Workout Timer Essential vs Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Timer Essential
A streamlined workout timer designed for simplicity and essential functionality. It offers a clean, bicolor interface and integrates with HealthKit for Apple Watch workout data. Support the developer with an optional in-app purchase to remove ads.
- Essential bicolor layout
- HealthKit integration
- Apple Watch workout functions
- Streamlined design
- Optional ad removal
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Hi, my name is Alessandro, 23yo from Italy. I've been going to the gym since I was a teen and I've tried pretty much all the gym apps in the App Store, both paid and not. Nothing worked. They were either cluttered messes, no longer maintained, terribly designed or simply not working anymore. So I've set out to design my own, targeting the latest Apple hardware and Development Kit, sticking to the true simplicity of a bicolor, essential layout. I decided to share it with you, for free, with a small in app purchase to remove ads if you want to support the development, hoping you'll enjoy it as much as I do. Thank you.This App integrates with Health Kit to use the Workout functions in your Apple Watch.
Interval Timer
This interval timer is designed for HIIT and interval training. Easily set work and rest periods, sets, and rounds to guide your workouts. It supports background operation and music playback, with an Apple Watch companion app for heart rate monitoring.
- Customizable work and rest periods
- Set number of sets and rounds
- Background operation support
- Music playback compatibility
- Apple Watch integration
- Heart rate monitoring (Apple Watch)
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This app is handy interval timer that helps you keep track of your work and rest periods during your HIIT interval training and workouts. The application is very easy to use, enter the Work, Rest, Sets, Rounds and start workout. You can listen to music during workouts or use the timer in the background. There is also app on the Apple Watch that will allow you to monitor your heart rate during workouts. Apple Watch app features: - iCloud sync with iPhone - integration with the Health app - monitoring heart rate during workouts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interval Timer at 4.9 against Workout Timer Essential's 2.7. Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). Workout Timer Essential's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Workout Timer Essential sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 246 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Workout Timer Essential's written reviews are positive against 84% of Interval Timer's.
Workout Timer Essential ships an update every 16 months, Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer Essential | Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 246 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Pettazzoni | Yosyp Hameliak |
Customer experience
Workout Timer Essential
Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Workout Timer Essential
- Ads Removal$0.99
Interval Timer
- Remove Ads$4.99
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