Comparison

Timer for Workouts vs Lido

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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Workout Timer is a no-fuss workout timer built for Tabata, EMOM, and fully custom intervals. Three large buttons. One tap to start. One setting button to customize work time, rest time, and rounds. Audio and haptic cues keep you on track so you never have to look at your phone mid-workout. • Tabata – 20s work / 10s rest × 8 rounds (default, fully adjustable) • EMOM – Every Minute on the Minute with configurable rounds • Custom – Set any work/rest/round combination you need , settings are saved automatically No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just a timer that works.

About

Lido

Features
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Lido is a workout timer with a pool. Build your workout, press play, and put the phone down. Lido speaks — it announces each exercise, calls halfway so you know when to switch sides, and counts down the last five seconds, even with the screen locked. Finish a workout and a toy floats in your pool: a rubber duck, a beach ball, an orca, a flamingo. One toy per workout, a fresh pool every month. It's a workout log you'll actually want to look at — and every so often, a gilded toy turns up. THE TIMER • Timed circuits with spoken cues — hands-free from first exercise to last • Untimed checklists for gym days: sets, reps, and a rest clock • Halfway and five-second alerts, per exercise • Keeps talking with the screen locked or the app in the background SETS • A standalone rest clock for the bench — tap when you rack the bar, lift when it says go • Start it from Control Center or the Lock Screen without opening the app THE POOL • One toy per finished workout, in your workout's color • Monthly pools you can swim back through • Rare gilded toys, if you're lucky SHARE • Send a workout to a friend as a link — it opens in their Lido, ready to add • No account needed on either end EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets for your week and your pool • Lock Screen accessories • Night Swim — a dark mode that lights the pool after sundown PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription • Everything stays on your phone • Shared workouts travel inside the link itself — no server ever sees them Free. Made by one person and a rubber duck.

Screenshots

Timer for Workouts4 screens
Lido4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lido at every 2 days against Timer for Workouts's fortnightly. Timer for Workouts's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer for Workouts ships an update fortnightly, Lido every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timer for Workouts versus Lido: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer for WorkoutsLido
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUNFEI XUBrandon Lukas

In-app purchases

None

Timer for Workouts

No in-app purchases

None

Lido

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer for Workouts free?
Timer for Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lido free?
Lido is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timer for Workouts or Lido have ads?
Neither Timer for Workouts nor Lido shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer for Workouts or Lido?
Timer for Workouts ships an update fortnightly, and Lido every 2 days. Most recently, Timer for Workouts was updated on October 4, 2026 and Lido on October 6, 2026.

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