Comparison

Arc Timer vs Gym Timer Pro

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

Head to head
About

Arc Timer

Features
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Arc Timer helps you plan, run and track both interval training and strength workouts in one place. Build structured HIIT workouts, create gym training plans, run guided sessions and keep a complete history of your training over time. HIIT WORKOUTS Create, edit, search, favorite and organize interval workouts built around blocks, sets, exercises, durations and rest periods. Start a quick workout without saving it first or build a reusable library for your regular training sessions. Run workouts through work, rest, set-rest and preparation phases with clear progress tracking and deliberate controls designed to avoid accidental interruptions. GYM TRAINING Create gym plans with sections, exercises and target sets. Start training sessions from existing plans or build sessions exercise by exercise. Track sets, weight, reps, duration, distance and RPE. Review completed sessions, exercise history and personal records to monitor progress over time. TRACK TRAINING HISTORY Browse previous HIIT and gym sessions with detailed statistics and training data. Workout history remains accurate even if a workout or plan changes later. SHARE AND IMPORT Export workouts and gym plans as files and share them between devices. Import workouts with validation and clear error handling. PERSONALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Choose between light, dark and system theme modes. Customize accent colors, sound settings and switch between English and Portuguese (Portugal). FEATURES • Structured HIIT workout builder • Gym plans and strength training sessions • Blocks, sets, timed and repetition-based exercises • Quick workout mode • Work, rest, set-rest and preparation phases • Exercise set tracking and training history • Weight, reps, duration, distance and RPE tracking • Personal records and recent exercise sessions • Pause, resume, skip and end session controls • Phase and set progress tracking • Sound cues and countdown beeps • Session history with detailed statistics • Workout favorites and search • Export and import via files • Completion card sharing • Light and dark themes • Multiple accent colors • English and Portuguese support

About

Gym Timer Pro

Features
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The complete gym timer. Free, really free. Gym Timer Pro is a Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP and interval timer built for people who actually train. No ads. No account. No subscription. No feature locked behind a paywall. Every timer, every setting, free forever. EVERY FORMAT YOU ACTUALLY USE • Tabata: 20/10 x 8, or set your own work and rest • EMOM: every minute on the minute, any number of rounds • AMRAP: as many rounds as possible, with a running clock • Interval Timer: any work, any rest, any number of rounds • Round Timer: your own interval, repeated as many times as you like • Lifting Pro: warm-up, training with one-tap rest presets, and cool-down in one flow • Stretch Timer: quick stretch presets for before and after READABLE FROM ACROSS THE GYM A single full-screen ring and a huge remaining-time number. Round markers show where you are at a glance, so you never break form squinting at your phone. The clock scales up on iPad. LIGHT OR DARK Pick Light, Dark or System in Settings, and choose your own accent color. BUILT FOR A REAL SESSION • Save any timer as a preset and launch it in one tap from Saved Timers • Audio cues play alongside your music without stopping or lowering it • Leaving a running timer asks first, so you never lose a workout by accident • Type any time down to the second instead of fighting a picker EVERY WORKOUT, LOGGED History shows every session you finish. The Tracker adds a day streak, a 30-day activity graph, a monthly time goal and a full calendar view. Export it all to a spreadsheet whenever you like. APPLE HEALTH Finished workouts save to Apple Health, so your rings and training log stay honest. Gym Timer Pro only writes to Health; it never reads your health data. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES iCloud sync is on by default. Build a preset on your iPhone and it's on your iPad before you get to the rack. iPhone and iPad. iOS 17 and later. No account needed: nothing to sign up for, nothing to cancel. Questions or a feature request? Get in touch from Settings. A real person reads every message.

Screenshots

Arc Timer4 screens
Gym Timer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arc Timer at 15.1 against Gym Timer Pro's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Arc Timer versus Gym Timer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArc TimerGym Timer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilipe Mendesstefen manage

In-app purchases

None

Arc Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Gym Timer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arc Timer free?
Arc Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gym Timer Pro free?
Gym Timer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arc Timer or Gym Timer Pro have ads?
Neither Arc Timer nor Gym Timer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arc Timer or Gym Timer Pro?
Arc Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gym Timer Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, Arc Timer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Gym Timer Pro on October 28, 2026.

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