeps running with the screen locked, and tells you when rest is over - Editing and deleting your routines is free, and always will be - Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up THE WORKOUT PLAYER Start a routine and the whole screen becomes the workout. A large ring counts the current interval down, the colour tells you whether you are working or resting, and the line underneath shows what is coming next and how far through the routine you are. Pause, skip an interval, or stop at any point. BUILD ANY INTERVAL PATTERN Work and rest from 5 seconds to 10 minutes, any number of rounds, and a separate break between rounds. Drag the intervals into the order you want. Tempo shows you the total workout time before you start. TEMPO PRO - Save as many routines as you want, instead of one - Every pattern you can build, kept: work, rest, rounds and round breaks - Restored on every iPhone and iPad signed into your Apple Account WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND No ads. No account to create. No quiz before the app works. No coach selling you a programme. Tempo Pro is a subscription: 2.99 USD per month, or 19.99 USD per year with the first 14 days free. Prices are shown in local currency by region. Cancel any time during the free trial and you are not charged. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same price and period unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://thedolceway.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thedolceway.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Workout Rest & Go at 12.0 against Tempo's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workout Rest & Go ships an update every 6 months, Tempo every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Workout Rest & Go | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clayton Smith | Dt nova |
In-app purchases
Workout Rest & Go
No in-app purchases
Tempo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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