Comparison

Interval Timer vs IyalSip

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

IyalSip

Features
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IyalSip makes staying hydrated effortless. Log every glass with a tap, set a daily goal that fits you, and watch your day fill up with a calm, animated water gauge. Simple by design, private by default — no account, no ads, no tracking. Your data never leaves your device. WHY IYALSIP • One-tap logging — quick-add 250 ml, 500 ml, or any custom amount • A beautiful animated water gauge that fills as you drink • Set and adjust your daily goal anytime • Gentle daily reminders so you never forget to sip • Trends view with a clean daily-intake chart • Light & dark themes that follow your system • Available in 12 languages PRIVATE & OFFLINE IyalSip works completely offline. There's no sign-up, no cloud, and no analytics. Everything you log stays on your iPhone — you own your data and decide when to clear it. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Today view with at-a-glance progress and encouragement • Review any past day • Motivating status messages as you approach your goal IYALSIP PRO (optional, one-time unlock) Go deeper with a single purchase — no subscription, no account: • 30, 60 & 90-day trends • Advanced insights — streaks, weekly averages, goal-met rate and your hydration score • Day-of-week patterns to see which days you hydrate best Download IyalSip and build a simple, consistent hydration habit — one sip at a time.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
IyalSip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: IyalSip at none against Interval Timer's shown. IyalSip also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Interval Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and IyalSip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Interval Timer versus IyalSip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerIyalSip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (296 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings296 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiklos PavelJulian Joseph

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

IyalSip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

IyalSip

One-time1
  • IyalSip Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IyalSip free?
IyalSip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Interval Timer or IyalSip have ads?
Interval Timer shows ads; IyalSip does not.

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