Thymer vs Old
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thymer
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Create custom routines for your workouts and productivity with Thymer. You can create Routines as complex as you like, and adjust things like color, sounds, titles and repetitions. -- Usability -- You can color-code your intervals, so that you only need to glance at the screen to see where you're at. Or don't look at the screen at all, with a palette of sound cues. -- Quick Run -- Standard timers such as a Tabata timer or a breathing exercise timer are available through a quick access menu. -- Customize -- This isn't your standard interval timer. Go as deep as you like, and create the complex nested timers of your dreams.
Old
This app provides a straightforward interval timer for run/walk training. Configure work, rest, warm-up, and cool-down durations, along with repetition counts. It offers voice announcements or tone alerts for phase changes, making it easy to follow your workout without constant screen checking.
- Configurable work, rest, warm-up, and cool-down phases
- Adjustable repetition count
- Voice announcements or tone alerts
- Optional end-of-interval countdown
- Vibration alerts
- Pause, resume, restart, and skip controls
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A no-nonsense interval timer built for run/walk training. Set a work duration, rest duration, and number of repetitions. Add optional warm-up and cool-down phases. Start the timer and it runs the full workout automatically, announcing each phase change out loud so you don't have to look at your phone. FEATURES - Work, rest, warm-up, and cool-down phases, each independently configurable - Adjustable repetition count - Voice announcements or tone alerts at the start of each phase - Customizable phrases for work start, rest start, and warm-up start - Optional end-of-interval countdown (5s, 10s, or 15s before a phase ends) - Optional intermediate time announcements within a phase (e.g., every 1 or 2 minutes) - Vibration alerts - Pause, resume, restart, and skip controls during a workout - Total time remaining shown on screen - Reset to defaults No account required. No ads. No subscription. No data collected. Built by a former casual runner training for a marathon on his 50th birthday, because I couldn't find a simple interval timer that just worked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Old at 16.4 against Thymer's 18.4. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Thymer | Old |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niclas Bodenmann | Paul Boal |
In-app purchases
Thymer
No in-app purchases
Old
No in-app purchases








