Comparison

Interval Timer vs Exercise HIIT Interval Timer

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 customizable timer for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), Tabata, and other workout styles. It offers clear visual cues and sound notifications to guide users through work and rest periods, allowing them to focus on their exercise. Users can save routines, set reminders, and integrate with music playback.

Highlights
  • Customizable work and rest intervals
  • Sound cues for phase transitions
  • Background operation
  • Landscape mode support
  • Save custom routines
  • Workout reminders
  • Clear phase color indicators
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

Exercise HIIT Interval Timer

Design and execute custom high-intensity interval training routines with this versatile workout timer. Tailor your sessions with adjustable work and rest periods, rounds, and exercise names. Track progress and stay motivated with audio cues and spoken announcements.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Adjustable work and rest intervals
  • Spoken exercise announcements
  • Audio cues for timing
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Progress monitoring
Features
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Get in shape with the ultimate HIIT exercise timer app! This powerful app is designed for all fitness levels and offers a wide range of customizable HIIT workouts to help you reach your goals. With its user-friendly interface, you can easily design your own HIIT routines, set the number of rounds, work intervals, and rest intervals, and get moving. Create a wide range of bodyweight exercises, making it easy to get a full workout in wherever you are. Whether you're at home, at the park, or on the go, you can get your heart pumping with our HIIT exercises. The built-in timer and audio cues will keep you on track, and you can monitor your progress over time to see how far you've come. Don't miss out on the opportunity to transform your fitness routine and achieve your goals with the HIIT exercise timer app. Download now and experience the power of HIIT! Here are the features you'll enjoy: - Create workouts with any exercises you like - Specify the number of rounds and exercises to meet your fitness goals - Set the length of exercises and rest periods for a customized workout - Get sound cues to let you know when the workout begins and when each exercise is about to end - Enjoy spoken announcements of exercise names to keep you motivated - Use the Apple Watch companion app to track your heart rate and energy burned during workouts Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Exercise HIIT Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Exercise HIIT Interval Timer at none against Interval Timer's shown. Exercise HIIT Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (297 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Interval Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Exercise HIIT Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 297 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Exercise HIIT Interval Timer'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, Exercise HIIT Interval Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Interval Timer versus Exercise HIIT Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerExercise HIIT Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (297 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings297 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMiklos PavelMaxim Antonov

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings297 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Exercise HIIT Interval Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Interval Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Advertisements still present after paying for removal
  • App requires premium to start timer (recent change)

Requested features

8 requests
  • Remove the cap on rounds
  • Add a background click feature (e.g., every second)
  • More sound options
  • Option for more than one workout
  • Add a halfway beep
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  • Add a countdown for the workout interval
  • Beep once at 15 seconds for a 30-second workout interval
  • Countdown the last 3 seconds of a workout interval

Exercise HIIT Interval Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Custom sounds$1.99
  • Premium features$4.99
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  • Premium features$9.99
  • Premium features$14.99
2 purchases

Exercise HIIT Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium14 Days trial$8.491 Year

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exercise HIIT Interval Timer free?
Exercise HIIT Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Exercise HIIT Interval Timer?
Interval Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 297 ratings, while Exercise HIIT Interval Timer averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Exercise HIIT Interval Timer have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; Exercise HIIT Interval Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Exercise HIIT Interval Timer?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Exercise HIIT Interval Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Exercise HIIT Interval Timer on November 3, 2026.

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