Custom Workout Timer vs HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp
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.
HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp
This app helps you create custom interval training routines with adjustable sets, rounds, and exercise times. It also tracks your workout history, calculates calorie burn, and integrates with Apple Watch for heart rate monitoring and workout control.
- Custom interval timers (HIIT, Tabata)
- Reps and weight logging
- Workout routine planner
- Calorie burn calculation
- Workout history and analysis
- Apple Watch integration
- Background music control
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More than one trillion calories are burned using this app! INTERVAL TIMER (HIIT AND TABATA) & REPS AND WEIGHT LOGGER • Custom number of Sets and Rounds, and Exercise, Rest, Warm Up and Cool Down times • High intensitiy - Low intensity time reminders • Set Reps and Weight for each exercise (e.g. 20 squats with 25 lbs) • Text-to-speech interval change sound • Also perfect for weight lifting exercises WORKOUT ROUTINE & PLANNER • Set workout days for each workout plan • Create routines with 30+ exercises including squats, crunches and weight lifting... • Get reminders on workout day and time • Add more exercises with custom exercise naming CALORIE COUNTER & WORKOUT HISTORY • Calorie burns calcuated for each workout session • Workout history with daily, weekly, and monthly highlights • Detailed analyzes of your last workouts APPLE WATCH APP & HEART RATE MONITOR • Start and control workouts right on your watch • Monitor your heart rate coming from your Apple Watch • Log your workout history to Apple Health BACKGROUND MUSIC WITH VOLUME CONTROL • Listen and control Apple Music songs right on the app • Control background music volume (50%-100%)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Custom Workout Timer at 88% against HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp's 40%. Custom Workout Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown). HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Custom Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 40% of HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp'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, HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Workout Timer | HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Encodia, LLC | Cuneyt Zafer |
Customer experience
Custom Workout Timer
HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp
In-app purchases
Custom Workout Timer
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$1.99
HIIT Workout Timer by Zafapp
- Pro Version$1.99
- Pro Version$10.99
- Pro Version$11.99
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