Comparison

Interval Timer X Workout Timer vs Plankstar

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

Head to head
About

Interval Timer X Workout Timer

This versatile timer helps you structure workouts, manage daily tasks, and achieve fitness goals. Customize routines, track progress with visual cues, and stay motivated with customizable sounds. Ideal for HIIT, Tabata, yoga, and more.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Standalone interval timer/counter
  • Routine combination feature
  • Customizable warning sounds
  • Intuitive interface with dark mode
  • Background usage support
  • Workout summary and history
Features
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Crafted with precision and simplicity, this interval/workout timer is designed for individuals who want to take control of their daily routines and achieve optimal results. Whether you're looking to build a custom workout routine or streamline your daily tasks, this interval timer is the perfect tool to help you reach your goals. Interval Timer features: • Customizable Routines: Setting up and saving your own routines has never been easier with our customizable function. • Multiple Functions: For simpler routines, access standalone interval timer/counter functions that can track every aspect of your workout. • Combination of routines: By combining existing routings, the combination feature has got you covered for all your interval tracking needs. • Warning Sound Setting: Stay on track during your workout with a warning sound that can be customized for circuit training, boxing, sprints, and more. • Intuitive Interface: The interface is simple and attractive with light and dark modes available to suit your preferences. Large display and colored progress bars enable you to track your workout from a distance. • Landscape Mode: The landscape mode provides an optional main display and a full-screen progress bar, making it even easier to track your progress. • Alarm Sounds: Choose from multiple alarm sounds including beep, boxing bell, singing bowl, and voice, to stay motivated throughout your workout. • Background Usage: Our app works seamlessly even when running in the background or when background music is on. • Summary after workout: Get a clear and simple summary of your sets and time when your workout is finished. • Calendar and Notification Feature: Use the calendar and notification function to plan your workouts in advance. • History: Help you track and improve your workouts. • Multiple Languages: The app supports multiple voice languages to cater to our global user base. Interval Timer Premium Features: • Export and Import: Easily export and import your custom routines and calendar. • Unlimited Routine Combinations: The premium version offers unlimited routine combinations, so you can create and save as many custom routines as you like. • Advanced Timer Settings: With more custom timer settings, including preparation time, cycle interval time, warning sound time, sound type for each event, and the ability to add short notes, you can fully customize your workout to suit your individual needs. • Customizable Notifications: The premium version also allows you to customize notification titles and content. This Interval Timer app is the perfect tool for anyone looking to optimize their daily routine and achieve their goals, whether you're into physical exercise, workouts, yoga, or meditation. Here are just a few examples of how our app can benefit you: - Physical Exercise: Keep track of your gym workouts, interval running, CrossFit training, and more with ease. - HIIT and Tabata: The app is specifically designed to track high-intensity interval training and Tabata workouts, helping you stay on track and achieve your fitness goals. - Yoga and Meditation: Use the app to time your yoga sessions or meditation practice and stay focused and motivated throughout your practice. - Productivity: Stay focused during your study sessions, reading time, or cooking with our Pomodoro clock functionality. - Personal Routines: Whether you're looking to optimize your daily routine or create a custom interval training plan, our app has got you covered. Take your workouts to the next level and achieve your goals with the Interval Timer X Workout Timer app. Try it today and experience the benefits for yourself!

About

Plankstar

This app helps you track and improve your plank workouts with various timer modes, voice guidance, and detailed statistics. It automatically records your progress and allows you to share achievements. Unlock premium features and remove ads with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Plank timer with goal, max time, and set modes
  • Voice guidance and sound effects
  • Automatic workout recording
  • Workout calendar and statistics
  • Customizable challenges
  • Apple Health integration
  • Social sharing
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PlankStar is an app that tracks various types of plank exercises. ◉ Plank timer with various methods • Goal Time: You can do a goal time plank. • Max Time: Measure plank time without time limit. • Sets: You can create a routine with a set time and rest time for each set. • Advanced set settings: You can create more detailed routines by setting the time and rest time for each set. ◉ Voice guidance and sound effects • Voice Guidance: You can hear preparations, workouts, completions, and more by voice. • Sound Effects: You can change the clock sound. ◉ Automatic workout recording • Automatically records workout date, duration, maximum set time, time per set, rest time, all-time high time, calories, and more. ◉ Workout Calendar • You can check the exercise day on the calendar. ◉ Statistics • You can view statistics such as daily, monthly and yearly workouts, time, and calories burned. • You can easily check the exercise time for each period in a graph. • You can view the exercise list and details for each period. ◉ Challenge • You can create your own goal time to challenge yourself and manage your workout records. ◉ Save on Apple Health • Record your workout results in Apple Health, read your profile information from Apple Health and use it to calculate calories. ◉ Share • You can share your workout history as an image on social media or messenger on the workout completion screen and workout details screen. ◉ Dark Mode • Reduces battery consumption and reduces glare. ◉ Support • If you have any questions or suggestions, please send them through Settings > App Information > Inquiries and Suggestions in the app and we will do our best to answer them. ◉ Premium • Remove ads and use premium features through in-app purchases. Terms of use: http://waneelab.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Interval Timer X Workout Timer at 94% against Plankstar's 29%. Interval Timer X Workout Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (686 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Interval Timer X Workout Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Plankstar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interval Timer X Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer X Workout Timer has 686 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Interval Timer X Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 29% of Plankstar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer X Workout Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Plankstar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Interval Timer X Workout Timer versus Plankstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval Timer X Workout TimerPlankstar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (686 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews93.7% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings686 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer世恬 颜Youngwan Choi

Customer experience

Interval Timer X Workout Timer

All ratings672 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

Plankstar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Interval Timer X Workout Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Interval set index display issue
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Audio ducking for music playback
  • Voice countdown
  • Ability to store custom settings automatically
  • Vibration option in addition to audio

Plankstar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Interval Timer X Workout Timer

One-time1
  • Interval Timer X Premium$6.99
3 purchases

Plankstar

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Interval Timer X Workout Timer free?
Interval Timer X Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plankstar free?
Plankstar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer X Workout Timer or Plankstar?
Interval Timer X Workout Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer X Workout Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 686 ratings, while Plankstar averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Interval Timer X Workout Timer or Plankstar have ads?
Both Interval Timer X Workout Timer and Plankstar show ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer X Workout Timer or Plankstar?
Interval Timer X Workout Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Plankstar every 3 months. Most recently, Interval Timer X Workout Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Plankstar on September 17, 2026.

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