Comparison

Interval Timer vs Burn It

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

Head to head
About

Interval Timer

This app provides a simple and customizable timer for interval training like HIIT, Tabata, and EMOM. It offers audio cues, background operation, and integrates with Apple Watch for health tracking. Pre-built routines and workout reminders help users stay consistent with their fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timer
  • Audio alerts for rounds
  • Background operation
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Workout reminders
  • Pre-built routines
Features
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Set your work and rest intervals, press start, and focus on your workout. PureHIIT is a simple timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits, and boxing rounds. • Adjust work, rest, and round settings to suit your session. • Follow sound cues as you move from one phase to the next. • Keep listening to your music while you train. • Use the timer in the background or in landscape mode. • Start with a prebuilt routine or save your own. • Set workout reminders to help you keep a routine. Getting started is simple: choose a routine or set your intervals, check the number of rounds, and press start. Clear phase colors help you see when to work and when to rest. Free to download, with optional in-app purchases. Apple Watch features require Premium. On Apple Watch, the app integrates with Health to record heart rate and energy used. Make time for your next workout with PureHIIT. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Burn It

This interval timer app is designed for circuit training, group classes, and independent practice. It allows users to create custom workouts or utilize pre-set Tabata routines. The app also includes a stopwatch and a simple, intuitive interface for effective training sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval workouts
  • Pre-set Tabata routines
  • Stopwatch functionality
  • Group class timer
  • Simple interface
  • Intuitive controls
Features
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Burn IT is a convenient and simple interval timer for circuit training. The timer helps to conduct group classes and practices independently. Set up your own workouts for free or run a tabata workout. Training is installed in the application by default. This timer will help you complete your scheduled workouts with a sense of pride in yourself. And if you are a coach, then save all the necessary workouts in the application and use the timer as a tool at work. The timer will help if you practice: - high-intensity workouts - crossfit training - training according to the Tabata protocol - martial arts - yoga and meditative practices - fitness exercises and yoga - interval and circular training Such trainings make it possible to feel the strength and endurance of your own body. In addition to the designer in the application there is a stopwatch. The timer is distributed for free, there is no advertising in the application during the workout. The application has a simple interface and intuitive control.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Burn It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Interval Timer at 4.8 against Burn It's 3.8. Interval Timer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (296 vs 4). Burn It's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (84% vs 73%). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Interval Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Burn It sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 296 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Burn It's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, Burn It every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Interval Timer versus Burn It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerBurn It
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (296 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews84.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings296 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiklos PavelRoman Nikolaev

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings296 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Burn It

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative3.1%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • Premium featuresFree
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Custom sounds$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Premium features$4.99
  • Premium features$9.99
  • Premium features$14.99
4 purchases

Burn It

One-time4
  • BurnIt Pro - Discount 75%$0.99
  • BurnIt Pro - Discount 50%$1.99
  • BurnIt Pro - Discount 25%$2.99
Show 1 more
  • BurnIt Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Burn It free?
Burn It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Burn It?
Interval Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 296 ratings, while Burn It averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Burn It have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; Burn It does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Burn It?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Burn It every 3 months. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Burn It on October 5, 2026.

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