Comparison

Interval Timer vs Vitamin

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

Vitamin

Features
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Your personal nutrition and fitness app with your coach! Get customized diet plans from your coach directly in the app. Follow the latest posts and tips on nutrition and fitness. Chat with your coach for support and guidance anytime. Shop easily from your coach’s store for supplements and products. Track your progress and personal stats to improve your daily routine. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, this app simplifies your fitness and nutrition journey with personalized coaching. Features: Personalized diet plans tailored to your goals Daily fitness and nutrition posts Direct chat with your coach Easy access to coach’s store Progress tracking and stats

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Vitamin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vitamin at none against Interval Timer's 7. Vitamin also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. Vitamin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, Vitamin every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Interval Timer versus Vitamin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerVitamin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (297 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings297 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB65 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMiklos PavelAhmed Kamel

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

Vitamin

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

Vitamin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vitamin free?
Vitamin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Interval Timer or Vitamin have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; Vitamin does not.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Vitamin?
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Vitamin every 9 days. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vitamin on October 31, 2026.

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