Comparison

Work vs HIIT Timer

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

Head to head
About

Work

Features
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W:R is a tool built for sports scientists and strength & conditioning coaches. Designed for live use, W:R allows coaches to capture repetitions and phases with minimal interaction. Key metrics—including work duration, rest duration, cumulative exposure, and work-to-rest ratios—are calculated instantly to provide immediate, actionable feedback. Session summaries and drill histories can be exported for post-session review, monitoring, and longitudinal analysis—without manual timing, spreadsheets, or video-based workflows. Simple to use during coaching. Robust enough for performance analysis.

About

HIIT Timer

Features
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Build the interval you actually train with, then hit start. Warm-up, work, rest, rounds and a long rest every few rounds — a HIIT timer that gets out of the way. HOW IT WORKS Set the warm-up, one round of work and rest, how many rounds you want, and how often a long rest should come in. The app builds the whole session from that and shows you the total time before you start. WHILE YOU TRAIN • Numbers you can read from the floor, colour-coded by phase • A 3·2·1 countdown takes over the screen before every change • Beeps and haptics on every transition, so you never have to look down • The screen stays on for the whole session, so the clock is always there • Your music keeps playing • Pause, resume or skip a phase at any point AFTER THE SESSION • Every workout saved: duration, rounds and work time • Day streak, totals and history PRO — ONE PAYMENT • Unlimited routines (three are free, forever) • Home-screen widget: your last routine starts in one tap • No subscription. No renewals. You buy it once. ALSO • Works fully offline, with no account and no permissions to grant • Dark and light, following the system • Catalan, Spanish, English, French and German • No ads Made for HIIT and Tabata, circuit training, CrossFit-style rounds, EMOM, boxing rounds, running intervals, core work, stretching — anything with a work interval and a rest interval.

Screenshots

Work4 screens
HIIT Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HIIT Timer at 16.4 against Work's 26.2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Work versus HIIT Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkHIIT Timer
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinley DavisBrothapps, SL

In-app purchases

None

Work

No in-app purchases

None

HIIT Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Work free?
Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HIIT Timer free?
HIIT Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Work or HIIT Timer have ads?
Neither Work nor HIIT Timer shows ads.

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