Interval Timer vs Workout Timy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Workout Timy
This app offers customizable timers for various workout types, including strength training, HIIT, and Tabata. It features intuitive settings, powerful sound alerts, and progress tracking. The app also automatically records your exercise sessions and helps you set weekly workout goals.
- Workout-specific timers
- Intuitive timer settings
- Sound alerts and rest reminders
- Workout progress tracking
- Automatic workout recording
- Weekly workout goal setting
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Workout Timy provides timers for everything from Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals Our Workout Timer helps you focus on your workouts and finish them. -Workout-specific timers - Timers for Strength, HIIT, Tabata, Intervals -Easy and intuitive timer settings -Easy and simple operation, from setting rounds to automatic breaks -Powerful sound alerts and rest reminders -5/3/1 sound and push notifications even when you're not looking at the app -Easy to see workout progress -Displays total workout time and preparation time between exercises -Automatic workout recording -Automatically logs exercises performed, number of sets, and time. -Set a goal number of workouts per week -Provides a weekly workout history and widget
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interval Timer at 4.9 against Workout Timy's 4.2. Interval Timer also leads on ratings volume (246 vs 5) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). Workout Timy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Workout Timy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 246 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Workout Timy's.
Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, Workout Timy every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Interval Timer | Workout Timy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 246 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosyp Hameliak | Pepper Factory |
Customer experience
Interval Timer
Workout Timy
In-app purchases
Interval Timer
- Remove Ads$4.99
Workout Timy
- Workout Timy Premium$0.991 Month
- Workout Timy Premium$8.991 Year
- Workout Timy Lifespan$12.99
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