Interval Timer vs Timer for HIIT training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interval Timer
This advanced workout timer app features a clear, customizable layout perfect for timing various training styles like Tabata, HIIT, and Circuit Training. It offers text-to-speech interval announcements and background operation, ensuring seamless use during workouts.
- Tabata, HIIT, Circuit & Compound timer types
- Text to speech interval announcements
- Customizable colors
- Background operation
- Lockable display
- Vibrations
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You have found it. The most advanced workout timer app available is now before you. A clear easy to read layout with hundreds of possible setting combinations make this the perfect app to time your workout. Whether you are doing Tabata, HIIT, or Circuit Training this app has you covered. Features: - Tabata, HIIT, Circuit & Compound timer types - Text to speech interval/exercise announcements - Customizable colors - Works well while music is playing from the same device - Runs in the background or when screen is locked - Lockable display - Vibrations Run the app in the foreground, background or with device locked. Text to speech interval announcements will tell you exactly what you need to do. Now go get to work!
Timer for HIIT training
This interval training app helps you manage your workouts for various activities like cycling, running, weightlifting, and HIIT. It offers customizable timers for sets, repetitions, and pauses, with visual cues to guide your sessions.
- Customizable time settings
- Customizable number of series
- Customizable number of repetitions
- Pause and resume sessions
- Visual cue screen color changes
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This app is an awesome training timer, whether you're working on cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA or HIIT, this interval timer will prove to be an invaluable asset for your HIIT interval training. This app can be used as HIIT timer, tabata timer, round timer, and anything else about interval training you want to track. Tabata timer is a full featured, easy to use Tabata timer Crossfit HIIT Interval training, kettle bells, running, cycling, or any interval fitness training. FEATURES: * Customize all time settings * Customize number of series * Customize number of repetitions * pause and resume session * screen changecolor for visual cue
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timer for HIIT training at 4.7 against Interval Timer's 3.9. Timer for HIIT training also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). Interval Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 37 months). On price, ratings volume 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer for HIIT training asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timer for HIIT training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Timer for HIIT training's.
Interval Timer ships an update weekly, Timer for HIIT training every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interval Timer | Timer for HIIT training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Vanderhoff | Sergio Musoles Tornador |
Customer experience
Interval Timer
Timer for HIIT training
In-app purchases
Interval Timer
- Timer Pro$4.99
Timer for HIIT training
No in-app purchases
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