Comparison

TimedTrainer vs BeTimed

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

Head to head
About

TimedTrainer

This app provides a simple and flexible timer for various workout types, including HIIT, Crossfit, and Tabata. Easily create custom routines with intervals and rest periods, and receive notifications even when the app is locked or music is playing. Focus on your training without distractions.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout creation
  • Interval and rest period timers
  • Unlimited rounds and loops
  • Background operation
  • Simple and flexible interface
  • Workout notifications
Features
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Build a workout in seconds. Hit start. Train. TimedTrainer is an interval timer with one job: telling you when to move. No more staring at the clock on the wall, no more fiddling with your phone between rounds. No accounts. No onboarding tour. No preset plans you'll never use. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a workout and name it. 2. Add rounds. Each round has a name, a work time, and an optional rest after it. 3. Choose how many times to repeat the whole list, and go. That's the entire app. A core workout takes about twenty seconds to build: - Crunches, 1:00 - Plank, 0:30, then rest 0:05, because planks hurt - Bicycle kicks, 1:00 Repeat 5 times. Start. WHAT'S IN IT - Unlimited rounds, and 1 to 100 sets of the whole list - Work and rest per round, from preset chips or a typed h:m:s keypad - Reorder, duplicate, and delete rounds while you build - A Get Ready countdown before the first round - Clear audio cues: a ding into each round, beeps counting down the last seconds, a buzzer at the end, a chime at the finish - Four sound themes: Classic, Arcade, Fight Night, and Zen - Pick how many seconds of beeps you want before a round ends - Haptic taps at every work period, rest, and finish - Keeps timing with the screen locked, the app in the background, and your music playing - Pauses itself for a phone call, for Siri, or when your headphones drop out, then picks up exactly where you stopped - Keeps the screen awake during a workout, unless you'd rather it didn't - A day streak, and this week's training at a glance on the home screen - A summary after every workout with total time and working time. Add a photo and share the card. GREAT FOR Boxing - HIIT - CrossFit and WODs - Tabata - EMOM and AMRAP - Circuits - Weight lifting - Sprints and Fartlek - Stretching and mobility - Martial arts and MMA drills - Wrestling - Jump rope - Rehab sets PRICE TimedTrainer is free, with ads. One $0.99 purchase removes them permanently. Everything else is unlocked from the start: no subscription, no paywalled rounds, no limits.

About

BeTimed

Create custom interval training routines for various activities like yoga, HIIT, and meditation. Design workouts with unlimited steps and rest periods, and enjoy a minimalist display during sessions. Runs efficiently in the background.

Highlights
  • Custom workout routines
  • Unlimited steps and rest intervals
  • Drag and drop step arrangement
  • Copy steps for repeating intervals
  • Informative and minimalist display modes
  • Background operation
  • Listen to own music
Features
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BeTimed is an easy to use, beautifully crafted interval timer app for Professional and Personal use. Design workouts with unlimited steps or rest intervals. Use BeTimed for unlimited workout routines for Yoga, Tabata, cardio training, HIIT, MMA, boxing and any type of interval training as well as meditation sessions. Use it to add multiple steps for each workout with rest steps as needed. Easily move, copy and delete steps in each workout. Great for teachers, trainers, coaches and personal workouts. key features: - design as many custom workout routines as you need - add custom steps to each routine with name, duration in hours, minutes and seconds, description, type, sounds and other options - add rest steps between your workout steps depending on your workout for flexibility. - easily arrange the steps of each workout by simple drag and drop - easily copy any step many times ideal for Tabata or other repeating type of interval training workouts - play each of your routines with screens in two styles - an informative style with all the information about each step of your workout or a minimalist zen style with few necessary elements for your workout steps - BeTimed runs efficiently in the background as well - BeTimed has help screens to help you use all the apps' features - "Zen" minimalist mode when you run your routine steps to keep things simple - Listen to your own music while working out Use BeTimed to achieve the next level in your training.

Screenshots

TimedTrainer4 screens
BeTimed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimedTrainer at Free against BeTimed's $3.99. TimedTrainer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). BeTimed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

TimedTrainer is free to download; BeTimed costs $3.99 up front. TimedTrainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeTimed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BeTimed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimedTrainer has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of TimedTrainer's written reviews are positive against 86% of BeTimed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimedTrainer ships an update every 3 weeks, BeTimed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
TimedTrainer versus BeTimed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimedTrainerBeTimed
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKSI Technology, LLCGary Saggu

Customer experience

TimedTrainer

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative16.7%

BeTimed

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TimedTrainer

One-time1
  • No Banner$0.99
None

BeTimed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimedTrainer free?
TimedTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeTimed free?
BeTimed costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimedTrainer or BeTimed?
BeTimed is rated higher. TimedTrainer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while BeTimed averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TimedTrainer or BeTimed have ads?
TimedTrainer shows ads; BeTimed does not.
Which is updated more often, TimedTrainer or BeTimed?
TimedTrainer ships an update every 3 weeks, and BeTimed every 2 months. Most recently, TimedTrainer was updated on October 7, 2026 and BeTimed on September 26, 2026.

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