Comparison

Interval Timer vs Best Interval Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Interval Timer

This professional and easy-to-use interval timer allows for customizable circuit training plans with voice prompts and background operation. It supports music integration and Apple Health, making it ideal for various fitness routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable training plans
  • Smart voice prompts
  • Automatic music playback
  • Background operation
  • Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Congratulations! You have found the most professional and easy-to-use Interval Timer in App Store. This is different from those with complex operation or gaudy functions. It is easy to set up all kinds of circuit training plans. You can custom your exercise library, adjust theirs duration flexibly, and the dial interface is the settings page that allows you to complete most of the normal operations. WYSIWYG! Next time you work out, maybe you’d like to try this practical voice coach fitness app! This app also has more powerful and practical functions. It includes warm-up, cold-down, recover and work out sessions, and also theirs duration can be changed flexibly. It can change the music automatically during your workout if you have subscribed the apple music service. This app is suitable for personal trainers, fitness enthusiasts, bodybuilders, athletes, home exerciser and etc. Use with HIIT, Tabata, weight training, kettlebells, HIIT running, sprints, HIIT treadmill, and any interval fitness training. Help to establish a scientific, systematic, based on your characteristics and personalized training program and maximize your workout are all we can do. Depends on no equipment and exercise anywhere or anytime! Hope you enjoy it. AT A GLANCE: + Easy to customize you training plan + Smart voice prompts + Automatically play and change music + prompts the next workout name + Fully customizable times, cycles and repeats + Can run in the background + Clean and smart design + Great on iphone X + Support Siri ("Hey Siri, start a workout using Fit Now") + Support Apple Watch, Standalone Apple Watch workouts. Leave your iPhone at home! + Apple Health integration MORE INFORMATION: • Easy Customize Touch what you want to change to set work time, rest time, cycles, repeats, warm up time and cooldown time. Stopwatchs can be set in 1 second increments up to 60 minutes! • Customize your training plan You can custom every single attribute like moves and its duration, and accordingly the voice system will prompts you what the next move is. • Smart voice prompts system this app will alerts you when it is time to work, rest, warmup or cooldown, even when this app is running in the background. You can preset your workout names for per cycle, and this app will call out them while the timer begins working. You can turn off the voice prompts, and choose the vibration mode. • Automatically play music this app allows you to set different playlists for each of the work duration, rest duration, warm up duration and cool down duration, and is easy to change the currently playing song in iPhone control center. Or you can just choose any music app you like, this app supports multitasking. • Runs in the background When the timer starts working, you can lock screen and run it in the background, and have it play voice prompts. Once your training plan ends, it won't run in the background any more, in case of more battery drain.

About

Best Interval Timer

This app helps you manage workout intervals with customizable exercise, rest, and round durations. It provides audio and visual cues to guide you through your training sessions, whether at home, the gym, or outdoors. Perfect for various fitness activities like HIIT, cycling, and weightlifting.

Highlights
  • Customizable exercise, rest, and round durations
  • Audio and visual interval cues
  • Supports HIIT, cycling, running, weightlifting, and more
  • Pause functionality during rest periods
  • Adjustable number of sets and countdown time
Features
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Simple. Beautiful. Effective. • Drag to select duration for exercise, rest, rounds, etc. • Exercise! It's as simple as that. ***Free and reliable. Perfect for use at home, at the track or in the gym. We’re proud to introduce this handy little app that helps you keep track of your work and rest periods during workouts. Whether your into cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA or HIT, this interval timer will prove to be an invaluable asset to you. Running foreground, this reliable app allows you specify an overall time as well as program High/Low intensity interval and rest time between sets. Key Features: - Customizable sets, high/low intensity interval and rest for your own need - Retina display, iOS4 and multitasking Customizable Features: - Number of Sets - Countdown Time - Set Time - Low Interval time - High Interval time - Rest Time - Pause during Rest Features: + Audio and visual hints for exercise periods, rest periods during exercises! Subscription Information: - Remove all ads with a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daturit.github.io/runner_studio/

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Best Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Best Interval Timer at 100% against Interval Timer's 67%. Interval Timer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (3.8 vs 3.5). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Best Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Best Interval Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update weekly, Best Interval Timer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Interval Timer versus Best Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerBest Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (28 ratings) — better3.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better10
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇超 朱Quang Huy Vo

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Best Interval Timer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Interval Timer

One-time1
  • UNLIMITED HIIT TIMER$3.99
2 purchases

Best Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Support we $4.99/month$4.991 Month
  • Billed yearly$26.991 Year

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Best Interval Timer?
Interval Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 3.8 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Best Interval Timer averages 3.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Best Interval Timer have ads?
Neither Interval Timer nor Best Interval Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Best Interval Timer?
Interval Timer ships an update weekly, and Best Interval Timer every 6 days. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Best Interval Timer on October 13, 2026.

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