Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Workout & Interval Timer

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

Head to head
About

Best Interval Timer

This app helps you manage workout intervals with customizable exercise, rest, and round durations. It provides audio and visual cues to guide you through your training sessions, whether at home, the gym, or outdoors. Perfect for various fitness activities like HIIT, cycling, and weightlifting.

Highlights
  • Customizable exercise, rest, and round durations
  • Audio and visual interval cues
  • Supports HIIT, cycling, running, weightlifting, and more
  • Pause functionality during rest periods
  • Adjustable number of sets and countdown time
Features
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Simple. Beautiful. Effective. • Drag to select duration for exercise, rest, rounds, etc. • Exercise! It's as simple as that. ***Free and reliable. Perfect for use at home, at the track or in the gym. We’re proud to introduce this handy little app that helps you keep track of your work and rest periods during workouts. Whether your into cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA or HIT, this interval timer will prove to be an invaluable asset to you. Running foreground, this reliable app allows you specify an overall time as well as program High/Low intensity interval and rest time between sets. Key Features: - Customizable sets, high/low intensity interval and rest for your own need - Retina display, iOS4 and multitasking Customizable Features: - Number of Sets - Countdown Time - Set Time - Low Interval time - High Interval time - Rest Time - Pause during Rest Features: + Audio and visual hints for exercise periods, rest periods during exercises! Subscription Information: - Remove all ads with a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daturit.github.io/runner_studio/

About

Workout & Interval Timer

This app provides a customizable timer for fitness routines, including Tabata training. Easily set workout durations, intervals, and sets, with options for sound and vibration alerts. Save frequently used timers for quick access.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout intervals
  • Set number of sets
  • Save frequently used timers
  • Sound and vibration alerts
  • Read aloud function
  • Simple and easy interface
Features
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Workout & Interval Timer can be used for fitness or workouts, especially suitable for Tabata Training. You can configure workouts, intervals, and sets. As the interface is easy and simple, you can start it quickly. Functions ■ Timer ・ You can set duration for workouts or intervals from 5 seconds to 59 minutes 55 seconds. ・The number of sets can be set from 1 to 99 sets. ■ Menu ・You can easily register the timer you often use. ・Up to 100 lists can be registered. ■ Sound, Vibration ・You can set on and off respectively. ・In silent mode, sounds aren’t available. ■ Read aloud ・You can set on and off. ・When reading aloud, the workout time and break time that you set are read aloud. ・There is no sound in the silent mode. Sound material: OtoLogic(https://otologic.jp) Sound material: MaouDamashii Please use for simple training or fitness.

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens
Workout & Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Workout & Interval Timer at 4.8 against Best Interval Timer's 3.5. Best Interval Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Best Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Workout & Interval Timer 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

Workout & Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Best Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 85% of Workout & Interval Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 6 days, Workout & Interval Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Best Interval Timer versus Workout & Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Interval TimerWorkout & Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (10 ratings)4.8 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1029 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuang Huy VoMasafumi Negishi

Customer experience

Best Interval Timer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Workout & Interval Timer

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Best Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Support we $4.99/month$4.991 Month
  • Billed yearly$26.991 Year
1 purchases

Workout & Interval Timer

One-time1
  • Hide Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout & Interval Timer free?
Workout & Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best Interval Timer or Workout & Interval Timer?
Workout & Interval Timer is rated higher. Best Interval Timer averages 3.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Workout & Interval Timer averages 4.8 from 29 ratings.
Do Best Interval Timer or Workout & Interval Timer have ads?
Workout & Interval Timer shows ads; Best Interval Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Interval Timer or Workout & Interval Timer?
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 6 days, and Workout & Interval Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Best Interval Timer was updated on October 13, 2026 and Workout & Interval Timer on October 14, 2026.

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