Comparison

Workout Interval Timer Lite vs Workout Timer

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

Head to head
About

Workout Interval Timer Lite

This app coaches your workouts with customizable timers, allowing you to focus on training. It supports advanced features like location tracking and heart rate monitoring, with voice and audio cues for seamless interval management.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple)
  • Location tracking for route and distance statistics
  • Heart rate training with Bluetooth LE monitor support
  • Voice and audio cues for interval notifications
  • Workout history and iCloud synchronization
  • Music integration for timers and intervals
Features
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Let our timer to coach your workouts so you can focus on actual training without staring at the watch. This timer meets the needs of amateurs as well as professionals. It was designed to be flexible and highly customisable so it can be used for all kinds of trainings. There is one important difference between this app and other apps on the App Store. No need to change timer configuration when switching exercises all the time. Create and configure timers once and use them multiple times. For more demanding users timers can be composed into entire workouts. All timers and workouts can be categorized into groups. For each timer can be enabled location tracking. With enabled location tracking you can seethe route and location based statistics like distance, speed, pace and altitude. Another great feature is support for heart rate training using a Bluetooth LE heart rate monitor. User can create multiple profiles and switch between them. Heart rate training profile contains all settings for your training like heart rate zones and notification options. During exercising user can be notified about current heart rate and zone. One heart rate zone can be selected as target zone. Voice coaching can notify the user to adjust tempo to stay in current zone. The user interface is designed to be clear and readable from a distance. For notification can be used vibrations, sounds and also text to speech voice. No more looking at the screen to know the current interval. Each timer is composed from intervals. Each interval has a configurable name, duration, color and music. Music can be set also for whole timer. Your workout sessions can be saved into history where you can see how you performed during exercising. All your timers and workout history can be synchronized into iCloud. This app integrates with the Health app. Workout metrics can be exported to Apple Health app. Features: - Four timer types (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple). - Support for Apple Health (only for Full Version) - Synchronization to iCloud (only for Full Version) - Heart rate training feature. - Location tracking feature. - Timer sounds: last seconds, every second, interval end, timer finish and metronome. - Timer vibrations: last seconds, interval end and timer finish. - Timer text to speech voice: interval name, next interval name, duration at beginning of interval, current interval time, counting down for last seconds and timer finish. - Timers can be easily shared and duplicated. - Timers can be categorised into groups. - Timer music (playlist, album or song). - Multiple screens for running timer with different stats: Map, Location, Heart Rate, Timer, Intervals and Music - User can configure visual style for timer screens. - Screens for running timer can be locked. - Each interval has configurable duration, name, color and music. - Runs and plays music on background. - Universal app, works on iPhone and iPad. - Max interval duration is 99 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds. - Max number of sets is 999. Free version includes ads and other restrictions that can be removed with InApp Purchases. If you have enable Track Location option please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Workout Timer

This versatile timer supports various training styles including HIIT, Tabata, and circuit workouts. Customize your work and rest intervals, track sets, and adjust sound and vibration settings for a personalized fitness experience. It's suitable for gym sessions, home stretching, yoga, and even non-fitness activities like studying and meditation.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout and rest intervals
  • HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training support
  • Set number of sets and cycles
  • Easy time and round adjustment
  • Adjustable sound and vibration settings
  • Track remaining time at a glance
Features
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This timer is designed for workout, stretch and high-intensity interval training, such as HIIT, Tabata workout and circuit training. You can set your own workout times, rest times, and rest times between cycles. So you can train at your favorite intervals. The remaining time is shown at a glance, and the number of sets can be easily checked. The setup is simple and you can easily change the time and the round you want to work out. You can also change the sound and vibration settings. It can be used for training at the gym, stretching and yoga at home, boxing, cardio, studying, meditation, and much more! The sound source was borrowed from Otologic (CC BY 4.0).

Screenshots

Workout Interval Timer Lite4 screens
Workout Timer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against Workout Interval Timer Lite's 6. Workout Timer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Workout Interval Timer Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Interval Timer Lite sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 248 and 527 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Workout Interval Timer Lite's written reviews are positive against 94% of Workout Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Interval Timer Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Workout Timer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Workout Interval Timer Lite versus Workout Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout Interval Timer LiteWorkout Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (248 ratings)4.9 (527 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings248527 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenciSoft s.r.o.Shogo Yoshida

Customer experience

Workout Interval Timer Lite

All ratings248 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.6%

Workout Timer

All ratings527 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

Bugs and requests

Workout Interval Timer Lite

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Music stops during workouts randomly
  • Interval sounds don't work half the time
  • Ads appear in the paid no-ad version
  • Music restarts after a pause even when 'play through pauses' is selected
  • Asking to save workout after every timer use can be burdensome

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a "for time" timer option
  • Add lock screen notifications after each interval
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Add a function to flash at the last 5 or 3 seconds of an interval
  • Option to turn off workout saving after each timer use
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  • Allow songs to start at a random point

Workout Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Workout Interval Timer Lite

One-time6
  • Unlimited Custom Timers$0.99
  • Unlimited Simple Timers$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Unlimited Circuit Timers$1.99
  • Unlimited HIIT Timers$1.99
  • Full Version$4.99
None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Interval Timer Lite free?
Workout Interval Timer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workout Interval Timer Lite or Workout Timer?
Workout Timer is rated higher. Workout Interval Timer Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 248 ratings, while Workout Timer averages 4.9 from 527 ratings.
Do Workout Interval Timer Lite or Workout Timer have ads?
Workout Timer shows ads; Workout Interval Timer Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Interval Timer Lite or Workout Timer?
Workout Interval Timer Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Workout Timer every 6 months. Most recently, Workout Interval Timer Lite was updated on October 9, 2026 and Workout Timer on October 10, 2026.

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