Comparison

Personal Interval Timer vs Headset

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

Head to head
About

Personal Interval Timer

This app helps you manage timed workouts for sports like boxing, HIIT, and Tabata. It offers customizable presets, workout history tracking, and works with a locked screen and background music. Share your routines with friends and receive voice or bell notifications.

Highlights
  • Works with locked screen
  • Plays with background music
  • Saves custom presets
  • Share workouts with friends
  • History and progress charts
  • Voice or bell notifications
Features
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Simple interface to do sport without wasting time. Personal Interval Timer is good for Boxing, MMA, BJJ, HIIT, Tabata, and any activity with intervals. Features: - Works with the locked phone with a black screen - Works while your music is playing - Saving your customized presets/workouts - Sharing workouts with friends - Shows your history and the progress in charts - Voice or bell notifications

About

Headset

Features
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Headset - Interval Timer is an interval timer, countdown, and stopwatch designed for workouts, training, and everyday activities. Use Headset - Interval Timer as a complete timer on its own, or connect compatible AirPods to control your sessions with simple headset gestures. Create your interval workout by setting the number of rounds, number of exercises, exercise duration, and round duration. Start the timer and focus on your session without constantly checking the screen. Every interval timer you start is saved to your history. Return to previous workouts, reuse your configurations, and check statistics from past sessions. For simpler time tracking, use the countdown or stopwatch. Countdown sessions are also saved to history, so you can quickly access timers you've used before. AirPods controls make it easier to manage your timer while staying focused on your activity. Use headset gestures to control the interval timer, countdown, or stopwatch during gym workouts, interval training, dance practice, stretching, and other activities. The Gestures Playground lets you test gesture detection and find the setup that works best for you. You can choose what you want to control from your headphones and assign actions to available gestures. Customize your sessions with sound and haptic feedback. Enable a sound for the final 3 seconds of an interval or countdown, add a separate notification at the halfway point, and use haptics to follow your timing without watching the screen. Key features: - Custom interval timer - Rounds and exercises - Exercise and round duration settings - Timer history and session statistics - Reusable timer configurations - Countdown with history - Stopwatch - AirPods gesture controls - Customizable headset actions - Gestures Playground - 3-second countdown sound - Halfway point notification - Haptic feedback Whether you're doing HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, strength workouts, dance practice, stretching, or creating your own interval routine, Headset - Interval Timer gives you the flexibility to set up your session the way you want. Terms of Use: headsettimer.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: headsettimer.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Personal Interval Timer4 screens
Headset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Headset at weekly against Personal Interval Timer's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Personal Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Headset sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Personal Interval Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Headset weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Personal Interval Timer versus Headset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal Interval TimerHeadset
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexApps.Net CoMemory Squared

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Personal Interval Timer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99
2 purchases

Headset

Subscriptions1
  • 1 year$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Personal Interval Timer free?
Personal Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Headset free?
Headset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Personal Interval Timer or Headset have ads?
Both Personal Interval Timer and Headset show ads.
Which is updated more often, Personal Interval Timer or Headset?
Personal Interval Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, and Headset weekly. Most recently, Personal Interval Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Headset on October 5, 2026.

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