Intervals vs Workout Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Intervals
This app provides a customizable timer for various interval-based workouts, including Tabata and HIIT. It allows users to create and save their own routines, utilize built-in presets, and sync data with Apple HealthKit. The companion Apple Watch app offers real-time workout tracking.
- Create and save custom interval workouts
- Timed routines for Tabata and HIIT
- Built-in workout presets
- Apple HealthKit integration
- Apple Watch app with real-time tracking
- Save workout data (heart rate, calories)
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Intervals is a timer for workouts like Tabata, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and other timed routines. FEATURES ● Quickly create and save your own interval workouts. ● Easily create timed routines for Tabata and HIIT workouts. ● Great built-in presets to jumpstart your workouts. ● Full integration with Apple's HealthKit. APPLE WATCH APP ● Includes fully-featured Apple Watch app ● Workouts contribute to Activity Rings ● See your heart rate and calories during your workout FULLY SUPPORTS Apple's HealthKit ● Save workouts and workout data (heart rate and calories) ● View heart rate and calories during your workout What is TABATA? Tabata is a high-intensity interval training workout with alternating sets of intense exercise and short rest periods. A typical Tabata workout consists of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for 8 rounds. Tabata have been proven to be highly effective and efficient at improving cardiovascular health.
Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for HIIT and Tabata workouts. It offers unlimited timer creation with extensive sound and voice reading options, background notifications, and dark mode. All features are free to use.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Folder classification
- High timer setting freedom
- Variety of sounds and voice readings
- Favorite color and reading text
- Background notifications
- Dark mode
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It's a workout timer app suitable for HIIT and Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited timer creation, folder classification is also possible - High degree of freedom in timer setting (supports rep and unlimited time) - A wide variety of sounds and voice readings (about 100 types of sounds) - Favorite color, reading text - Background notifications - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: workouttimer://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workout Timer at 4.7 against Intervals's 3.9. Intervals's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Intervals's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.
| Parameter | Intervals | Workout Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limit Point Software | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Intervals
Workout Timer
In-app purchases
Intervals
No in-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
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