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A no-fuss workout timer for functional fitness: AMRAP, For Time, EMOM and Tabata, with voice cues loud enough to hear across a garage gym. Set your time, hit start, work. On iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, and on Android phones and Wear OS watches.
The screen turns off mid-workout. Since version 1.3 the timer keeps your screen awake for the whole workout, with no setting to forget. If it still dims, email us and say which phone you're on.
What do the beeps mean? Since version 2.1 the timer sounds like a gym clock. Three low beeps count down the last three seconds of every phase (the get-ready, each EMOM minute, each Tabata work and rest, and the end), then a high beep marks the change with the coach's call on top of it. Beeps only keeps every beep and drops the voice.
I can't hear the voice cues. Tap the voice chip on any setup screen and check it isn't set to Silent (no sound at all) or Beeps only (no voice), and that your media volume is up. Cues play even with the ringer switch on silent.
How do I stop a workout early? Tap PAUSE in the bar along the bottom, then hold HOLD TO STOP. The hold means a stray tap can never end a workout mid-rep. On For Time, FINISH sits beside PAUSE and logs your time.
I counted one round too many in my AMRAP. Fix it on the end screen: scroll the round count up or down, like a wheel. Tapping the clock counts a round, and a quick double tap only counts one.
Why does my For Time say Time cap? When the clock reaches your cap before you tap FINISH, that's a time cap, not a finish, so the app says so instead of showing the cap as your time.
How does the Apple Watch app work? Since version 2.0 the watch matches the phone: each workout in its own colour, a timeline that fills as you go, and big buttons along the bottom. Turn the Digital Crown to set a timer, tap the screen to count an AMRAP round, and to end early tap PAUSE, then hold HOLD TO STOP. Every timer remembers your setup as you change it, Beeps only is one of the voices, and since 2.1 it counts you in with the same gym-clock beeps as the phone. Since 2.2 the watch keeps the timer running while your wrist is down, so every beep, line and tap lands and raising your wrist brings the clock straight back; GO is a double knock, 3-2-1 is a tap each, the last round three knocks.
Why does the watch app ask for Health access? Since version 2.2 the watch runs each timer as a workout session, which is what lets it keep going while your wrist is down. That takes one Health permission, to save workouts, so each WOD you time lands in Apple Health as well. The app reads no Health data and nothing leaves your watch. You can decline, or turn off Track workouts under Health in the watch app; the timer still works, but cues then play only while the app is on screen.
I had music on and the beeps stopped it. Fixed in version 2.2: a cue now lowers your music for the beep or the line and brings it back. If your Android player stays quiet after a cue, make sure you're on 2.2 or later.
Is there an Android version? Yes, on Google Play since August 2026, with the same four timers and voice cues.
Is there an Android watch app? Yes, since October 2026 the Wear OS app matches the Apple Watch one: the four timers with your last setups on the home screen, turn the bezel or crown to set a timer, tap the clock to count an AMRAP round, and PAUSE then HOLD TO STOP to end early. The beeps, voice lines and taps keep going while your wrist is down, and the workout shows on your watch face while it runs. Get it from the Play Store on the watch; it runs on Wear OS 3 and later.
Why does the Wear OS app ask for the physical activity permission? The watch runs each timer as a workout session, which is how the cues keep going while your wrist is down. On Wear OS that takes the physical activity permission and nothing more: the app reads no heart rate or other sensor data, keeps nothing about the workout, and nothing leaves your watch. You can decline, or turn off Track workouts under Health in the watch app; the timer still works, but cues then play only while the app is on screen.
Why does setup already show my last workout? Since version 1.2 each timer remembers the settings you last started it with (your EMOM interval and rounds, your Tabata work and rest, and so on), so most days you just hit START. It's stored only on your phone. Change any number and the new setup is remembered the next time you start.
How do I set the time? For AMRAP and For Time, turn the stopwatch ring: one full turn is 60 minutes, in whole minutes. For EMOM and Tabata, scroll the wheels: EMOM moves in 15 seconds, Tabata work and rest in 5 seconds. The total shows on the START bar.
Why does each workout have its own colour? Since version 2.0, For Time is orange, EMOM pink, AMRAP blue and Tabata green, on Home and on the clock while you work. In Tabata, green is work and pink is rest.
Why did the app ask me to rate it? Only after a few workouts that ran all the way to the end, never mid-set and never when you end one early. It asks at most three times ever, never more than once in two months, and uses your phone's own rating sheet.
How do I rate the app or send feedback? In Settings, under "How is Wharf WOD working for you?": Love it opens the store page to rate it, and Could be better opens an email to us. Both are always there.
Something looks wrong or crashed. Crashes reach us automatically and anonymously, but an email with what happened helps us fix it faster.
The Wharf WOD Timer is built by one person and shaped by the people using it. If a missing feature would make your training better, tell us: [email protected].