Comparison

Workout Timer vs Chisel

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

Head to head
About

Workout Timer

Features
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Workout Timer is a sleek, ultra-precise interval and round timer engineered for HIIT, Tabata, boxing circuits, CrossFit, and home strength training. KEY FEATURES: β€’ Seamless Background Audio: Stream Spotify, Apple Music, or Podcasts simultaneously β€” your music never cuts out or stutters during countdowns and cues. β€’ Studio Voice Coaching: Real, motivating vocal prompts and countdowns keep your eyes off the screen and your focus on performance. β€’ Authentic Sound Themes: Championship boxing bell, referee whistle, stadium air horn, meditative gong, and minimalist digital beeps. β€’ Lock Screen Live Controls: Keep track of remaining seconds, current round, and workout progress straight from your lock screen. β€’ Completely Customizable: Tailor preparation, work periods, rest intervals, sets, and cycle rests to suit any training regimen. Maximize your training efficiency and smash your personal bests with Workout Timer!

About

Chisel

Features
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A simple workout log. A clearer picture of your training. Chisel helps you record your sets, see what you lifted last time, and understand which muscles you've trained. Built for people who choose their own workouts and want an easy way to follow their progress. LOG YOUR LIFTS Record weight and reps, bodyweight exercises, and timed movements. Choose pounds or kilograms, adjust your sets, and keep an optional rest timer close at hand. Recent sessions are right there when you need a reference for your next set. SEE YOUR MUSCLE HISTORY Explore a front and back muscle map showing your training history. Primary work gets full color and secondary work a lighter tint, both fading over seven days. After you've logged primary work for more than five distinct muscle groups, Chisel suggests the group whose primary training was longest ago. BUILD YOUR OWN WORKOUT Choose from 150 illustrated exercises or create your own. Plan around muscle groups, arrange your exercises, and set your targets. Repeat a past workout as an editable plan or add an exercise while you train. FOLLOW YOUR STRENGTH PROGRESS Review individual exercise trends and your Strength Index, a summary of changes in logged performance and volume. See your completed sets by muscle group to understand how your training is distributed over time. KEEP A USEFUL WORKOUT JOURNAL Look back through completed sessions, correct a set, and pick up an unfinished workout. Your workout history stays on your device, with no account required. Your training, made visible. Muscle colors summarize primary and secondary training recency, not measured activation or recovery. Chisel records and summarizes your workouts; it does not prescribe a training program.

Screenshots

Workout Timer3 screens
Chisel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Workout Timer at 17.0 against Chisel's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Workout Timer versus Chisel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout TimerChisel
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size83 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKang Wen ChiangPouria Assadipour

In-app purchases

None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Chisel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chisel free?
Chisel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workout Timer or Chisel have ads?
Neither Workout Timer nor Chisel shows ads.

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