Comparison

RUN interval vs Interval Timer HIIT Workout

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

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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

Interval Timer HIIT Workout

Customize your HIIT and Tabata workouts with this versatile interval timer. Features AI voice cues from celebrity personalities, music integration, and Apple Health syncing. Track your progress and share routines with ease.

Highlights
  • Customizable work/rest periods
  • AI voice cues from celebrity personalities
  • Music integration
  • Apple Health & Apple Watch sync
  • Save and organize workouts
  • Real-time exercise on-screen cues
  • Share workouts with others
Features
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The ultimate Interval Timer for your HIIT Workouts and Tabata training! Our app is the perfect Workout Timer, offering customizable work/rest periods for High Intensity Interval Training, Tabata, Running, Boxing and circuit training. Achieve peak interval performance with our EXCLUSIVE AI Voice Cues (feat. Arnold, Snoop & The Rock) that keep you motivated without interrupting your music! Why this timer? We added voice cues from AI versions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Snoop Dogg, and The Rock. Because honestly, who wouldn't want Arnold yelling "PUMP UP THOSE MUSCLES" between sets when you're still wondering "WTF was I thinking doing this workout"? - CUSTOMIZABLE WORKOUTS: Tailor your interval timer for any HIIT, Tabata, or circuit training session. - MUSIC INTEGRATION. Your music keeps playing while the cues run during your interval timer training - no interruptions. Who are we to judge what you listen to? - AI VOICE QUEUES. Get motivated by AI Arnold, Snoop Dogg, & The Rock for a truly fun workout timer experience. - LOCKED SCREEN MODE. Cues still play even when your phone is locked—because you shouldn't have to keep your screen on. You need to save that battery % for all that social media scrolling. - APPLE HEALTH & APPLE WATCH. Your workouts automatically sync to Apple Health with live heart rate monitoring and heart rate zones right on screen. Start a workout on your iPhone and your Watch joins in automatically. Your calories, duration, and heart rate — all tracked, all saved, zero effort. - SAVE AND ORGANIZE INTERVAL TIMER WORKOUTS. color-coded, named, and ready for quick access. Easiest thing about your workout is going to be starting the timer - the workout itself - not so much. - BIG CLEAR NUMBERS WITH COLOR CODED SCREENS - so you can see your time from a distance. Like across the gym. - REAL TIME EXERCISE ON-SCREEN CUES—enter your exercise names, and they'll show up on-screen during interval timer workouts and announce what's coming next during rest. At that point you may regret adding one extra round. - SHARE WORKOUTS WITH OTHERS – perfect for coaches with clients. Or that friend that needs to lay off donuts and do some serious sweating. Perfect for: - Interval timer training - High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT timer training) - Tabata timer workouts - Circuit training & CrossFit - Boxing/MMA training - Strength training & cardio - Personal trainers & group fitness - Interval timer running - Forcing yourself to take a break while bindge watching Netflix (for real, you can put 40 minutes "work" and 5 minutes "rest"). Again, no judgement zone, you do what you want. Still reading? Just download. See the app for yourself.

Screenshots

RUN interval4 screens
Interval Timer HIIT Workout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RUN interval at none against Interval Timer HIIT Workout's shown. RUN interval also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 67%) and ratings volume (1K vs 332). Interval Timer HIIT Workout's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Interval Timer HIIT Workout sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for RUN interval against 4.8 for Interval Timer HIIT Workout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 332 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of RUN interval's written reviews are positive against 67% of Interval Timer HIIT Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RUN interval ships an update every 3 months, Interval Timer HIIT Workout weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RUN interval versus Interval Timer HIIT Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRUN intervalInterval Timer HIIT Workout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings)4.8 (332 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better332
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAN YOU HEAR ME SOFTWARERoli LLC

Customer experience

RUN interval

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

Interval Timer HIIT Workout

All ratings330 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RUN interval

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

Interval Timer HIIT Workout

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase$19.99

Questions

Is RUN interval free?
RUN interval is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interval Timer HIIT Workout free?
Interval Timer HIIT Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RUN interval or Interval Timer HIIT Workout?
Interval Timer HIIT Workout is rated higher. RUN interval averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Interval Timer HIIT Workout averages 4.8 from 332 ratings.
Do RUN interval or Interval Timer HIIT Workout have ads?
Interval Timer HIIT Workout shows ads; RUN interval does not.
Which is updated more often, RUN interval or Interval Timer HIIT Workout?
RUN interval ships an update every 3 months, and Interval Timer HIIT Workout weekly. Most recently, RUN interval was updated on October 12, 2026 and Interval Timer HIIT Workout on October 9, 2026.

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