The Garage Chicago vs Ntrval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Garage Chicago
Access strength, conditioning, and rebuilding programs with this app. Book group classes or personal training sessions, track your progress, and stay connected with the community. Explore various class types for different fitness goals.
- Class booking and management
- Progress tracking
- Real-time updates and alerts
- Community connection
- Personal training access
- Multiple class types
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The Garage Chicago App – Group Classes. Personal Training. Community. Your all-access pass to strength, conditioning, and rebuilding—right at your fingertips. Book classes, track progress, and stay locked in with everything happening at The Garage and The Apartment. The Garage is built for strength and endurance, featuring HEAVY AF, STRONG X, and HYBRID classes. Need a more personalized approach? Personal Training is available to help you level up. The Apartment is your space for rebuiding and mobility, offering infrared-heated yoga and movement-based sessions, including HOT AF, FLOW X, CHILL, and VIBES. GARAGE RUN CLUB – A free 5K for all paces, every Monday morning. What You Get: Easy Booking – Reserve and manage your classes in seconds. Progress Tracking – Stay on top of your training and recovery. Real-Time Updates – Get alerts on schedule changes, events, and exclusive offers. Community Connection – Stay plugged in with #TeamGarage. Train. Recover. Repeat. Download The Garage Chicago app now and get after it.
Ntrval Timer
Design custom interval timers with work/rest periods, rounds, and visual cues. Build complete workouts from exercises, schedule training, and display timers on a large screen. It's designed for efficient training, from quick sessions to coached classes.
- Customizable interval timers
- Workout builder with exercises
- Per-interval names and colors
- Glanceable display
- Workout scheduling
- TV display mode
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Ntrval is an interval timer built for how people actually train — fast to set up, clear to read across the room, and flexible enough for everything from a quick Tabata to a full coached session. Design a timer in seconds: set your work and rest intervals, rounds, colors, and sound cues, then hit start. Or build a complete workout from your own exercises and let Ntrval generate the timing for you. CUSTOM INTERVAL TIMERS • Work and rest intervals, rounds, and structure your way • Per-interval names, colors, and sound cues • A big, glanceable display you can read mid-set • Countdown beeps, transition cues, and vibration WORKOUT BUILDER • Build sessions from stations and exercises • Warm-ups and finishers • Timing generated automatically from your workout • Save workouts as reusable templates EXERCISE LIBRARY • Keep your movements, equipment, and notes in one place • Attach video links for form reference PLAN YOUR WEEK • Schedule timers and workouts on a calendar • Keep your training organized from anywhere RUN IT ON THE BIG SCREEN • A clean, full-screen TV display mode — AirPlay or screen-mirror to a TV for gyms, studios, and group classes ALSO INCLUDED • Stopwatch and alarms • Works offline — your timer runs even without a connection • No ads. No tracking. Whether you train at home, coach clients, or program classes for a studio, Ntrval keeps the timer out of your way so you can focus on the work. — PLANS Ntrval is free for core interval timers, stopwatch, and alarms. Optional annual subscriptions unlock more: • Basic — $19.99/year: the training calendar • Pro — $39.99/year: the workout builder, exercise library, templates, and sharing • Business — $79.99/year: everything in Pro, plus the commercial Display Board for gym TVs Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. You can manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://www.ntrvaltimer.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.ntrvaltimer.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: The Garage Chicago at free against Ntrval Timer's freemium. The Garage Chicago also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 1). Ntrval Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Garage Chicago against 5.0 for Ntrval Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Garage Chicago has 157 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Garage Chicago ships an update monthly, Ntrval Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Garage Chicago | Ntrval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (157 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gina Caifano LLC | Blake Garcia |
Customer experience
The Garage Chicago
Ntrval Timer
In-app purchases
The Garage Chicago
No in-app purchases
Ntrval Timer
No in-app purchases
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