Interval Timer vs IntervalSmith
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/
IntervalSmith
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IntervalSmith is a precision interval timer built around the way you actually train. Stack warm-up, exercise, rest, and cool-down stages into unlimited sections, set repeats per section, and let the app run the clock while you run the workout. BUILD YOUR WORKOUT Create any interval structure in seconds. Add multiple sections, each with its own stages and repeat count. Need rest between rounds? Set it once — IntervalSmith handles the math automatically. AUDIO & HAPTIC CUES Never miss a transition. Distinct tones mark each stage type, a 3-2-1 countdown ticks before every change, and an optional halfway alert helps you pace yourself. Everything works through your headphones. APPLE WATCH (Pro) Run your workout from your wrist. The Watch app mirrors your full interval structure with a smooth progress ring and live countdown — staying accurate even when your wrist is down. Always On Display compatible. TEMPLATE LIBRARY (Pro) Browse ready-made workouts — Tabata, AMRAP, EMOM, strength circuits, yoga flows, and more — and add them to your library with one tap. IMPORT & EXPORT (Pro) Share workouts with training partners or back them up. Export any workout as a file and import from other IntervalSmith users. HEALTHKIT (Pro) Save every session to Apple Health automatically. Workouts are classified by activity type — running, yoga, strength training, cycling, and more — so your rings close and your stats stay accurate. WORKOUT HISTORY (Pro) Every session is logged with completion time, duration, and whether you finished. FREE & PRO IntervalSmith is free with unlimited custom workouts. Upgrade to Pro with a single one-time purchase — no subscriptions, no recurring fees — to unlock the Watch app, full history, Template Library and Import & Export. Pro includes Family Sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: IntervalSmith at none against Interval Timer's shown. IntervalSmith also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Interval Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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 IntervalSmith sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, IntervalSmith every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interval Timer | IntervalSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (297 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Miklos Pavel | Frank Fattizzi |
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
IntervalSmith
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
IntervalSmith
- IntervalSmith Pro$4.99
Questions
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