Simple Pacer vs HIIT Dual Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Pacer
This tool quickly calculates pace, distance, or time for running and walking. It offers a custom keyboard for fast adjustments and supports both metric and imperial units. Unlock additional themes with an in-app purchase.
- Calculate pace, distance, or time
- Metric and imperial unit support
- Custom keyboard for quick adjustments
- Offline functionality
- Multiple themes (dark modes included)
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Simple Pacer is an incredibly fast and dynamic tool for calculating your pace, distance or time for running or walking. Simple Pacer will make tedious run calculations easy and fast. • Easily switch between solving for PACE, DISTANCE and TIME • No internet or cellular connection required • Supports metric and imperial units • Custom keyboard made specifically for quick adjustments • Four different themes (including two dark modes), after unlocking the app with an in-app purchase.
HIIT Dual Timer
This interval timer allows you to set custom durations for work and rest periods, and then repeat them for a specified number of rounds. It's designed for high-intensity interval training and other timed activities.
- Customizable work intervals
- Customizable rest intervals
- Set number of rounds
- Simple start and go functionality
- Ideal for HIIT workouts
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Want to do a workout for 30 seconds, and then rest for 15 seconds and repeat? This is the dual timer you have been looking for. It can be used for many different things. Set your first timers seconds and minutes. Second timers seconds and minutes. Finally set the number of "rounds" or times the two timers run. then just press go.. and do your thing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Pacer at 67% against HIIT Dual Timer's 0%. Simple Pacer also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). HIIT Dual Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Simple Pacer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HIIT Dual Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Pacer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Pacer has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Simple Pacer's written reviews are positive against 0% of HIIT Dual Timer's.
Simple Pacer ships an update monthly, HIIT Dual Timer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Pacer | HIIT Dual Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geof Crowl | BWorby Works |
Customer experience
Simple Pacer
HIIT Dual Timer
In-app purchases
Simple Pacer
- Additional Tip$0.99
- Tip To Unlock$1.99
HIIT Dual Timer
No in-app purchases
