Comparison

HIIT Timer & Trainer vs RepCue

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

Head to head
About

HIIT Timer & Trainer

Features
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HIIT Timer & Trainer is a fast, no-nonsense interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuits, stretching, and anything else built around "do X seconds, rest Y seconds, repeat N times." On iPhone and Apple Watch — now with a 12-week home workout plan and a stretching plan. WORKOUT PLAN • A 12-week home plan: strength circuits, intervals and easy days, getting a little harder every few weeks. • Every move explained in plain words — no jargon, no guessing. "12 times", "each leg", "hold 30 seconds". • Strength moves wait for you to tap DONE; intervals have their own hard and easy tones and haptics. • Track your weekly weight and monthly waist alongside the plan. • Personal Plan (one-time purchase): answer six quick questions and get a plan built around your goal, your days and your time — then change any of it by hand, including knee-friendly moves. FLEXIBILITY PLAN — NEW • A second 12-week plan: daily stretching, about 15 minutes, to touch your toes again and squat deep with heels down. CIRCUITS • Comes with a ready-made Full Body circuit — try it, then build your own. • Build your own workout: named exercises, each with its own duration, repeated over rounds. • HIIT Timer & Trainer calls out every exercise — "Squats", "Plank" — so you never have to look at the screen. • Optional warm-up and cool-down phases bookend any workout, circuits and classic sets alike. LOCK SCREEN & DYNAMIC ISLAND • Your running timer lives on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: current exercise, set counter, and remaining time at a glance. iPHONE • Three things on the screen: sets, exercise duration, rest duration. Plus or minus to dial each one. Long-press +/− to auto-repeat. • Five preset slots — four built-in (8×20/10, 6×40/20, 5×1m/15, 4×3m/1m) and one fully customisable. • Audio cues that actually help: a rising-pitch tick every second, a higher beep every 5 seconds, plus a voice announcement on a configurable interval ("3 minutes 20 seconds remaining"). Off, every 10s, or every 30s. • Pause / resume / stop, with a clear "next phase" hint so you always know what's coming. • Set rest to 0 for self-paced circuits — HIIT Timer & Trainer waits for you to tap CONTINUE before the next set. • Keeps running when the screen is locked, audio coming through your speaker or headphones. • Siri and Shortcuts: say "Start a HIIT Timer & Trainer workout" — works from the Action Button too. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • A monthly calendar marks every day you finished a workout. • Streaks, a 12-week trend chart, and 15 achievements to unlock. • Home Screen widget with your current streak and this week's workouts. • Optional daily reminder at your chosen time — it knows your streak and what's at stake. • iCloud sync: progress and achievements follow you across your devices. • Apple Health: finished sessions can be saved as HIIT workouts. Off by default. APPLE WATCH • Start, pause, and stop workouts from your wrist — no need to fish your phone out mid-set. • Workouts finished on the watch count on your iPhone calendar too. • Voice announcements over AirPods. • Haptic cues every 5 seconds and on phase transitions, so you can train without headphones and still feel the cadence. FREE, WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASES The timer, the built-in presets, the calendar, the Apple Watch app and reading the plans are free. No subscription, ever. Two optional one-time purchases: • Your Presets & Circuits — save your own presets and build your own circuits. • Your Training Plans — run the 12-week and stretching plans, get a plan made for you, edit it by hand. PRIVACY No accounts. No analytics. No ads. Your settings, plan and workout history live on your devices and in your own iCloud — nowhere else. Apple Health is written only if you switch it on, and never read. WHY HIIT Timer & Trainer Most workout apps want a subscription and your data. HIIT Timer & Trainer wants neither. Open it, dial in the workout — or follow the plan — hit START, train, close it.

About

RepCue

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RepCue is a focused interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, strength training, stretching, circuits, and custom workout routines. Build the timer you need without fighting the app. - Type a workout plan in plain text and turn it into editable steps - Use AI to draft longer workouts from a rough goal or list - Create work, rest, warm-up, cooldown, timed, and rep-based steps by hand - Start from practical templates for HIIT, Tabata, core, strength, mobility, and conditioning - Hear voice cues, countdown beeps, and start signals so you can train without watching the screen - Adjust voice, sound effect, and countdown volumes separately - Save routines, duplicate workouts, review history, and export data - Follow progress from the Lock Screen with Live Activities and notifications - Sync saved workouts to Apple Watch and start from your wrist RepCue is built for everyday training: fast to open, simple to edit, and calm enough to use again tomorrow. Use it for home workouts, gym circuits, bodyweight training, dumbbell sessions, boxing rounds, run/walk intervals, stretching, and short finishers. Free includes 3 saved workouts, AI Quick Plan, manual workout creation, templates, line-by-line text import, timer cues, countdowns, notifications, and history. RepCue Pro is available as monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. Pro unlocks unlimited saved workouts, CSV history export, workout data import/export, and future Pro template packs. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel subscriptions in Apple ID settings. No account is required for local workout timers. Your saved routines and history stay on your device unless you choose to export them. Privacy Policy: https://kuuloa.com/repcue/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HIIT Timer & Trainer4 screens
RepCue3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HIIT Timer & Trainer at every 2 days against RepCue's fortnightly. 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. HIIT Timer & Trainer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and RepCue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIIT Timer & Trainer ships an update every 2 days, RepCue fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
HIIT Timer & Trainer versus RepCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIIT Timer & TrainerRepCue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton PopovKuuloa LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HIIT Timer & Trainer

One-time2
  • Unlock presets$0.99
  • Your Training Plans$2.99
2 purchases

RepCue

Subscriptions2
  • RepCue Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • RepCue Pro Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is HIIT Timer & Trainer free?
HIIT Timer & Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RepCue free?
RepCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HIIT Timer & Trainer or RepCue have ads?
Neither HIIT Timer & Trainer nor RepCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HIIT Timer & Trainer or RepCue?
HIIT Timer & Trainer ships an update every 2 days, and RepCue fortnightly. Most recently, HIIT Timer & Trainer was updated on October 28, 2026 and RepCue on October 28, 2026.

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