Comparison

Exercise Snacks vs Dead Time

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

Head to head
About

Exercise Snacks

Features
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A guided 60–120 second movement break for the moment you have one. Exercise Snacks gives you a clear next step during a desk, home-office, or busy day—without a workout plan or gym equipment. Choose a context: Seated, Standing, On the Go, or Office. Tap Start Snack, then follow the timer, illustration, and simple steps. ONE SHORT PAUSE, CLEARLY GUIDED • 60–120 second exercises with a timer and illustration • Contexts for seated, standing, on-the-go, and office moments • Favorites for your fastest next break • A Start Snack button that stays within reach A ROUTINE WITHOUT PRESSURE Exercise difficulty responds to your ongoing activity. Daily goals, weekly progress, streaks, milestones, and personal records help you see your own pattern—without competing against anyone. Rest days and streak shields leave room for days when a break does not happen. READY WHERE YOU ARE Set reminders and active hours that work for you. If you choose, movement-aware reminders can mute the next prompt after you have already been active. Start from Apple Watch or from a Home Screen widget. During a snack, a Live Activity—and, on supported iPhones, Dynamic Island—keeps the timer visible. APPLE HEALTH, ONLY IF YOU WANT IT You can save completed snacks as workouts with active energy to Apple Health. For movement-aware reminders, the app can optionally read steps. You stay in control of those choices. Exercise Snacks includes an optional subscription with a 7-day trial. Manage it through your App Store account. Privacy Policy: https://enjo1elf.github.io/exercise-snacks-policies/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Dead Time

Features
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Turn the time you're already losing into the workout you keep skipping. Your day is full of dead time: the kettle boiling, code compiling, the microwave spinning, ad breaks, the minutes before a meeting. Dead Time turns every one of them into a 2-5 minute bodyweight workout, sized to exactly that gap. No gym. No gear. No excuses left. HOW IT WORKS - Tap your wait: kettle (3:00), microwave (2:00), ad break (4:00) and more - Get a plan built for that exact window, with work and rest intervals - Swap any move, remove what you hate, or let AI Smart Pick target the muscles you've been skipping - Follow big-type coaching with form photos, sound themes, and a voice coach BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING - Streaks with a safety net: every 7 days you show up banks a shield that covers one missed day - A show-up calendar that marks every day you trained - XP, daily quests, and 12 collectible foil cards with real engraved insignia - Your countdown lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen - A home screen widget keeps your streak in sight - A dry one-line AI coach that actually reads your week (on-device, private) THE SCIENCE Minutes of vigorous bursts spread through the day track with 26-30% lower all-cause mortality in Nature Medicine cohort research. "Exercise snacks" work. You just needed somewhere to put them. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No ads. No analytics. Everything stays on your phone. FREE AND PRO The core loop is free forever: kettle, microwave, ad break, streaks, quests, and stats. Dead Time PRO adds every context, custom dead time (1-10 minutes), AI Smart Pick, the full 219-move no-gym library, muscle heat, and complete history. Weekly with a free trial, or one lifetime purchase. The weekly plan auto-renews until canceled in your App Store settings. Terms: https://novarch.lol/deadtime/terms/ Privacy: https://novarch.lol/deadtime/privacy/ Stop donating your waits to the void.

Screenshots

Exercise Snacks4 screens
Dead Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

Exercise Snacks and Dead Time 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. Exercise Snacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Dead Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Exercise Snacks versus Dead Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExercise SnacksDead Time
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico JostNovarch LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Exercise Snacks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.991 Year
2 purchases

Dead Time

Subscriptions1
  • Dead Time PRO Weekly$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Dead Time PRO Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Exercise Snacks free?
Exercise Snacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Time free?
Dead Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Exercise Snacks or Dead Time have ads?
Neither Exercise Snacks nor Dead Time shows ads.

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