ChainFlow vs Timer AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChainFlow
Create highly customized interval timers for any routine, from HIIT workouts to study sessions. Set unique work and rest periods for each segment, with clear audio cues and a distraction-free interface. Save your routines for easy access and hands-free operation.
- Custom interval chaining
- Adjustable work/rest times per interval
- Clear audio cues
- Hands-free operation
- Screen-off functionality
- Routine saving
- Dark interface
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A custom interval timer for routines where every interval can be different. Most workout timers are built around repeating the same work and rest periods. ChainFlow lets you build the exact sequence you need, with individual timing for every step. Create HIIT workouts, circuit training sessions, stretching and mobility routines, boxing rounds, exercise sequences, drawing practice, focus sessions, and more. BUILD ANY ROUTINE Add as many intervals as you need. Give each one its own name and timing, then drag them into the exact order you want. START FAST WITH TEMPLATES Begin with ready-made HIIT, Tabata, Boxing, Morning Mobility, Pomodoro, and Gesture Drawing templates—or start completely from scratch. Every template becomes a normal ChainFlow routine you can fully edit. HANDS-FREE TIMING Hit Start and focus on what you're doing instead of watching the clock. ChainFlow automatically moves through your sequence and gives you clear audio cues at each transition. • Works while your phone is locked or ChainFlow is in the background • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • See your current interval and what comes next • Pause, skip forward, or return to the previous interval • Optional 3-2-1 countdown before starting • Works alongside music, podcasts, and other audio • Optional audio ducking during cues BUILD ONCE. USE IT AGAIN. Save your favorite routines, duplicate individual intervals or entire chains, reorder them anytime, and quickly adjust a routine for your next session. ChainFlow works especially well when your routine doesn't fit a rigid repeating timer: • Custom interval workouts • Circuit training • HIIT and Tabata • Stretching and mobility • Boxing and round training • Exercise and strength training • Yoga and meditation sequences • Gesture and figure drawing practice • Pomodoro and focus sessions Whether you're training, stretching, drawing, studying, or building a routine of your own, ChainFlow keeps the timing out of your head so you can stay in the flow.
Timer AI
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Timer AI is a timer for everything you do in blocks of time: focus, meditation, breathwork, sleep, stretching, workouts, cooking. And every session can run inside a place. Pick a ready-made session, choose a scene and press start. A misty forest, a fireplace, rain under an eave, the sea at sunset. The scene moves, its sound plays, and a voice tells you what comes next, so you can stop watching the clock. SCENES • 19 scenes, 12 of them photographic with real depth and motion: forest, fireplace, rain, seaside, rose garden, underwater and more • Seaside and Fireplace are real filmed footage • Make your own scene from your photo and your own mix of sounds • Choose the sound: the scene's own, a mix you built, or keep your own music playing READY-MADE SESSIONS • 51 sessions across focus and study, meditation, breathwork, sleep, stretching and recovery, yoga, running, HIIT, cooking and everyday routines • Pomodoro, deep work, box breathing, 4-7-8, body scan, power naps, the perfect soft-boiled egg • Sleep timers fade out gently instead of stopping BUILD YOUR OWN • Build any interval timer by hand, free and unlimited • Or just describe it: type it, say it, take a photo of a recipe or a training plan, or paste a YouTube link, and AI turns it into a timer WHILE IT RUNS • Spoken cues and countdowns, with reminders like "four minutes remaining" • Voice commands: pause, resume and skip hands-free with any headset • Live Activity and Dynamic Island on your Lock Screen • 9 display styles, including Calm (a line instead of a ticking clock) and Focus Arc for your desk in landscape • 5 tick sounds • Spotify: your own playlist alongside the timer • Session history, step by step, with an account PREMIUM • Every scene and every premium session • Layer several ambient sounds in your own mix • Motivational and Drill Sergeant coach voices • 30 AI timer creations per month (free accounts get 2 to try) • Voice notes after a session Terms of Use: https://timerai.online/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://timerai.online/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ChainFlow at none against Timer AI's shown. Timer AI's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. ChainFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timer AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ChainFlow ships an update every 2 months, Timer AI every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChainFlow | Timer AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Ebako-Hodgson | Selim Midikoglu |
In-app purchases
ChainFlow
- ChainFlow Pro$4.99
Timer AI
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year









