Comparison

Interval Timer vs Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT

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

Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT

Features
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Achieve your fitness goals with a timer that is ultra-simple to use. Whether it's CrossFit, boxing, or home workouts, customize your rounds, rest, and work periods in just a few taps. Stay Focused: Visual and audio cues guide you without looking at the screen. Train Your Way: Listen to your favorite music while you work out. Track Progress: View your daily streaks and full workout history. Privacy Policy: https://devcros4.github.io/TabataTimer-Site/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT at none against Interval Timer's shown. Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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

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 Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Interval Timer versus Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerInterval Timer · Tabata & HIIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (297 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings297 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMiklos Paveljean-baptiste delcros

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
Show 3 more
  • 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

Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT

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
3 purchases

Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT free?
Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Interval Timer or Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT monthly. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Interval Timer · Tabata & HIIT on October 18, 2026.

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