Interval Timer vs HIIT Beat Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable work and rest intervals
- Sound cues for phase transitions
- Background operation
- Landscape mode support
- Save custom routines
- Workout reminders
- Clear phase color indicators
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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/
HIIT Beat Timer
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HIIT Beat Timer is a HIIT interval timer that leads your workout with BPM-synced beat audio. 【Auto BPM Switch for Every Phase】 High BPM during work, low BPM during rest — fully automatic. Move to the beat and naturally master intensity control through auditory-motor synchronization. 【Key Features】 • Set Work and Rest BPM freely (60–200 BPM) • Fine-tune sets, work duration, and rest duration • Save presets — no setup needed each time • 3-2-1 countdown audio so you know phase switches before they happen • 10-second PREPARE phase before your workout starts • Binaural beats (Beta waves during work, Theta waves during rest) • Premium version for an ad-free experience 【Workout History】 Review past sessions on a calendar to stay motivated and keep your streak going. 【Perfect For】 • Anyone who wants to make HIIT a habit at home or the gym • Workouts that fall apart without music or rhythm • People who want a simple, no-confusion timer • Protocols like Tabata, 30/30, EMOM, and more No playlist needed. Just open the app and start. The BPM beat leads your workout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HIIT Beat Timer at 13.0 against Interval Timer's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and HIIT Beat Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Interval Timer | HIIT Beat Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (297 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Miklos Pavel | arai.me |
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
HIIT Beat Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Interval Timer
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Custom sounds$1.99
- Premium features$4.99
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- Premium features$9.99
- Premium features$14.99
HIIT Beat Timer
- Premium Plan$3.99
Questions
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