Comparison

Interval Timer vs HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata

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

HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata

Features
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Stop training blind. You grind through every round soaked in sweat — but are you actually in the zone, or just guessing? Fixed rest treats a fresh body and a gassed one exactly the same. H11T is the smart conditioning coach that runs your workout by your heart rate, not by feel. You're a data-driven athlete. Train like one. • Smart Rest — your rest ends the moment your heart rate has actually recovered, read straight from your Apple Watch. No more cutting recovery short or wasting it. • AI Coach — get a full workout built around you in seconds. Tell it what you've got, it does the programming. • Pro Studio — design and save as many of your own protocols as you want. Your training, your library. • Boxing IQ — a real round timer with the ring bell, plus rounds that flow with your heart rate. Ready-to-go presets: Amateur, Pro, MMA, heavy bag. Plus the essentials that made H11T a go-to: • Fully customizable rounds, work and rest times, warm-up and cool-down — perfect for HIIT, Tabata, and pro sessions. • Apple Watch support with haptic and sound cues on your wrist. • Apple Fitness integration — calories, heart rate, and activity logged automatically. • Pro stopwatch with millisecond precision for runners and swimmers — ideal for intervals and time trials. The free timer is yours to keep. Premium is the brain on top of it. Who it's for: • HIIT, Tabata, and CrossFit-style athletes who want to train by the numbers. • Boxers and combat-sport fans who want real rounds, smarter recovery. • Anyone done with guesswork who wants every interval to actually count. Train smarter. Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy - https://h11t.app/terms

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata at none against Interval Timer's shown. Interval Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Interval Timer versus HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerHIIT Interval Timer & Tabata
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (296 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings296 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiklos PavelPavel Ilin

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
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  • Premium features$4.99
  • Premium features$9.99
  • Premium features$14.99
4 purchases

HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly premium access$0.997 Days
  • Monthly premium Access$2.991 Month
  • Annual premium subscription$9.991 Year
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  • Annual premium subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata free?
HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Interval Timer or HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata every 2 weeks. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and HIIT Interval Timer & Tabata on October 5, 2026.

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