Comparison

RUN interval vs PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals

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

Head to head
About

RUN interval

This app simplifies interval and Fartlek running by allowing you to set custom targets for time or distance during hard, easy, and rest efforts. It offers detailed post-run summaries, audio and visual feedback, and an Apple Watch app for enhanced training.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval sessions
  • Time and distance targets
  • Distance Goal option
  • Audio and visual feedback
  • Detailed run summaries
  • Apple Watch app
  • Strava sharing
Features
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Easily set up and record your Interval and Fartlek running sessions. With the flexibility of using time and/or distance as interval targets for your "Hard", "Easy" and "Rest" efforts. The simple but highly configurable interface on your phone and watch will have you running sooner. Now with a Distance Goal option for your session. Along with great audio and visual feedback, detailed post-run summary, share your runs to Strava, and a full-featured Apple Watch app. You can also record your regular runs with voice-over calling out distance and pace feedback. Key Features: • Easily create flexible custom interval sessions. • Utilize three effort targets "Hard", "Easy" and "Rest" in each set, targeting time or distance (meters or miles). • You can "Skip" any of the three efforts to create flexible sets, like building a progressive intervals session. • NEW: Set a Distance Goal for your session, that repeats the sets from the start until the distance has been reached. • Set a Warm-Up and Warm-Down timer or distance around your session. • Clear and easily glanceable visuals and audio prompts, including vibrations. • Voice-over prompts to save you from looking at the screen, great for iPhone or headphone users. • Voice-over prompts include the upcoming intervals effort and time/distance amount, and your last intervals average pace and heart rate. • Full-featured Apple Watch App! • Heart Rate Zones! (see description below) • Indoor Mode, no GPS, for treadmill running. • Sound Mode, for normal, discrete or silent audio prompts on your watch. • Vibration feedback on both the phone and watch. • Detailed run summary, showing pace for hard and easy efforts. • The run summary also includes interval breakdown, distance breakdown and heart rate details. • Play music or podcasts while running and still hear the audio prompts. • Sharing. Share a summary photo with your friends. • Private data. We don’t send any of your data to a server or share it with anyone. Session Types: • Normal Run – Record a normal run, long or short. • Record Intervals – If you run with a group or do an undefined session, then use the Record Interval option. It allows you to manually change between "Hard" and "Easy" reps, allowing you to record your session. • Custom Intervals – Our fully flexible intervals that allow you to use time and/or distance for the efforts. Add multiple intervals sets together to create the session you want. Sharing: From the summary screen, you can share your runs with friends or across social media. If you want to share directly with friends or across other social media, you can share a summary image with the details of your run. Heart Rate Zones: (Apple Watch Only) Zones are displayed as grouped percentages of your maximum heart rate. Giving you an indication of your current work rate based on your current heart rate. Just enter your maximum workout heart rate into our Settings screen and they will display on your Watch the next time you run. Zone 1: Very Light Effort 50-60% (Gray) Zone 2: Light Effort 60-70% (Blue) Zone 3: Moderate Effort 70-80% (Green) Zone 4: Hard Effort 80-90% (Yellow) Zone 5: Maximum Effort 90-100% (Red) Privacy: We don’t want to know where you have run, that's for you to worry about. We don’t send any of your data to a server or share it with anyone you don't want too. We keep your running records safe in Apple Health so you have control. Apple Heath gives you the control over who accesses your data. We only write and read the data we record from your running. Feedback: And because we don't send any data to a server, we need you to send us feedback and suggestions. Hit the Support link below or visit our website to contact us.

About

PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals

This app offers customizable interval timers for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and Tabata workouts. Track your heart rate in real-time and create distance-based intervals. Save your favorite workout profiles for quick access.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval and rest times
  • Real-time heart rate plotting
  • Distance-based interval training
  • Save unlimited workout profiles
  • Clear visual countdown and progress
  • Sound alerts for interval changes
Features
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TIMER CUSTOMISATION You choose: ◦ Number of sets ◦ Number of reps ◦ Interval length ◦ Amount of rest (automatic / manual options) ◦ Interval profile (longest first, shortest first, longest in the middle or all the same length) HEART RATE Beautiful real-time heart rate plotting: ◦ Add heart rate tracking using a bluetooth monitor ◦ See current heart rate, as well as min and max rates for the whole session ◦ Heart rate history plots against intervals as your timer runs ◦ Create a HIIT profile to easily work out your max HR NOT JUST A TIMER Distance too! ◦ As well as timed active intervals, PyramidTimer gives supports distance-based intervals too ◦ Train those 400m intervals anywhere, or 1000m, or 400-300-200, or... well you get the idea! ◦ Rest timer begins automatically as soon as you've completed the interval distance ◦ Rest time is fully customisable - you choose either fix a duration or choose an automatic amount relative to interval distance (the proportion is customisable) ◦ Combined with heart rate tracking you can easily work out your max HR using 8x20s sprints FAVOURITE PROFILES No need to define your favourite timer for every workout: ◦ Save unlimited timer profiles ◦ Load profiles in an instant ◦ Your last used profile will re-load automatically next time INTERFACE Enjoy: ◦ Crystal clear timer countdown for current interval ◦ Red/blue (go/rest) interval representation - higher bars are longer intervals ◦ Progress animation for current interval ◦ Boop sound at start and end of each active interval (won't interrupt your music) ◦ Total session time remaining countdown SUPER EASY TO USE For your convenience: ◦ Create your timer profile with interactive sliders ◦ Helper information available for every setting - you can't go wrong ◦ Visual representation of your session updates in real-time as you set it up - no guess work or nasty surprises, you know exactly what your timer will be ◦ Green indicator moves to show current interval ◦ Pause any time HEALTH BENEFITS Get fit fast! ◦ Varying length intervals in Pyramid Timer allow you to work different muscle groups and energy systems all in the same session, getting you the sporting edge faster. ◦ Do short HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) ◦ Long endurance sessions ◦ Tabata ◦ ...and everything in between! ENJOY!

Screenshots

RUN interval4 screens
PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RUN interval at 4.7 against PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals's 3.6. RUN interval also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 5). PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. RUN interval sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RUN interval holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RUN interval has 1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of RUN interval's written reviews are positive against 73% of PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RUN interval ships an update every 3 months, PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RUN interval versus PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRUN intervalPyramidTimer HIIT Intervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAN YOU HEAR ME SOFTWARESimon Moss

Customer experience

RUN interval

All ratings1,003 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative17.3%

PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RUN interval

One-time2
  • The full RUN interval$1.99
  • The full RUN interval$3.99
1 purchases

PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals

One-time1
  • Enhanced Version$1.99

Questions

Is RUN interval free?
RUN interval is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals free?
PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RUN interval or PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals?
RUN interval is rated higher. RUN interval averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals averages 3.6 from 5 ratings.
Do RUN interval or PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals have ads?
Neither RUN interval nor PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RUN interval or PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals?
RUN interval ships an update every 3 months, and PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals weekly. Most recently, RUN interval was updated on September 25, 2026 and PyramidTimer HIIT Intervals on June 9, 2026.

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