Simple Interval Workout Timer vs Takt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Interval training timer
- Supports Tabata, HIIT, EMOM
- Save unlimited workouts
- Minimalistic UI
- Readable from a distance
- Ad-free experience
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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!
Takt
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Simple Interval Workout Timer | Takt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artur Fijal | Daniel Bitzer |
In-app purchases
Simple Interval Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Takt
No in-app purchases
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