Seconds Interval Timer vs Hangboard Buzzer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seconds Interval Timer
This interval timer app helps you build and run custom workouts for HIIT, Tabata, and circuits. It provides voice cues, runs in the background, and syncs with Apple Watch. Save workouts to Apple Health and track calories burned.
- Build custom timers for any workout
- Voice cues for intervals
- Runs in background with screen off
- Syncs with Apple Watch
- Color-coded interval display
- Save workouts to Apple Health
- Play music with cues
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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.
Hangboard Buzzer
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Hangboard Buzzer is the interval timer that lets you stop staring at your phone and start hanging. Set up in seconds. Pick a proven protocol, or build your own from scratch: choose the grip, how many fingers and how many reps. That's the whole setup. Press Start, put the phone down and your headphones on, and Buzzer counts you through the workout. If yo udon't want to look at the app you don't have to. Sound cues match every buzz, Each moment has its own buzz: two sharp taps to go, a long soft rumble to let go, and heavy thuds that tell you how many fingers the next set uses. But if you are visually inclined, it is clearly observable from afar. So when you do look, the time left is big and clear, and the whole screen will help you hold on just a little bit longer. Buzzer also works with VoiceOver and VoiceControl. And when you think you're done, you're not. After every workout an arcade game starts: invaders march down and you defend the board. Get shot and you take a penalty hang, right there and then. Three strikes and you're still in it; a fourth ends the game. It's the extra set you didn't plan on, and somehow you'll want to do it. Compare scores with friends on a Game Center leaderboard (optional). • Research-backed protocols: add Abrahangs, Repeaters, Max hangs and more in one tap, with instructions and links to the sources • Custom programs: save as many as you like, each with its own hang and rest times • Haptic and audio cues: you never have to check the screen mid-hang • Large, clear visuals and VoiceOver support • Share programs: send one as a link, and a friend can preview and save it without installing the app first • Live heart rate (optional): see your bpm during the workout with AirPods Pro 3 • Effort rating: rate each session afterwards, with a suggestion based on your heart rate • Apple Health (optional): save sessions as Climbing workouts with heart rate and effort. Your weight is read from Health to estimate the energy each session burns. • Six colour themes and alternate app icons • No account, no ads, no tracking Hangboard Buzzer is free. If it earns a spot in your training, an optional tip in Settings helps keep it on the App Store. Tips unlock nothing, but they do make the developer very happy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hangboard Buzzer at every 11 days against Seconds Interval Timer's monthly. Seconds Interval Timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Hangboard Buzzer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seconds Interval Timer ships an update monthly, Hangboard Buzzer every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seconds Interval Timer | Hangboard Buzzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Runloop Ltd | jnaO AB |
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
Hangboard Buzzer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seconds Interval Timer
- Advanced Version$7.99
Hangboard Buzzer
- Supporter$1.99
- Benefactor$19.99
- Patron$149.99
Questions
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