Comparison

Interval Timer vs mWOD 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

mWOD Timer

This app provides a fast, distraction-free timer for high-intensity functional fitness workouts. It offers clear audio cues and a simple interface designed for easy use during intense training sessions. Supports various workout formats like AMRAP, EMOM, and Tabata.

Highlights
  • Clean and fast interface
  • Zero ads
  • Crystal clear audio cues
  • AMRAP, EMOM, For Time support
  • Easy to read and use design
  • Instant workout start
Features
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mWOD Timer is the clean, fast, no-BS WOD timer for functional fitness. No ads. No account. No setup — pick a mode and go. Training alone? Prop the phone up, go full screen, and read your time from the other end of the gym. Your own clock, not the one on the wall. Brutal AMRAP? Grinding EMOM? Chasing a PR? The cues fire on the second, every second, so you can stay locked in instead of glued to your phone. TRAINS THE WAY YOU TRAIN • AMRAP — as many rounds as possible • EMOM — every minute on the minute • For Time — race the clock • For Time with Rest — work hard, rest on a timer • Tabata — the classic 20/10, with the option to finish on work instead of rest BUILT FOR REAL SESSIONS • Full-screen landscape turns a phone or tablet into a wall clock — for you training alone, or for a whole class. • Log rounds with one tap. The count stays on screen, and a sweaty double-tap still counts as one. • Plays over your music instead of stopping it. • Big, high-contrast digits, readable from across the box — with sweaty eyes and sweaty hands. • Keeps running when you lock the phone or switch apps. The cues keep firing. • Round splits after AMRAP, For Time and For Time with Rest, so you can see which round fell apart. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Voice cues in English, Spanish and Catalan — recorded by a human, not read by a robot. Set it once in Settings. NO ADS. EVER. No banners mid-workout. No account to create. Nothing between you and the clock. Pick a mode. Hit start. Go.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
mWOD Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mWOD Timer at none against Interval Timer's 7. mWOD Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (297 vs 6) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. mWOD Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mWOD Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 297 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of mWOD Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, mWOD Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Interval Timer versus mWOD Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimermWOD Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (297 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings297 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB56 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMiklos PavelEmabah LLC

Customer experience

Interval Timer

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

mWOD Timer

All ratings6 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

mWOD 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
None

mWOD Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mWOD Timer free?
mWOD Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or mWOD Timer?
mWOD Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 297 ratings, while mWOD Timer averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or mWOD Timer have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; mWOD Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or mWOD Timer?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and mWOD Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and mWOD Timer on November 5, 2026.

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