Workout Timer vs Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Folder classification
- High timer setting freedom
- Variety of sounds and voice readings
- Favorite color and reading text
- Background notifications
- Dark mode
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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://
Interval Timer
This interval timer is designed for HIIT and interval training. Easily set work and rest periods, sets, and rounds to guide your workouts. It supports background operation and music playback, with an Apple Watch companion app for heart rate monitoring.
- Customizable work and rest periods
- Set number of sets and rounds
- Background operation support
- Music playback compatibility
- Apple Watch integration
- Heart rate monitoring (Apple Watch)
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This app is handy interval timer that helps you keep track of your work and rest periods during your HIIT interval training and workouts. The application is very easy to use, enter the Work, Rest, Sets, Rounds and start workout. You can listen to music during workouts or use the timer in the background. There is also app on the Apple Watch that will allow you to monitor your heart rate during workouts. Apple Watch app features: - iCloud sync with iPhone - integration with the Health app - monitoring heart rate during workouts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Timer at none against Interval Timer's 1. Workout Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Interval Timer's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and ratings volume (246 vs 23). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 246 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Interval Timer's.
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 246 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Yosyp Hameliak |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Interval Timer
- Remove Ads$4.99
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