Comparison

Next Up vs Interval Timer Pro+

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

Head to head
About

Next Up

Create and customize interval timers with detailed options for reps, sets, colors, and sounds. Offers flexible display modes, quick actions for navigation, and background notifications. Organize timers with folders and choose between light and dark themes.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals (reps, sets, colors, sounds)
  • Detailed and full-screen display modes
  • Portrait and landscape orientation support
  • Quick actions for navigation and editing
  • Background notifications
  • Timer organization with folders
Features
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Customize Your Intervals, Your Way A fully customizable interval timer: Create your intervals. Specify reps, sets, colours and sounds. Tailor it to your purpose and needs. Minimal design and easy to use. Options for rep-based intervals and images. Display options: Choose to run your timer in a detailed view that auto-scrolls through intervals or a full-screen mode for a larger, easily visible display. Both modes support portrait and landscape orientations. Visual details: In detailed view, running intervals and sets are highlighted, providing a clear visual cue. For intervals with multiple reps, the highlighted area indicates the percentage completed. Set optional background colours on intervals for a visual cue. Light and dark mode versions are available and will adapt to your preferences set on your device. Quick actions: Set an interim interval that will automatically be added between intervals. Optionally, end your timer with the interim interval. Skip or backtrack through intervals using intuitive arrow buttons. Swipe actions allow for easy deletion and duplication of intervals and sets. --- Interval Timer features: • Interval timers: Create timers with unlimited intervals. • Description, Length, and Reps: Set the details of each interval, customizing it to your precise requirements. • Interim Intervals: Quickly set up timers by adding interim intervals that run between each interval. • Interval Sets: Group intervals into sets and specify the desired number of set reps. • Interval Customization: Differentiate intervals with background colors. • Time Display: View countdown of each interval and total remaining time, with an option to display total elapsed time. • Progress and Highlighting: View progress with highlighted current intervals and reps completed. • Start from Any Interval: Choose which interval to start the timer from, providing maximum control. • User-friendly Actions: Effortlessly manage intervals with swipe actions for deletion and duplication. Duplicate button allows for easy copying of intervals, sets, and timers. Arrow buttons enable smooth navigation between intervals. • Background Notifications: Run timers in the background and receive alerts for interval changes and timer completion. • Organize with Folders: Create folders to organize and easily access your timers. • Orientation and Display: Enjoy portrait and landscape orientations, and full-screen mode for a larger timer display. • Light and Dark Mode: Seamlessly switch between light and dark mode to suit your preference. Upgrade features include: • Unlimited timers: Create as many timers as you like. • Sound Options: Enable countdown beeps, set interval/timer sounds, and/or enable text to speech. • Rep-based Intervals: Option to create intervals based on reps instead of time to offer maximum flexibility. • More Interval Customization: Differentiate intervals with images/photos and sounds. • Edit received timers: Flexibility to modify all timers. Subscription - syncing and sharing timers: • Sync and Share: Sync timers across devices and choose to share timers and folders with other users. Sharing via email includes a direct download link and instructions. --- Privacy Policy: https://alysha.dev/interval-timer-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://alysha.dev/interval-timer-terms-of-use

About

Interval Timer Pro+

This app guides you through interval-based workouts, including Tabata and HIIT, with clear instructions for exercises, rest periods, and rounds. It offers workout history and integrates with Apple Watch for calorie and heart rate tracking.

Highlights
  • Simple workout setup
  • Advanced workout creation
  • Exercise naming and warmup
  • Workout history tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Health app integration
Features
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Interval Timer Pro+ is a perfect interval based workouts app to use at your home, outside or gym. Tabata workouts never been easier! This app guides you though exercises, resting and rounds at ease. Time left for current exercise, resting time and what's coming next. Key features: * Simple workout that is ease to set up. * Advanced workouts creation with warmup and exercise naming. * History of your exercises. * If you have an apple watch app will show active calories burned and your heart rate. This app integrates with the Health app. For users that have purchased additional features we show active and total calories collected by apple watch. We also show heart rate when running a workout. Data from Health app is used to display this data.

Screenshots

Next Up4 screens
Interval Timer Pro+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Next Up at 75% against Interval Timer Pro+'s 0%. Next Up also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Next Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Interval Timer Pro+ 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

Next Up holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next Up has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Next Up's written reviews are positive against 0% of Interval Timer Pro+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Up ships an update every 5 weeks, Interval Timer Pro+ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Next Up versus Interval Timer Pro+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext UpInterval Timer Pro+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlysha KwokKarolis Raiselis

Customer experience

Next Up

All ratings2,831 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative17.3%

Interval Timer Pro+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Next Up

Subscriptions1
  • Syncing and Sharing$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Upgrade$2.99
1 purchases

Interval Timer Pro+

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Next Up free?
Next Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interval Timer Pro+ free?
Interval Timer Pro+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Up or Interval Timer Pro+?
Next Up is rated higher. Next Up averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Interval Timer Pro+ averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Next Up or Interval Timer Pro+ have ads?
Neither Next Up nor Interval Timer Pro+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Up or Interval Timer Pro+?
Next Up ships an update every 5 weeks, and Interval Timer Pro+ every 3 months. Most recently, Next Up was updated on October 19, 2026 and Interval Timer Pro+ on October 2, 2026.

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