Brawnly vs Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Brawnly
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Train with structure, stay focused in the gym, and keep your workout data private. Brawnly creates personalized strength-training plans, helps you log every session, and makes progress easy to review - even when you are offline. PERSONALIZED FOR YOUR ROUTINE Set up Brawnly around your goals, training experience, available equipment, physical limitations, and preferred schedule from 1 to 7 days per week. Your weekly plan and daily workout are prepared automatically, so you always know what is next. TRACK EVERY WORKOUT Record weight, repetitions, and sets as you train. Use the rest timer to stay on pace, or build reusable custom routines for sessions you want to repeat. FIND THE RIGHT EXERCISE Explore a large, localized exercise catalog with demonstration images plus muscle and equipment details. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Review workout history, training volume, streaks, charts, personal records, and body measurements in clear progress dashboards. PRIVATE AND READY OFFLINE Your workout data stays on your device, and the core Brawnly experience works without a network connection. MADE FOR YOUR SETUP - Connect with Apple Health through HealthKit. - Choose metric or imperial units. - Adapt training to the equipment you have available. Build your plan, log the work, and follow your progress with Brawnly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Workout Timer
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Drop the phone. Stay in the workout. Workout Timer: HIIT & Gym is a voice-guided interval timer for strength training, HIIT, Tabata, kettlebells, boxing, circuits, and home workouts. Build your workout once, put your phone down, and train without babysitting the screen. Spoken cues tell you what is now, what is next, when to rest, and when the last seconds are coming. Your music keeps playing and lowers briefly for voice cues, then returns automatically. No ads. No account. No distractions. TRAIN HANDS-FREE Use your phone on the floor, in your pocket, or with the screen locked. The timer keeps running while voice cues guide transitions. - Voice-guided workout timer - Works with the screen locked or in the background - Smart music ducking: cues lower your music, then restore it - Automatically pauses for calls or headphone disconnects - Large, high-contrast display for gym use - Landscape mode and stay-awake during workouts BUILD ANY WORKOUT FAST Create the timer that matches how you actually train. - HIIT timer with custom work and rest - Tabata timer for 20/10 or your own intervals - Interval timer for 30/30, 60/60, EMOM-style rounds, and custom intervals - Strength timer for sets, reps, and rest between sets - Boxing timer with round timing and bell sounds - Circuit timer with spoken exercise names - Kettlebell timer that keeps your hands off the phone - Home workout timer for bodyweight and mobility sessions TIME-BASED AND REP-BASED Time-Based workouts give you second-accurate work, rest, rounds, warm-ups, and cooldowns. Rep-Based workouts support sets ร reps with rest between sets. Optional 4-phase tempo guides eccentric, pause, concentric, and top pause, with optional breathing cues. PLAY ALL Chain warm-up, main work, and cooldown into one continuous run. Great for mixed sessions, lifting days, circuits, and boxing rounds. BUILT FOR REAL TRAINING Skip segments without ending the session. Resume after interruptions or start over. Adjust voice, tick, and bell volumes separately. Choose clear sounds that cut through the gym. FREE AND TIMER PRO Free includes up to 5 saved workouts, voice guidance, Play All, dashboard, restore archived workouts (still capped at 5), and no ads. Timer Pro is optional. It unlocks unlimited workouts, muscle-group tags, CSV export, add-to-calendar, premium sounds, custom interval-end recording, and custom themes. Plans: Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Monthly lasts one month and Yearly lasts twelve months. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in Settings โ Apple ID โ Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time unlock on the same Apple ID. Prices are shown in the store. Purchases can be restored on the same Apple ID. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your workouts, history, and settings stay on your device. - No account - No sign-up - No cloud storage - No ad SDKs - No banners or pop-ups If you uninstall the app or clear storage, local workout data is removed. Privacy: https://www.ailuv.biz/app-timer/privacy Terms: https://www.ailuv.biz/app-timer/terms Support: support@ailuv.biz Website: https://www.ailuv.biz/app-timer You bring the program. We keep the clock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brawnly at none against Workout Timer's 3. Brawnly also leads on ads (none vs shown). Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Workout Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Brawnly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brawnly | Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dennis Donner | Tsz Lock Lau |
In-app purchases
Brawnly
No in-app purchases
Workout Timer
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99









