Comparison

AI Workout Timer vs Timer AI

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

Head to head
About

AI Workout Timer

This app creates custom timed workout sessions based on your spoken or typed instructions. It offers voice coaching for every interval, guiding you through exercises and rest periods. Designed to work offline, it allows you to lock your screen and play music without interruption.

Highlights
  • AI-generated workout sessions from voice input
  • Voice coaching for intervals and cues
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable coaching personality and voice
  • Smart timer engine with haptic feedback
  • Speak or type workout instructions
Features
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The workout timer that listens. Speak any workout — HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits, boxing rounds — and AI creates your timed session instantly. Voice coaching guides every interval: exercise announcements, go/rest cues, halfway warnings, and motivational pushes. All on-device. No internet needed. VOICE-COACHED INTERVALS Your AI coach guides you through every rep with exercise announcements, go/rest cues, halfway warnings, and motivational pushes — all on-device with zero latency. SPEAK OR TYPE Tap the mic and describe your workout naturally. The AI handles messy instructions, shorthand, and casual language. Or type if you prefer. YOUR COACH, YOUR WAY Select the voice you like. Adjust the coaching personality from calm and steady to intense and demanding. Make it yours. DESIGNED TO WORK OFFLINE All voice coaching runs on-device using Apple's premium voices. Lock your screen, put on your music, and go — your coach talks over your playlist. Design your workout no matter where you are. SMART TIMER ENGINE Work/rest phases, multiple sets, countdown warnings, haptic feedback on transitions. MORE APPS BY THIS DEVELOPER • Hey Kitchen! — Hands-free cooking & unit converter • Voice PDF Extractor — Split, reorder & extract PDF pages • Voice Crumbs — Private voice journal, always local SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS - Monthly: $2.99 - Annual: $19.99 - Lifetime: $34.99 14-day free trial with full access. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://tcityjohn.github.io/app-pages/ai-workout-timer/privacy Terms of Use: https://tcityjohn.github.io/app-pages/ai-workout-timer/terms

About

Timer AI

Features
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Timer AI turns any workout idea into a precision interval timer — instantly. Describe your routine in plain text, record it by voice, or paste a YouTube workout video link. AI extracts every exercise, rest period, and transition and builds a ready-to-run timer in seconds. FEATURES • AI Timer Creation — YouTube videos, text descriptions, or your voice • Coach Voice Styles — Motivational, Chill, and Drill Sergeant AI coaching voices • Smart Voice Announcements — hear exercise names, countdowns, and cues hands-free • Voice Commands — pause, resume, skip, and finish hands-free with any headset • Live Activity & Dynamic Island — track your workout from lock screen and Dynamic Island • Spotify Integration — play your music with album artwork during workouts • 5 Tick Sound Styles — Classic, Soft, Woodblock, Digital, and Heartbeat • 7 Timer Display Styles — classic ring, big text, neon glow, and more • Workout History — track every session with notes • Landscape Mode — immersive full-screen timer PREMIUM • Coach Voice Styles (Motivational & Drill Sergeant) • 30 AI timer creations per month • Unlimited manual timers • Voice notes after workouts • Voice commands Terms of Use: https://timerai.online/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://timerai.online/privacy.html

Screenshots

AI Workout Timer4 screens
Timer AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AI Workout Timer at none against Timer AI's shown. Timer AI's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AI Workout Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Workout Timer ships an update fortnightly, Timer AI every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AI Workout Timer versus Timer AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Workout TimerTimer AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn CarterSelim Midikoglu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AI Workout Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

Timer AI

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is AI Workout Timer free?
AI Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timer AI free?
Timer AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI Workout Timer or Timer AI have ads?
Timer AI shows ads; AI Workout Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, AI Workout Timer or Timer AI?
AI Workout Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Timer AI every 5 days. Most recently, AI Workout Timer was updated on September 17, 2026 and Timer AI on July 29, 2026.

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