10 Best The Standard Timer Alternatives: Apps Like The Standard Timer for iPhone (2026)

Top Alternatives to The Standard Timer

Super Simple Workout Timer by William Illingworth1006601161

Editor's Choice

💪 Health & Fitness

5.0(2 ratings)

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This interval timer app helps you manage workout routines like Tabata, HIIT, and circuits. It provides audio and haptic cues for work and rest periods, allowing you to focus on your exercise. Customize your own interval sequences for a personalized training experience.

Tabata Stopwatch Pro (Paid) by Anuj Seth

Tabata Timer and HIIT Timer

Strong Contender

💪 Health & Fitness

4.8😊(90 ratings)

$99.99

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This interval timer automates your exercise, rest, and cooldown periods for various training methods. It offers customizable intervals, voice prompts, and music integration to enhance focus and workout efficiency. Track your progress with Apple Health integration.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use
💡 Customizable intervals and sets
🚀 Works well for various workouts (Tabata, HIIT, Kettlebell, stretching)
🎵 Integrates with music playback
🎧 Works well with headphones
✅ Reliable and does what it's supposed to
✨ Clean and simple interface
💰 Worth the price (Pro version)
🗣️ Helpful developer responses
🔄 Good for physical therapy exercises
🎯 Helps with focus and concentration
💪 Motivates workouts
⏱️ Essential training aid
🔊 Loud noises for set indication
🎛️ Flexible customization options
👍 Highly recommended by users
💯 Best interval timer for many

Room to Improve

🐛 Narrator can interrupt music
🐛 Frustrating connectivity issues (e.g., Wahoo heart rate belt)
🐛 Some users experience crashes
💰 Some useful features locked behind Pro version
🐛 App not working after a few months
💡 Missing Apple Watch support
🤔 Set up of new interval sessions could be clearer
🤏 Tiny delay in some sound recordings
🤔 Editing current set and saving is cumbersome (requires saving new and deleting old)
💡 Missing iCloud sync
💡 Missing lock screen widget
🤔 Layout of sets and cycles could be more intuitive (left to right reading)
💡 Wish there was more to the app (simpler version)
🤔 Limited by minimum rest time or maximum exercise time in some versions
🤔 Average if only basic timer is needed, other apps better
💡 Wish you could skip forward and back between intervals
💡 Wish it had GPS