Comparison

Timer for Workouts vs Offscript

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

Offscript

This app helps you reflect on your thoughts and feelings by prompting you to revisit past entries. It offers features like searching your notes, receiving daily prompts, and analyzing your mood patterns. All data is processed on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device search and AI-powered answers
  • Daily look-back prompts
  • Mood tracking and insights
  • Import from other journaling apps
  • Voice and photo note-taking
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Jot down a line. In a few days, it comes back to ask how it turned out. Ask your records · Type a question in Search, like "How often do I write about Mom?" A few sentences answer it, each linked to the notes it came from. Or ask Siri. · It only counts and quotes your own words, and never guesses why. All on your device, nothing sent to the cloud. The moment you note it · A related line you wrote before appears under your new note; tap it to open that note. · Always your own words, found on your device, never made up by AI. A few days later · Hunches, ideas, plans, hard moments and things you notice get a look-back day. · Answer with one tap on Today, the Look back widget or Apple Watch. Reminders are opt-in and hide your words by default. Hunch ledger and Insights · After five answered look-backs, Insights › Hunches counts how many turned out the same, different, or not sure yet. It just counts. · Your words: pick from over a hundred feeling words and see the ones you used this month. · This week's letter every Sunday, and a look-back book for each quarter or year, in your own words only. Day one · No account needed. Start with three quick questions; tap an answer and that's your first note. · Bring over exports from Day One, Daylio, flomo and 1Diary, or text written by date, keeping their original dates. Note it · Tap the mic and talk, or write a line. The language you speak can differ from the app's, Cantonese included. · Add up to four photos. Note from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Siri or Apple Watch; find notes in system search. Practice and pause · Ten practices, one question at a time, plus bedtime and Record a dream. · When feelings run high, tap the lamp to Pause, or hold it for Rescue. Share cards · Turn a note, this week's letter, your hunch ledger or your words into an image, without your own words by default. On-device depth (one-time purchase) · Save look-back books as a PDF and compare a season across years, on your device. Buy once, keep it. Notes, echoes, look-backs and the basic hunch ledger need no purchase. Offscript Plus (optional subscription) · Deep insights in the cloud: how your themes change, a long letter each month, and looks back over six months or a year. Also includes on-device depth. · Deep insights are off until you turn them on and agree. Only summaries are sent, through our server to a cloud model. Names are swapped for placeholders on your device first, and a title that might hold a name is replaced by its type, situation and mood. Your own words, recordings and photos are never sent. · Everything else in Offscript works without a subscription. · Plus renews automatically each month or year until you cancel. The price and billing period are shown before you buy. Manage or cancel any time in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. · Offscript Plus isn't offered in every country or region. Your records · Without an account, notes stay on this device and go if you delete the app. Sign in to sync your iPhone and iPad, encrypted on your device so we can't read it. Recordings and photos stay on your device. · Write the moods you note to the Health app. Offscript only writes and never reads your health data. · No third-party analytics or advertising tools, and your data is never sold. A weekly anonymous count of a few numbers is sent only with your OK. · Export, clear or delete everything in the app. In English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish. Please note Offscript is a tool for notes and practice. It isn't a medical service and doesn't replace professional help or treatment. Echoes, look-backs, the hunch ledger and deep insights only put what you wrote side by side. They aren't a diagnosis or a prediction. If you're having thoughts of hurting yourself, reach out now to someone near you or call a local crisis line. Terms of Use: https://arcturatech.com/offscript/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://arcturatech.com/offscript/privacy.html

Screenshots

Timer for Workouts4 screens
Offscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer for Workouts at none against Offscript's 3. Timer for Workouts also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 27.0). Offscript's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads 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. Offscript sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Timer for Workouts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Offscript holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer for Workouts has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer for Workouts ships an update every 3 weeks, Offscript every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timer for Workouts versus Offscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer for WorkoutsOffscript
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB87 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYUNFEI XUARCTURA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Customer experience

Timer for Workouts

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

Offscript

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timer for Workouts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Offscript

Subscriptions2
  • Offscript Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Offscript Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • On-device depth · Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Timer for Workouts free?
Timer for Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Offscript free?
Offscript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timer for Workouts or Offscript?
Offscript is rated higher. Timer for Workouts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Offscript averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timer for Workouts or Offscript have ads?
Neither Timer for Workouts nor Offscript shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer for Workouts or Offscript?
Timer for Workouts ships an update every 3 weeks, and Offscript every 2 days. Most recently, Timer for Workouts was updated on November 5, 2026 and Offscript on November 10, 2026.

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