Comparison

Timer for Workouts vs The Phase

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

Head to head
About

Timer for Workouts

A straightforward stopwatch designed for various workout routines like Tabata, EMOM, and custom intervals. It offers audio and haptic cues to keep users focused during exercise without needing to check their device.

Highlights
  • Tabata, EMOM, and custom interval modes
  • Adjustable work, rest, and round settings
  • Audio and haptic cues
  • Large, easy-to-use buttons
  • Automatic settings saving
Features
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Timer for Workouts keeps interval training simple. Choose Tabata, EMOM, or custom intervals, then start your workout in one tap. Large, easy-to-read controls make it quick to get moving. Adjust your work time, rest time, and rounds to match your routine. Audio and haptic cues let you focus on your workout without constantly checking the screen. • Tabata — Start with the classic 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest, and 8 rounds, or adjust the timing to suit you. • EMOM — Train Every Minute on the Minute with your choice of rounds. • Custom intervals — Set your work periods, rest periods, and rounds. Your settings save automatically for next time. Use it for HIIT, circuit training, boxing rounds, planks, stretching, or rest between sets—at home or in the gym. No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just choose your intervals and get moving.

About

The Phase

Explore sleep, focus, and lucid dreaming with generated frequencies, sound therapy, and personalized affirmations. Features a private journal to track your nights and insights, with optional light synchronization for sessions.

Highlights
  • Binaural sound sessions
  • All-night sleep journeys
  • Optional screen light synchronization
  • Private daily journal
  • Personalized affirmations (Whispers)
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Short readings on sleep and attention
Features
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Your sleep, focus, and dream lab. Soundscapes and binaural beats generated on your device, affirmations in your own voice, guided practices, and a private journal. Built by an independent nonprofit. Free at its core, with no ads. BINAURAL SESSIONS Pick a band, shape the tone, and start. Adjust the layers while it plays. Solfeggio tones are there if that is your tradition. SLEEP JOURNEYS Sessions that run all night and move between bands on a slow curve. Start one and put the phone down. LAYERS Add an ambience bed, a pulse of light, or your own affirmations under any session. Your own music keeps playing if you want it to. JOURNAL One page per day, written in moments. A note or a dream, and what it was. A month reads as a shape, not a wall of text. WHISPERS Affirmations in your voice or a narrator's. Keep them in sets, play a set on its own, or run it under a session. POWER BREATHING Guided cyclic breathing with a visual to follow and a voice that knows when to be quiet. Inspired by the Wim Hof Method. ACTIVE IMAGINATION Let an image come, stay with it, and write down what happened. MINDS Short readings on sound, sleep, and attention, written plainly. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account needed. Backup is optional and end-to-end encrypted, so we can never read your journal or hear your voice. Begin tonight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thephase.app/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Timer for Workouts4 screens
The Phase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer for Workouts at none against The Phase's 2. The Phase's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. The Phase sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Timer for Workouts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Phase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer for Workouts ships an update every 3 weeks, The Phase every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timer for Workouts versus The Phase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer for WorkoutsThe Phase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUNFEI XUWikiSubmission

Customer experience

Timer for Workouts

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Phase

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timer for Workouts

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

The Phase

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Timer for Workouts free?
Timer for Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Phase free?
The Phase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timer for Workouts or The Phase?
The Phase is rated higher. Timer for Workouts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while The Phase averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Timer for Workouts or The Phase have ads?
Neither Timer for Workouts nor The Phase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer for Workouts or The Phase?
Timer for Workouts ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Phase every 2 days. Most recently, Timer for Workouts was updated on November 5, 2026 and The Phase on October 31, 2026.

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