Comparison

Seconds Pro Interval Timer vs Meditation Timer Pro

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

Head to head
About

Seconds Pro Interval Timer

This interval timer app is designed for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), Tabata, and circuit training workouts. It features a large, color-coded display, customizable interval names, and background operation. It also integrates with Apple Health to track your fitness data.

Highlights
  • Full screen colored display
  • Templates for HIIT, Tabata, Circuit Training
  • Speaks interval names and provides warnings
  • Assign music per interval
  • Runs in background
  • Share interval timers
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Seconds Pro is an interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits and any workout built from timed intervals. It calls each interval out loud, keeps running with the screen off, and runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Apple has featured it, and Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, has said it is the fitness app he uses more than any other. BUILD ANY WORKOUT - Start from a HIIT, Tabata or circuit template, or build a timer from scratch with sets, rounds and intervals of different lengths. - Chain timers into one compound timer, so a warm-up flows into the main set and then a cool-down. - Color-code every interval so you know what is coming before the beep. - Share a timer with a friend in one tap. HEAR IT, DON'T WATCH IT - Voice cues call out each interval by name and warn you before the next one starts. - Beeps and bells are there too if you would rather not be talked at. - Play your own music, per timer or per interval. Cues duck the music and it comes back up when they are done. - The timer keeps going in the background while you use other apps or the screen sleeps. ON THE GYM FLOOR - A full-screen, color-coded display you can read from across the room, in portrait or landscape. On iPad it uses the whole screen. - A lock button stops a stray tap from pausing your set. APPLE WATCH - Seconds Pro runs on the watch by itself, so the phone can stay in the locker. Timers you build on the phone sync to the wrist, and Quick Intervals builds a basic circuit on the watch itself. MORE TIMERS - A stopwatch that marks your best and worst laps. - A countdown timer with five preset durations (three on Apple Watch). APPLE HEALTH - Save workouts and mindful sessions to Health. With a heart rate monitor connected, Seconds Pro reads your body measurements and year of birth from Health to estimate calories burned. PAID ONCE, NOTHING TO UNLOCK - Seconds Pro is paid for up front. Every feature is included and every timer you make can be run as many times as you like. SECONDS AND SECONDS PRO - Seconds is the free version of this app. It has the same features, but each timer locks after one run until a single in-app purchase unlocks it. The two are separate products and a purchase in one does not carry over to the other. If you bought Seconds Pro, download Seconds Pro. If you bought the unlock in Seconds, download Seconds and use Restore Purchases.

About

Meditation Timer Pro

This app assists users of all meditation experience levels in practicing mindfulness. It offers customizable timers with interval bells, background sounds, and visual themes to enhance focus and relaxation. Track your progress with detailed logs and statistics, and set reminders to maintain a consistent practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer
  • Interval and cool down times
  • Unique sound options
  • Background images with shake to change
  • Automatic meditation logging
  • Powerful statistics
  • Unlimited practice reminders
Features
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No matter if you are going to join meditators, a beginner or practice meditation for a long time, Meditation Timer can help you do it better. You can just focus on meditation without thinking about the time. Meditation is a classic, simple and inexpensive way to lead you into wonderful state of inner peace and inner calm, and it helps to keep you relax from anxious, tense, worried etc and also stress reduction, meditation enhance your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. With Meditation Timer, you can practice meditation anywhere and anytime. Key Features: ⁃ Default meditations and you can custom you own. ⁃ With prepare time, interval time and cool down time. ⁃ Set unique sound for beginning, interval switching, ending and cool down end. ⁃ Sounds play one, two or three times. ⁃ Ten amazing background pictures, shake to change. ⁃ Start, stop, restart or resume meditation. ⁃ Hide the time. ⁃ Save meditation logs automatically and you can add logs manually. ⁃ Powerful statistics function. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ Vibrate or not when switching sections. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Share to Facebook or Twitter. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports iCloud backup and restore. ⁃ Supports universal version. Apple Health Meditation Timer Pro is able to write meditate data only according to your permissions and preferences. If allowing MEDITATION to write data, you could transfer the meditate data to Health App easily. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by userfeed@vip.tom.com.

Screenshots

Seconds Pro Interval Timer4 screens
Meditation Timer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seconds Pro Interval Timer at none against Meditation Timer Pro's 3. Seconds Pro Interval Timer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 1.2K). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $7.99) and review sentiment (95% vs 80%). On rating, ads 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

Seconds Pro Interval Timer costs $7.99 and Meditation Timer Pro $1.99 up front. Meditation Timer Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Seconds Pro Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Seconds Pro Interval Timer against 4.8 for Meditation Timer Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seconds Pro Interval Timer has 12K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Seconds Pro Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 95% of Meditation Timer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seconds Pro Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, Meditation Timer Pro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Seconds Pro Interval Timer versus Meditation Timer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeconds Pro Interval TimerMeditation Timer Pro
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (12K ratings)4.8 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better1.2K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#8 — better#50
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRunloop Ltd倩 赵

Customer experience

Seconds Pro Interval Timer

All ratings12,056 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews1,499 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative14.1%

Meditation Timer Pro

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews584 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.3%

User reviews

Seconds Pro Interval Timer

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Great updates
  • 🤖 Amazing voice prompts
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Highly customizable
  • 🔧 Versatile for various workouts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔌 Music volume issues
  • 🔍 Complicated setup for some features
  • 🌐 Sync/sharing issues between devices
  • 🔇 Inconsistent audio cues

Meditation Timer Pro

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Easy to set and use
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Flexible and easy to use
  • 👍 Straightforward and intuitive
  • 👍 Customizable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔇 Limited sound options
  • 🔇 Abrupt ending of sounds
  • 🔇 Lack of volume control
  • 🔒 Subscription model change for existing users

Bugs and requests

Seconds Pro Interval Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Intervals randomly pausing or skipping
  • Music volume issues when launching the app
  • Inconsistent audio cues and countdown
  • Sync issues between devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to lock Apple Watch screen
  • Option to see more than just the next exercise
  • Fractional time settings (e.g. 7.74 seconds)
  • More voice/audio customization options
  • Improved sync between iPhone and iPad
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  • Calendar integration to track workouts

Meditation Timer Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer stopping unexpectedly
  • Connectivity issues with Apple Watch app
  • Inconsistent behavior with background music volume

Requested features

6 requests
  • More interval chime options
  • Ability to edit existing meditation settings
  • Vibration alerts on Apple Watch
  • Customizable background images
  • Numerical rating system for sessions
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  • Ability to set custom times for interval bells

In-app purchases

None

Seconds Pro Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Meditation Timer Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Seconds Pro Interval Timer free?
Seconds Pro Interval Timer costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Seconds Pro Interval Timer or Meditation Timer Pro?
Seconds Pro Interval Timer and Meditation Timer Pro are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12K and 1.2K ratings respectively.
Do Seconds Pro Interval Timer or Meditation Timer Pro have ads?
Neither Seconds Pro Interval Timer nor Meditation Timer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seconds Pro Interval Timer or Meditation Timer Pro?
Seconds Pro Interval Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Meditation Timer Pro every 7 months. Most recently, Seconds Pro Interval Timer was updated on September 24, 2026 and Meditation Timer Pro on September 23, 2026.
Which is more popular, Seconds Pro Interval Timer or Meditation Timer Pro?
Seconds Pro Interval Timer currently peaks at #8 in the App Store charts, and Meditation Timer Pro at #50. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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