Comparison

Lightly vs Workout Set Timer

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

Head to head

Lightly

Meditation Timer, Breathwork

Minimalist timer for workouts

Free

💪 Health & Fitness

No ratingsView app →

About

Lightly

Features

Read full description

Built around calm, simplicity, and flexibility, it offers a distraction-free space you’ll enjoy returning to every day.  Everything is designed to stay simple and adaptable: • Guided meditations and reflections to help calm your mind • Journaling with rich text, templates, and easy organization • Breathing exercises with adjustable rhythms and gentle animations • Meditation timer with nature sounds, silence, or your own audio • Custom cards to capture thoughts and ideas • Daily quotes, with the option to add your own • Challenges and badges to stay motivated • Calendar and stats to reflect on your progress  We created this app because we couldn’t find a mindfulness tool that felt personal and quiet. The goal is to offer a calm, distraction-free space that you’ll genuinely enjoy coming back to. Lightly still evolving, and new features and improvements are added regularly. Hopefully it can help bring a little more calm into your everyday life.

About

Workout Set Timer

This minimalist timer app is designed for set-based workouts, automatically managing your sets and rest periods. Focus on your form while the app handles the timing for exercises like HIIT and ab training.

Highlights

Set-based workout timer
Automatic set and rest period management
Minimalist design
Ideal for HIIT and interval training
Focus on workout form

Features

Read full description

Workout Set Timer is the perfect companion for set-based workouts like ab training, HIIT, and interval training. Designed with minimalism in mind, this app automatically manages your sets and rest periods so you can focus entirely on your form.

Screenshots

Lightly4 screens

Workout Set Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workout Set Timer at every 5 days against Lightly's fortnightly. Workout Set Timer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

Lightly ships an update fortnightly, Workout Set Timer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level

Lightly versus Workout Set Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Lightly	Workout Set Timer
Price	Free	Free
Positive reviews	—	100.0% of reviews
Update frequency	Fortnightly	Every 5 days — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	—	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	15.0	12.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	63 MB	26 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Paul Pfisterer	Yusufhan Sacak

In-app purchases

None

Lightly

No in-app purchases

None

Workout Set Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightly free?

Lightly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Workout Set Timer free?

Workout Set Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Lightly or Workout Set Timer have ads?

Neither Lightly nor Workout Set Timer shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Lightly or Workout Set Timer?

Lightly ships an update fortnightly, and Workout Set Timer every 5 days. Most recently, Lightly was updated on September 13, 2026 and Workout Set Timer on July 17, 2026.