Comparison

Simple Interval Workout Timer vs Takt

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

Head to head
About

Simple Interval Workout Timer

This app provides a simple, intuitive timer for various interval training methods like Tabata, HIIT, and EMOM. It allows users to save unlimited custom workouts for free, making fitness routines more efficient and accessible.

Highlights
  • Interval training timer
  • Supports Tabata, HIIT, EMOM
  • Save unlimited workouts
  • Minimalistic UI
  • Readable from a distance
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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If you were searching for the timer app for your Tabata, hit, HIIT, emom, you name it - any interval or simply timed training, then that’s the one! Forever free and free from annoying ads. Simple, minimalistic, intuitive, polished, and smoothly animated user interface. Quick to set up and easily readable from a further distance. Make your interval workout a breeze with this app that allows you to save limitless workouts for free. Interval training is a great tool for burning a lot of calories in a short period of time and they help a lot with your cardiovascular health. Let’s get fit together!

About

Takt

Features
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Takt is an interval timer for training, focus and breathing - set up in seconds, quiet in the background, no account and no ads. Three ways to train Sport for HIIT, Tabata, boxing or your own intervals. Focus for concentrated work with the Pomodoro method. Breathing for guided exercises like Box Breathing, 4-7-8 breathing or coherent breathing - with a calm, breathing visual and gentle ocean sound that swells and fades with every breath. Your interval, your way Set work and rest times freely, choose your rounds, add prep, warm-up and cool-down. Long breaks after several rounds. Different times for individual rounds with their own exercise names. Sound, vibration, voice announcements and countdown ticks, all per preset. Save your interval without starting it - 16 curated templates help you get going. Always within reach A Live Activity on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause and resume buttons right there. A home screen widget for your streak and weekly goal, a quick-start widget for your favorite preset, a Control Center entry to start instantly. "Start Tabata Classic" is all it takes with Siri. Apple Watch A standalone watch app with your preset list, timer, and live heart rate and calories during your workout - synced automatically with your iPhone. A workout on the Watch carries heart rate and active energy straight into your history and into the Health app. Your progress A weekly goal with a streak, your personal best, and an optional reminder on evenings when something is actually at stake. A year-long heatmap, a breakdown by training type, rating your effort after every session. Export your history as CSV, delete single entries. Private, the way it should be Takt stores your data on your device and in your own private iCloud - no account, no server of ours, no ads, no tracking. Available in German, English, Spanish and French.

Screenshots

Simple Interval Workout Timer4 screens
Takt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Takt at every 3 days against Simple Interval Workout Timer's every 4 months. Simple Interval Workout Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Interval Workout Timer ships an update every 4 months, Takt every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simple Interval Workout Timer versus Takt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Interval Workout TimerTakt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtur FijalDaniel Bitzer

In-app purchases

None

Simple Interval Workout Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Takt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Interval Workout Timer free?
Simple Interval Workout Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Takt free?
Takt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Interval Workout Timer or Takt have ads?
Neither Simple Interval Workout Timer nor Takt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Interval Workout Timer or Takt?
Simple Interval Workout Timer ships an update every 4 months, and Takt every 3 days. Most recently, Simple Interval Workout Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Takt on October 21, 2026.

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