Comparison

Group Timer vs Tiqan

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

Head to head
About

Group Timer

Features
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Begin timing shares quickly and easily. Optional reminder alerts participants that their sharing time is running out. Customize timer settings for longer or shorter sharing time.

About

Tiqan

This app offers adaptive calisthenics training programs that adjust to your fitness level and available equipment. It provides detailed workout tracking, including form and effort, and integrates with Apple Watch for hands-free sessions. Gain honest insights into your recovery and progress with personalized data analysis.

Highlights
  • Adaptive progression system
  • Equipment-aware programming
  • Real-time workout calibration
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Honest recovery and performance insights
  • Detailed set tracking (form, tempo, effort)
  • Customizable workout programs
Features
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Tiqan is a calisthenics training app built around honest progression. Pick a goal — build strength, master a skill, or move better — and the program adapts to your level, equipment and recovery. Nothing is inflated, and nothing is guessed. THREE GOALS, THREE REAL PROGRAMS Tell Tiqan what you are training for and it builds the plan for it. - Build Strength: a six-level ladder from Foundation to Elite, on 3-day Full Body, 4-day Upper/Lower or 6-day Push, Pull, Legs - Master a Skill: step-by-step ladders to the handstand, front lever, planche and muscle-up - Move Better: mobility, flexibility and functional movement, tracked by coverage not load - Run one goal at a time, or keep all three going at once PROGRAMS THAT GROW WITH YOU After every session the engine decides whether to advance, hold or regress each movement. You do not tell it you got stronger; it works that out. - Equipment-aware: pull-up bar, parallel bars, rings, or none of them — it programs only what you can actually do - Intra-workout calibration: your first set tunes the sets that follow - Plateau detection flags movements that have stalled - Change your training days or equipment whenever life does — for good, or just while you travel IT ADAPTS INSIDE THE SESSION TOO New in 2.0. Most apps only adjust between workouts. - Reps falling away mid-exercise? It offers to stop there and counts what you did, rather than watching you grind out junk sets - Well under your recent numbers from the first set? It offers to finish the day lighter - Both are offers with a decline, once per exercise. It notices; it does not nag HONEST INSIGHTS Most apps inflate numbers. Tiqan shows you the truth. - Recovery reads your sleep, HRV against your own baseline, resting heart rate and active energy from Apple Health — and says which of those it is using today. No watch data last night? It says so instead of inventing a score - Personal baselines: every metric reads "8 percent below your 6-week average", not a number floating in space - Personal correlations: your strongest training day, what rest actually does for you - Training Load with a 6-week reference line - Personal Records timestamped, so you know if your best is fresh or stale THE WORKOUT EXPERIENCE - Tempo guidance per exercise: eccentric, pause, concentric, pause - Form, tempo and effort logged per set — one tap each, and every one of them optional - Auto-starting rest timer with one-tap skip - Simple Mode skips the feedback prompts for a fast session - Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen APPLE WATCH, FIRST CLASS A real Apple Watch app, not a remote control. - Run the whole workout on the watch with no phone needed - Open the iPhone mid-session to see a live mirror of it: exercise, set, target and heart rate - Calories and heart rate sync to Apple Health automatically BUILD YOUR OWN - Custom programs with drag-and-drop scheduling - Quick Workouts for one-off sessions - 200+ calisthenics exercises with progression chains, form cues, common mistakes and animated demonstrations ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, and on Mac through Designed for iPad - iCloud sync keeps every device in step - Home and Lock Screen widgets - Light and Dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion - Privacy first: your training data stays between you and Apple. No third-party tracking FREE AND PRO The adaptive engine is free. Answer a few questions, get a real program, and let it progress you — no trial, no card. Pro adds the depth: all three goals at once, every skill ladder, the top of the strength ladder, the full insight charts, unlimited custom programs and workouts, and full workouts on Apple Watch. Both plans start with 7 days free. Answer a few questions and start today. Every set you log shapes the next session. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiqan.app/privacy

Screenshots

Group Timer3 screens
Tiqan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Group Timer at none against Tiqan's 2. Group Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). Tiqan's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads 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. Tiqan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Group Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group Timer ships an update every 11 days, Tiqan every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Group Timer versus Tiqan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup TimerTiqan
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan HarrisBader Alabbasi

In-app purchases

None

Group Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tiqan

Subscriptions2
  • Tiqan Pro$3.991 Month
  • Tiqan Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Group Timer free?
Group Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiqan free?
Tiqan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Group Timer or Tiqan have ads?
Neither Group Timer nor Tiqan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group Timer or Tiqan?
Group Timer ships an update every 11 days, and Tiqan every 4 days. Most recently, Group Timer was updated on September 8, 2026 and Tiqan on September 20, 2026.

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