Comparison

Cindy vs Timer

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

Head to head
About

Cindy

This app provides a focused timer for the 20-minute bodyweight benchmark workout, tracking rounds of pull-ups, push-ups, and air squats. Share challenges with friends and monitor your progress over time. Unlock advanced features with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • 20-minute AMRAP timer
  • Round counter for exercises
  • Shareable workout challenges
  • Progress tracking and history
  • Personal best tracking
  • Sound and haptic cues
Features
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Cindy is a focused workout timer for one of the most iconic bodyweight benchmark workouts: 20 minutes of pull-ups, push-ups, and air squats. Set your countdown, start the timer, and track every completed round as you train. Cindy keeps the workout simple, intense, and measurable, exactly how a benchmark should feel. Turn any score into a challenge, share it with friends, and see who beats the benchmark. Challenge links open directly in the app, and completed challenges are saved in your progress history with the target, result, and final score. Whether you are testing your fitness, chasing a personal best, building consistency, or challenging friends, Cindy helps you stay locked in from the first rep to the final second. Features: - 20-minute Cindy AMRAP timer - Round counter for pull-ups, push-ups, and air squats - Starter, Standard, and Half Cindy workout options - Shareable Cindy Challenges - Universal challenge links - Completed challenge tracking - Sound and haptic cues - Active workout recovery after app relaunch - Completed workout history - Personal best tracking - Progress charts - Stylish result and challenge sharing cards - Optional target pacing for Pro users Cindy Pro unlocks deeper progress tracking, full workout history, detailed pacing insights, and extra features for athletes who want to keep improving. Train hard. Count clean reps. Beat your last score. Terms & Conditions: https://yahenskyi.dev/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://yahenskyi.dev/privacy-policy/

About

Timer

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A timer for training that alternates between work and rest. Set your times, hit start, and watch the countdown in large, easy-to-read numbers with audio cues at every switch. ■ Ready-made presets Tabata, HIIT, stretching, interval walking, and strength training are set up and ready. Pick one and start. ■ Build your own workouts Set work time, rest time, and sets for each exercise, then save them together as one routine. Name it "Morning Full Body" or "Lower Body" and start it with a single tap next time. ■ Easy to read while moving The remaining time fills the screen, so you can read it from across the room. The next phase and your set count stay visible at the same time. ■ Audio guide A voice counts down the last three seconds, so you know when the phase changes without looking at your phone. Volume is adjustable and can be turned off. ■ Automatic history Every finished workout is saved automatically. See your active days on a calendar, and check total time, sets, and streaks by week, month, or year. Nothing to type in. ■ Keeps running with the screen off The timer keeps counting in the background, and voice cues let you know when each phase changes. Keep-screen-on is also supported. ■ Reminders Pick the days and time, and the app will remind you. Set up to three reminders to help you keep going. ■ Dark theme A dark theme is the default. You can switch to light or follow your device setting. ■ Great for - Pushing through Tabata and HIIT sessions - Keeping rest periods consistent during strength training - Timing stretching and yoga - Building an interval walking habit - Looking back on what you've done No account needed. Your workout history is stored on your device.

Screenshots

Cindy4 screens
Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer at none against Cindy's 1. Cindy's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cindy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cindy versus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCindyTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolodymyr YahenskyiFumiki Hashimoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cindy

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
None

Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cindy free?
Cindy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timer free?
Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cindy or Timer have ads?
Timer shows ads; Cindy does not.

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