Gymboss Interval Timer vs Hiitmi HIIT Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gymboss Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workouts, allowing users to set single or multiple work and rest periods. It offers extensive customization options for alarms, program saving, and display, ensuring a tailored timing experience for any fitness routine.
- Programmable interval timer
- Unlimited intervals and rounds
- Save and manage unlimited programs
- Visual, audible, and vibrate alarms
- Music access and dimming
- Customizable display and background
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The Gymboss Interval Timer app is a programmable interval timer perfect for any workout where timing is needed to time work and/or rest periods. You can time a single time interval, or multiple time intervals, and repeat them as many times as you wish. Perfect for running, HIIT, tabata, crossfit, home workouts, mma, boxing, weight lifting, stretching, or any other workout that requires timing. This app incorporates all of the recommendations we have received over the years from our users to bring you the best app possible. Thank you for your input!!! Customizable Features: - save programs to your iCloud Drive account - unlimited intervals - up to 99 rounds/repeats - unlimited saved programs - music access directly from the app - music dims for alarm - multiple alarm sounds - visual, audible, and vibrate alarm options - social sharing options - prevent sleep feature - screen lock - customizable, moving background colors - large, easy to read display - landscape mode option - set different alarms for each interval - change the end of program alarm - label activity names for each interval to be displayed - built in stopwatch - ability to make rounds box bigger or smaller - copy an entire program option Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hiitmi HIIT Timer
This interval timer app allows users to create and share custom high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts. Enjoy training with your favorite music or podcasts, guided by a motivating voice. Track your progress with simple statistics.
- Unlimited custom timer creation
- Workout sharing with friends
- Music and podcast integration
- Motivating voice guidance
- Workout statistics tracking
- Ad-free experience
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We are three friends who love high intensity interval training. But we couldn't find an interval timer app we liked, so we created one ourselves that we love. Features of Hiitmi No ads at all Unlimited number of created timers Easy and fun to use Create your own workout and share it with your friends Training with music: just use your favourite music or podcast service (Spotify, YouTube, etc.) Energetic and motivating female voice Keep track of your workouts with simple statistics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hiitmi HIIT Timer at 100% against Gymboss Interval Timer's 37%. Hiitmi HIIT Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Gymboss Interval Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Gymboss Interval Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Hiitmi HIIT Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gymboss Interval Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Hiitmi HIIT Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gymboss Interval Timer | Hiitmi HIIT Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (797 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 797 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gymboss LLC | Christian Stocker |
Customer experience
Gymboss Interval Timer
Hiitmi HIIT Timer
Bugs and requests
Gymboss Interval Timer
Reported bugs
8 issues- Timer no longer beeps when screen is locked or app is in background
- Intervals disappear or get shuffled after updates
- Unable to save new workouts
- All workout sounds have gone
- Crashes when trying to edit intervals
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- Reordering of saved workouts
- Ads cover the timer screen
- Timer stops working when screen is locked or app is in background
Requested features
9 requests- Verbal prompts like a countdown "3-2-1 Go!" and "3-2-1 Rest"
- Ability to lock the screen
- Option to see what's coming next
- Workout block of 60/30/30 rather than just high and low
- Ability to start from partway through the sequence
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- Back and forward button to skip to the wanted element or go back during the sequence
- Different alarm sounds for each interval/color
- Countdown, CountUp feature
- Dark mode option
Hiitmi HIIT Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gymboss Interval Timer
- Gymboss Premium Yearly$1.991 Year
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Sound and Color Bundle$0.99
Hiitmi HIIT Timer
No in-app purchases
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