Comparison

Interval Timer vs Workout Timer

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

Head to head
About

Interval Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various fitness activities like HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training. Easily set up preparation, work, and rest periods, then save and share your custom workouts. Track your progress with detailed statistics and history.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals
  • HIIT and Tabata timer
  • Workout planning
  • Save and share workouts
  • Workout statistics
  • Workout history
Features
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The Interval Timer is a simple and easy to use workout interval timer (HIIT timer, Stopwatch & Countdown) for your daily fitness training and workout at home, gym and everywhere else. This workout timer is suitable for fitness interval training HIIT/Tabata, interval running (jogging) and other time dependent activities (boxing, circuit training, meditation, breathing exercises, yoga...). it possible to carry out training sessions with preparation time, work time, rest time and number of repetitions. Features: - Intuitive and clear user interface. - Configure exercises with preparation time, work time, rest and number of repetitions - Create your own custom intervals - Group multiple exercises as a plan - Save, load and edit workouts - Share your workouts with friends - Create and load backups of your workouts - Track your progress with the workout statistics - Perfect timer for high intensity interval training (hiit, tabata) - Detailed history and statistics pages to track your progress. - Repeat a previous workout from your history, so you don't need to set it again. Subscription Details: - Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. you will not able to cancel subscriptions once activated. -Privacy policy: http://iglobalapp.com/privacy-policy -Terms of use: http://iglobalapp.com/terms-condition

About

Workout Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for HIIT and Tabata workouts. It offers unlimited timer creation with extensive sound and voice reading options, background notifications, and dark mode. All features are free to use.

Highlights
  • Unlimited timer creation
  • Folder classification
  • High timer setting freedom
  • Variety of sounds and voice readings
  • Favorite color and reading text
  • Background notifications
  • Dark mode
Features
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It's a workout timer app suitable for HIIT and Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited timer creation, folder classification is also possible - High degree of freedom in timer setting (supports rep and unlimited time) - A wide variety of sounds and voice readings (about 100 types of sounds) - Favorite color, reading text - Background notifications - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: workouttimer://

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Workout Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Workout Timer at 80% against Interval Timer's 10%. Workout Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (402 vs 23) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 402 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workout Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Workout Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Interval Timer versus Workout Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerWorkout Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (402 ratings)4.7 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings402 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJyoti ViraniFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings402 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

Workout Timer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Workout Timer?
Workout Timer is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 402 ratings, while Workout Timer averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Workout Timer have ads?
Both Interval Timer and Workout Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Workout Timer?
Interval Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Workout Timer every 4 weeks. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Workout Timer on August 18, 2026.

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