Comparison

The Timer vs FulwaveTimer

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

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About

The Timer

Features
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The Timer offers you to plan your interval workouts. You can simply set warmup, rounds, breaks and cooldown.

About

FulwaveTimer

Features
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Most timers count to zero. FulwaveTimer runs your whole routine — built from stages, each with its own length, color, and most important sound. Intervals, Pomodoro focus blocks, breathing exercises, a speech you're rehearsing, a sleep wind-down: set the structure once, press play, and follow along by sound, on your Lock Screen, or from your wrist. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Multistage timers — add as many stages as you like, each with its own duration and color. • Per-stage sound — play an audio track you own, or have the app read text aloud with a voice and speed you choose. • Independent transitions — set how each stage's audio starts and ends on its own: Cut, Fade, or Crossfade into the next stage. • Per-stage haptics and alert tones, plus a spoken 10-second warning or 3-2-1 countdown. • Repeat a single stage, or loop the whole playlist — perfect for HIIT rounds, Pomodoro cycles, and breathing sets. • Start fast from built-in templates: Pomodoro, HIIT, Box Breathing, Meditation, and more. ON-SCREEN TEXT FOR SPEECHES • Show a stage's text on the Player and scroll it in time with the reading — a simple teleprompter for practicing a talk. VOICE-OVERS, IN YOUR VOICE • A session can carry its spoken words as text rather than baked-in audio, so your device reads them over the stage's music in any voice you have installed — including another language. • Set the voice and the speed, or turn speaking off and read along on screen. Yours to adjust even in a locked session. STAY IN CONTROL, EVERYWHERE • Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your session on the Lock Screen with a glanceable countdown. • A Quick Start Home Screen widget launches a playlist with one tap. • On-time stage notifications announce each new stage by name. • Lock Screen and headphone controls to play, pause, and skip. APPLE WATCH + APPLE HEALTH • A live timer on your wrist with stage, countdown, and controls. • Record your session as a workout in Apple Health — with heart rate, active energy, and the workout type you set on the playlist. • Wrist haptics fire at every stage change, even with the screen off. YOUR LIBRARY, SAFE AND IN SYNC • iCloud keeps your playlists in sync across your devices, privately. • Color-tag playlists to organize your library. • Export and import playlists. • Automatic backups with one-tap restore — the newest also kept in your own iCloud account, so it survives a reinstall. • A shared session puts its own audio back on your other devices, or after a reinstall. MADE TO FIT YOU • Custom accent, background, and text colors; Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. • A simplified Playback-Only view when you just want to press play. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. FULWAVE PRO FulwaveTimer is free to use, and keeps a small library at no cost. Fulwave Pro unlocks an unlimited playlist library and session export. Pro is available as a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. SHARE COMPLETE SESSIONS Bundle a playlist together with its audio into a single .fws session file and share it. Anyone can open and play a session they receive; Fulwave Pro keeps imported sessions in your library permanently. FULWAVE DESIGNER FOR MAC Fulwave Designer is a free companion app on the Mac App Store. Build a session on a big screen: layer several audio tracks and spoken-text cues on a single stage, set each layer's start delay, gain, and pan, choose haptics and stage colors, add session artwork, and audition it all on a transport. Export a .fws session — optionally locked, so it plays exactly as you built it — to play or share here. Sessions you receive open and play for free; Fulwave Pro keeps them in your library. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your devices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fulwave.com/FulwaveTimer/PrivacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

The Timer4 screens
FulwaveTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Timer at none against FulwaveTimer's 2. The Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). FulwaveTimer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). 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. FulwaveTimer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. The Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Timer ships an update monthly, FulwaveTimer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
The Timer versus FulwaveTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe TimerFulwaveTimer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan VlcekPhillip Fuller

In-app purchases

None

The Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FulwaveTimer

Subscriptions1
  • Fulwave Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Fulwave Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is The Timer free?
The Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FulwaveTimer free?
FulwaveTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Timer or FulwaveTimer have ads?
Neither The Timer nor FulwaveTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Timer or FulwaveTimer?
The Timer ships an update monthly, and FulwaveTimer every 3 days. Most recently, The Timer was updated on October 1, 2026 and FulwaveTimer on October 3, 2026.

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