Next Up vs NextSet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
NextSet
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Keep a short rest from turning into a long scroll. NextSet is a rest timer for workouts organized into sets. • Choose 30 seconds to 10 minutes of rest and start the countdown after each set. • Get interval reminders every 30 or 60 seconds, with at most two extra reminders after rest ends. Optional system alarms require separate permission. • See the countdown on your Lock Screen and supported Dynamic Island. Start the next set or add 30 seconds directly. • Optional app limits: restrict selected apps or websites during training, make them available during rest, and share a 1- or 2-minute usage allowance each round. Requires individual Screen Time authorization. • Release limits for the current workout at any time while timing continues. Finishing clears this app's restrictions. • Use the paired Apple Watch to start rest, extend it, begin your next set or confirm finishing. Start on iPhone and keep it connected. Wrist taps work while the watch app is active; background reminders use the iPhone system alarm. • Keep your last 30 workouts on device and create a share image showing total duration, all rest and recorded sets. • English and Simplified Chinese follow system or app language settings. No account, ads or in-app purchases. Timing starts with your actions. NextSet does not detect every unlock or lock the whole phone. Screen Time measures selected-item usage separately from the rest timer; system callbacks may be delayed. Extending rest does not add an allowance. Notifications depend on notification and Focus settings. Sets are recorded by your taps. Total duration includes rest. Extra rest is not phone usage, and share images do not claim whole-phone usage or a phone-use score. NextSet does not record heart rate, start a HealthKit workout or provide medical advice. Choose rest durations that suit your training.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextSet at none against Next Up's 2. NextSet also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). Next Up's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Next Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. NextSet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Next Up ships an update every 5 weeks, NextSet daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Up | NextSet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alysha Kwok | 少鹏 冯 |
In-app purchases
Next Up
- Syncing and Sharing$3.991 Month
- Upgrade$2.99
NextSet
No in-app purchases









