Custom Workout Timer vs HIITTimer
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.
HIITTimer
This app provides a versatile timer for various high-intensity interval training routines like HIIT, EMOM, and Tabata. It allows users to create custom workouts, track progress, and offers multiple training modes with an intuitive interface.
- Customizable interval timers
- Support for HIIT, EMOM, Tabata, AMRAP
- Progress tracking for workouts
- Multiple training modes
- Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
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HiitTimer – Your timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM and AMRAP Stop wasting time setting up every workout from scratch. HiitTimer is a workout timer designed to help you stay on pace, control every interval and focus on what matters most: training. Perfect for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, circuits, strength, cardio and functional workouts. Key features - Quick Start: start training in seconds. - Custom HIIT: set work, rest, rounds and preparation time. - Tabata, EMOM and AMRAP: dedicated timers for every workout style. - Saved routines: create your favorite workouts and reuse them anytime. - Easy to read from a distance: always see your remaining time while training. - Workout tracking: review your sessions and activity. - Live Activities: follow your workout from the Lock Screen. - Apple Watch: control your workout directly from your wrist. - Fast and simple interface: no unnecessary menus or complicated setup. Whether you train at home or at the gym, HiitTimer helps you stay focused and make every second count. Set your workout. Hit Start. Train. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Custom Workout Timer at 88% against HIITTimer's 0%. Custom Workout Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown). HIITTimer's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Custom Workout Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HIITTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
HIITTimer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HIITTimer has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Custom Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of HIITTimer'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, HIITTimer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Workout Timer | HIITTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Encodia, LLC | Marc Prez Calmet |
Customer experience
Custom Workout Timer
HIITTimer
In-app purchases
Custom Workout Timer
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$1.99
HIITTimer
No in-app purchases
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