Seconds Interval Timer vs Flextimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seconds Interval Timer
This app provides a versatile interval timer for various workout types like Tabata, HIIT, and circuit training. It features a clear, full-screen display, customizable alerts, and background operation. Users can also utilize a stopwatch and countdown timer, with integration for Apple Health.
- Full-screen colored display
- Templates for HIIT, Tabata, Circuit Training
- Voice and audio alerts
- Music assignment per interval
- Background operation
- Apple Health integration
- Stopwatch and countdown timer
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Seconds 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 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 reads your body measurements and year of birth from Health to estimate calories burned. FREE TO TRY, ONE PAYMENT TO UNLOCK - Everything is available from the first launch. Build any timer and run it. - Each timer locks after you run it once. A single in-app purchase removes the lock on every timer you make. SECONDS AND SECONDS PRO - Seconds Pro is the same app, paid once up front, with nothing to unlock. 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.
Flextimer
Create custom interval timers for workouts, focus sessions, or daily routines. Design sessions step-by-step or use AI to generate them from plain text descriptions. Includes cues for sounds, vibration, and color changes.
- AI-generated timer creation from text
- Customizable interval and round timers
- Step cues for sound, vibration, and color
- Timer Summary with detailed progress
- Configurable run-screen controls
- Saved custom timers and starting points
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More than a countdown. Flextimer is a flexible interval, round, and HIIT timer for workouts, focus, routines, and more — built your way. Design a session step by step, or just describe it in plain words and let AI create it for you to review, edit, and save. Describe. Cue. Run. What sets Flextimer apart is the combination: named steps and repeating rounds, cues for sounds, vibration, color changes, and countdowns, a clear Timer Summary, and AI that can build a timer for you. Fit every part of your session, from prep and work to breaks and cooldowns. Use Flextimer for: • Workouts and interval training (HIIT, EMOM, Tabata) • Boxing, MMA, and round timers • Pomodoro and focus sessions • Meditation and breathing exercises • Presentation and speaking practice • Stretch breaks, chores, cooking, and daily routines • Structured sessions that need more than one countdown Features: • Describe a timer in plain words and let AI build it for you (preview) • Flexible step and repeat-group timer design • Optional final-step skipping, useful for omitting final rest periods • Step cues for additional sounds, vibration, color transitions, countdowns, or in repeating intervals • Timer Summary with total time, time by color, cues, and progress behavior • Configurable run-screen controls for next step, total remaining time, skip, and restart • Custom progress tracking for steps or rounds • Saved custom timers and built-in starting points • Local-first storage • No account required • No ads Flextimer is built for anyone who needs more than a simple countdown timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flextimer at none against Seconds Interval Timer's 1. Flextimer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Seconds Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (24K vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Seconds Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flextimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flextimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seconds Interval Timer has 24K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Seconds Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flextimer's.
Seconds Interval Timer ships an update monthly, Flextimer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seconds Interval Timer | Flextimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Runloop Ltd | SOPHOMATH LLC |
Customer experience
Seconds Interval Timer
Flextimer
Bugs and requests
Seconds Interval Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer sometimes stops working unexpectedly
- Issues with restoring purchases on new devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to change beep/alert volume independently
- Option to delay transition between intervals
- Sync workouts across devices
- More preset workout templates
- Heart rate monitoring integration
Flextimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seconds Interval Timer
- Advanced Version$7.99
Flextimer
No in-app purchases
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