Comparison

Gym vs Gym Timer Pro

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

Head to head
About

Gym

This interval timer is designed for athletes who want a simple, private workout experience that doesn't interrupt their music. It features a minimalist interface and runs seamlessly in the background.

Highlights
  • Completely free with no ads or subscriptions
  • Open source with community contributions
  • Minimalist and distraction-free interface
  • Seamless background operation with music apps
  • Intervals set in seconds
Features
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## **Description** Elevate your workout without the interruptions. **Gym-timer** is a lightweight, high-performance interval timer designed for athletes who value simplicity, privacy, and their own soundtrack. ### **The Music-First Timer** Most gym timers hijack your audio. Ours doesn’t. Whether you’re blasting metal or a podcast, **Gym-timer** runs seamlessly in the background, ensuring your music never stops while you train. ### **Key Features** * **Completely Free:** No subscriptions, no locked features, and absolutely **no ads**. * **Open Source:** Built with transparency in mind. Check out our code and contribute on [GitHub](https://github.com/Gary0302/Gym-timer). * **Minimalist Interface:** Set your intervals in seconds and get to work. No cluttered menus or unnecessary distractions. * **Music Friendly:** Keeps your workout rhythm going by working alongside your favorite music apps. ### **Why Open Source?** We believe fitness tools should be accessible to everyone. By keeping **Gym-timer** open source, we ensure the app remains community-driven, secure, and free forever.

About

Gym Timer Pro

Features
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The complete gym timer. Free, really free. Gym Timer Pro is a Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP and interval timer built for people who actually train. No ads. No account. No subscription. No feature locked behind a paywall. Every timer, every setting, free forever. EVERY FORMAT YOU ACTUALLY USE • Tabata: 20/10 x 8, or set your own work and rest • EMOM: every minute on the minute, any number of rounds • AMRAP: as many rounds as possible, with a running clock • Interval Timer: any work, any rest, any number of rounds • Round Timer: your own interval, repeated as many times as you like • Lifting Pro: warm-up, training with one-tap rest presets, and cool-down in one flow • Stretch Timer: quick stretch presets for before and after READABLE FROM ACROSS THE GYM A single full-screen ring and a huge remaining-time number. Round markers show where you are at a glance, so you never break form squinting at your phone. The clock scales up on iPad. LIGHT OR DARK Pick Light, Dark or System in Settings, and choose your own accent color. BUILT FOR A REAL SESSION • Save any timer as a preset and launch it in one tap from Saved Timers • Audio cues play alongside your music without stopping or lowering it • Leaving a running timer asks first, so you never lose a workout by accident • Type any time down to the second instead of fighting a picker EVERY WORKOUT, LOGGED History shows every session you finish. The Tracker adds a day streak, a 30-day activity graph, a monthly time goal and a full calendar view. Export it all to a spreadsheet whenever you like. APPLE HEALTH Finished workouts save to Apple Health, so your rings and training log stay honest. Gym Timer Pro only writes to Health; it never reads your health data. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES iCloud sync is on by default. Build a preset on your iPhone and it's on your iPad before you get to the rack. iPhone and iPad. iOS 17 and later. No account needed: nothing to sign up for, nothing to cancel. Questions or a feature request? Get in touch from Settings. A real person reads every message.

Screenshots

Gym3 screens
Gym Timer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gym and Gym Timer Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gym versus Gym Timer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymGym Timer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFu-Chun Yangstefen manage

In-app purchases

None

Gym

No in-app purchases

None

Gym Timer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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