Comparison

Session vs BellWork

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

Head to head
About

Session

This minimalist timer is designed for focused interval training. Quickly set work, rest, and round durations for boxing, HIIT, and circuit workouts. Stay on track with clear countdowns and audio cues.

Highlights
  • Simple round timer interface
  • Adjustable work, rest, and rounds
  • Optional warm-up timer
  • Audio bells for round cues
  • Clear countdown display
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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SESSION is a minimalist interval timer designed for real training. No clutter. No complicated setup. Just start your rounds and focus on the workout. Perfect for: • Boxing • Muay Thai • HIIT • Circuit training • Strength intervals • Home workouts SESSION lets you quickly set work time, rest time, and rounds so you can stay focused inside the round. FEATURES • Simple round timer interface • Adjustable work, rest, and rounds • Optional warm-up timer • Audio cues for work and rest intervals • Clear countdown display • Clean, distraction-free design Whether you're training in the gym, garage, or at home, SESSION keeps your workout structured and focused. Start the round. Stay in the round.

About

BellWork

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various training styles like combat sports and HIIT. It offers clear audio and haptic cues to guide users through workouts, with a focus on a clean, distraction-free interface. Users can review workout summaries to track progress and build consistency.

Highlights
  • Customizable training profiles
  • Clear audio and haptic cues
  • Full-screen timer display
  • Workout summary review
  • Flexible round controls
  • Touch lock option
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BellWork: Rounds & HIIT is a focused interval timer for combat sports, HIIT, and structured conditioning. Build custom training profiles for boxing, kickboxing, MMA, bag work, circuits, sprints, and high-intensity workouts, then let clear cues guide every round. Set warm-up, prepare, work, rest, cooldown, round count, warning alerts, auto-start behavior, sound style, and haptics. BellWork gives you flexible controls without clutter, so setup stays fast before training begins. During a workout, a bold full-screen timer shows your current phase, round progress, and what is coming next. Countdown alerts, audio cues, haptics, and optional touch lock help you stay locked in without accidental taps or constant screen checks. After each session, review your workout summary and recent training history so you can see what you completed and keep building consistency. Clean, dark, and built to stay out of the way, BellWork keeps the round moving.

Screenshots

Session4 screens
BellWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BellWork at weekly against Session's every 2 months. Session's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Session against 5.0 for BellWork. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Session ships an update every 2 months, BellWork weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Session versus BellWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSessionBellWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShane LandryDaniel Chen

Customer experience

Session

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BellWork

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Session

No in-app purchases

None

BellWork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Session free?
Session is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BellWork free?
BellWork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Session or BellWork?
Session and BellWork are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Session or BellWork have ads?
Neither Session nor BellWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Session or BellWork?
Session ships an update every 2 months, and BellWork weekly. Most recently, Session was updated on October 31, 2026 and BellWork on October 31, 2026.

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