Comparison

Interval Timer vs Takeoff Intervals

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

Takeoff Intervals

Transform written workout instructions into an audible, spoken timer. This app intelligently interprets exercises, rounds, and rest periods, allowing you to review and start your session without looking at your phone.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text to workout timer
  • Understands various workout formats (EMOM, AMRAP, etc.)
  • Spoken cues for exercises
  • Countdown beeps and music integration
  • Apple Watch control and display
  • Handles interruptions like phone calls
Features
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Takeoff Intervals turns a written workout into a timer that talks you through it. Paste the message from your coach, a screenshot, or your own words. The app reads the rounds, exercises, work times, and rest, shows you what it understood, and builds the timer. Check it, tap Start, and put the phone in your pocket. IT UNDERSTANDS HOW COACHES WRITE • Rounds, circuits, EMOMs, AMRAPs, and for-time caps • Per-side exercises run both sides, with time to switch • "Rest as needed" waits for your tap • When a message has several sections, you pick the one to run IT ASKS BEFORE IT ASSUMES • A range like 8-12 becomes a one-tap choice • A missing detail becomes a question you answer in seconds • Anything estimated is marked so you can check it before you start BUILT FOR THE GYM FLOOR • Spoken cues name every exercise, so you can leave the phone in your pocket • Countdown beeps in the last seconds of each interval • Your music keeps playing while the cues dip in and out • Automatic transition time between stations • Rep-based sets hold until you tap done ON YOUR WRIST • Start, pause, and skip from Apple Watch • The current interval and time at a glance • Runs alongside an Apple Workout session, so your rings and heart rate still count A PHONE CALL WON'T RUIN YOUR SESSION • The clock keeps running through the call • After a short call, it catches you up out loud • After a long call, the workout waits exactly where the call caught you FROM TEXT TO TIMER • Paste from Messages, Notes, or email • Dictate a workout; transcription happens on your device • The numbered format most coaches use works offline, and everything else gets an on-device draft you can check No account. No subscription. Your workouts stay on your phone.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Takeoff Intervals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Takeoff Intervals at 5.0 against Interval Timer's 3.8. Takeoff Intervals also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Takeoff Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Takeoff Intervals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update weekly, Takeoff Intervals every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Interval Timer versus Takeoff Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerTakeoff Intervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (28 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇超 朱Takeoff Timer LLC

Customer experience

Interval Timer

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

Takeoff Intervals

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Interval Timer

One-time1
  • UNLIMITED HIIT TIMER$3.99
None

Takeoff Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Takeoff Intervals free?
Takeoff Intervals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Takeoff Intervals?
Takeoff Intervals is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 3.8 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Takeoff Intervals averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Takeoff Intervals have ads?
Neither Interval Timer nor Takeoff Intervals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Takeoff Intervals?
Interval Timer ships an update weekly, and Takeoff Intervals every 2 days. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on October 3, 2026 and Takeoff Intervals on September 30, 2026.

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