Custom Workout Timer vs Simple Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Workout Timer
Design custom workout routines with timed exercises. This app provides spoken prompts for each exercise and countdowns for remaining time. Enjoy your music without interruption during your training sessions.
- Create custom workout routines
- Timed exercises
- Spoken exercise prompts
- Countdown timer
- Music player integration
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With this app, you create your own workouts of timed exercises. The app will speak to remind you which exercise to do next, and count down how much time you have left. It doesn't interfere with the music player, so you can listen to your music at the same time.
Simple Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable timer to support your workouts. It can send notifications, record active energy and workout data to Apple Health, and display your workout history. Calculate active energy burned with detailed input options.
- Customizable workout timer
- Workout notifications
- Record to Apple Health
- View workout history
- Active energy calculation
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This App will support workout. Timer can be customized. Main Function ・Workout timer. ・Notifications. ・Record Active Energy and Workouts to Apple Health. ・View history. Active Energy ・Ex. METs 3.5, Weight 50 kg, Time 30 min. (3.5 - 1) x 50 x (30 / 60) x 1.05 = 65.6 kcal. Optional permission requests ・Apple Health: It is used to record data in Apple Health. ・Tracking: It is used to deliver personalized ads to you. ・Notifications: It is used to sending notifications. Languages ・Japanese, English.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Workout Timer at 4.7 against Custom Workout Timer's 3.7. Simple Workout Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). Custom Workout Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Custom Workout Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Custom Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 86% of Simple Workout Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Custom Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, Simple Workout Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Workout Timer | Simple Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Encodia | Intersect |
Customer experience
Custom Workout Timer
Simple Workout Timer
In-app purchases
Custom Workout Timer
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$1.99
Simple Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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