Boxing Interval Timer vs Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boxing Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various round-based sports and high-intensity interval training. Easily set times and sounds for preparation, rounds, and rest, with visual and auditory alerts to keep you on track during your workouts.
- Configurable sounds and times
- Set preparation, round, and rest intervals
- Inner round alerts
- Color phase indication
- Blinking warning alerts
- Multiple custom profiles
- Screen stays on automatically
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Boxing Interval Timer is a round timer designed for training in any round sport such as Boxing Martial Arts, Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, BJJ, or for any other round timer needs. It’s simple, modern and effective and works well also for HIIT trainings like TABATA, CrossFit. FEATURES: * Fully configurable sounds & times * Set times & sounds for preparation, round, warning, and rest * Inner round alerts * Color indication of phase * Blinking to alert warning * Screen stays on automatically * Works with screen on, or off * Multiple profiles to select * Create custom profile for different sports * Can be used for TABATA, CrossFit and other HIIT exercises * Easy to use Use the timer for when exercising in the gym, running, doing bodyweight exercises, sprints, high-low intensity cycling, boxing, MMA or other martial arts. Even though it says Boxing Interval Timer, you can use it for your TABATA, HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training), CrossFit or circuit training
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
Boxing Interval Timer and Interval Timer both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 59% of Boxing Interval Timer's. Interval Timer also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Boxing Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 246). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Boxing Interval Timer 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Boxing Interval Timer against 4.9 for Interval Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxing Interval Timer has 13K ratings behind it against 246, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Boxing Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Interval Timer's.
Boxing Interval Timer ships an update every 3 months, Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boxing Interval Timer | Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 246 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thang Nguyen | Yosyp Hameliak |
Customer experience
Boxing Interval Timer
Interval Timer
Bugs and requests
Boxing Interval Timer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timer stops when switching apps or locking phone
- Ads interfere with timer functionality
- Inconsistent timer performance (slowing down, stopping)
- Inability to close ads or navigate around them
Requested features
5 requests- Allow timer to run in background
- Add more sound/alert options (e.g. boxing bell, countdown)
- Improve ad placement to avoid interrupting workouts
- Provide more customization options for timer settings
- Implement tracking features (e.g. total time, weekly progress)
Interval Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boxing Interval Timer
- Pro Upgrade$5.99
Interval Timer
- Remove Ads$4.99
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