Comparison

Gustav Workout Timer vs Fitness

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

Head to head
About

Gustav Workout Timer

This app helps you manage your workout intervals for various training types like HIIT, circuits, and strength. It offers customizable timers, built-in options, and personalized interval naming for a focused and comfortable training experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals up to 10 minutes
  • Ready-made built-in timers
  • Save custom timers to Favourites
  • Custom interval naming
  • New sound and audio cue options
  • Haptic feedback for interval changes
  • Modern Liquid Glass design
Features
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Gustav Workout Timer is a free interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, CrossFit, circuit training and any workout with work and rest. No subscription, no paywall, no limits. Perfect for HIIT, cardio, strength training, calisthenics, yoga and circuit training. WHAT YOU GET - Custom intervals: up to 10 intervals, each up to 10 minutes, with a countdown before the first one. - Ready-made timers: start a workout instantly, no setup needed. - Favorites: save your own timers and share them with your team. - Named intervals: label each interval to match your workout. - Big countdown controls: tap to start, double-tap to skip, swipe to switch the time format. - Sounds and audio alerts: choose what marks the end of each interval, with optional ticking in the last three seconds. - Haptic feedback: feel the changes without looking at the screen. - Liquid Glass design: clean and modern, with smooth transitions and animations. - Backgrounds: pick a preset or use your own photo. WHY "GUSTAV"? Named after Gustav Frištenský, the legendary strongman from Haná, Czechia. Built by a solo developer who trained outdoors and couldn't find a timer without paywalls, so he made one. Whether you're pushing through short sprints or keeping a steady pace, Gustav keeps the rhythm so you can focus on your technique.

About

Fitness

Features
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Fitness is a customizable interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, and your own fitness routines. Set the exercises, work intervals, rest periods, and repeats to fit your session. A QUICK TIMER THAT REMEMBERS YOUR SETTINGS Configure preparation time, work, rest, and repetitions, then press Start. Return to your everyday intervals without creating a saved workout. START WITH A READY-MADE WORKOUT Choose a Tabata routine or a functional fitness circuit, inspect its exercises, and adjust the timing to your needs. BUILD AND SAVE YOUR OWN WORKOUTS Combine exercises, preparation, rest, cooldowns, and repeat blocks in your own sequence. Adjust individual durations and repeat groups of steps. Save separate routines for different training days. BROWSE EXERCISES OR CREATE YOUR OWN Find exercises in the fitness library, read their instructions, and add them to your workout. Create custom exercises with your own name, description, and optional photo or video link. CUSTOMIZE YOUR SESSION Choose exercise icons and colors, rename steps, and arrange your sequence. Duplicate, move, copy, and paste exercises to build routines from steps you have already configured. FOLLOW EVERY INTERVAL See the current exercise, remaining interval time, next step, and time left in the workout. Pause and resume, restart, or move through the sequence. Choose sound cues for your session. KEEP YOUR TIMER IN VIEW Follow your workout with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Use widgets to access your timer. MAKE IT YOURS Use light mode, dark mode, or your system appearance. Pick an accent color and customize workout and exercise icons. REVIEW YOUR COMPLETED SESSION See completed rounds, active time, rest time, total duration, and skipped time in your workout summary. Use a quick timer for daily intervals or build a saved workout with your own exercises and timing. Fitness keeps your session in one place. This app provides a workout timer and exercise instructions; it does not provide coached video classes. No ads. No paywall. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Gustav Workout Timer4 screens
Fitness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fitness at every 5 days against Gustav Workout Timer's monthly. Gustav Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gustav Workout Timer ships an update monthly, Fitness every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gustav Workout Timer versus Fitness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGustav Workout TimerFitness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDalibor JanecekSvyatoslav Boiko

In-app purchases

None

Gustav Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Fitness

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gustav Workout Timer free?
Gustav Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fitness free?
Fitness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gustav Workout Timer or Fitness have ads?
Neither Gustav Workout Timer nor Fitness shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gustav Workout Timer or Fitness?
Gustav Workout Timer ships an update monthly, and Fitness every 5 days. Most recently, Gustav Workout Timer was updated on November 14, 2026 and Fitness on November 13, 2026.

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