Gymboss Interval Timer vs MyTextJournal
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/
MyTextJournal
This app offers a private space for journaling through text messages. It provides CBT-informed replies and stores your encrypted history for easy access. Gentle reminders encourage daily check-ins.
- Journal via SMS/MMS
- CBT-informed replies
- Encrypted journal history
- Daily check-in reminders
- Sign in with Apple/Google
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TextJournal is a calm, private place to journal by text. Save your TextJournal number, then message it like a friend. A CBT-informed companion replies over SMS—and you can revisit your encrypted history anytime in the app. WHAT YOU GET • Journal by SMS or MMS (including photos) • Supportive, CBT-informed replies • Encrypted journal history in the iOS app • Gentle daily check-in reminders • Optional Sign in with Apple or Google PRICING • 30-day free trial of SMS journaling • Monthly: $8.99 • Yearly: $69.99 (about 35% off) IMPORTANT TextJournal is a wellness journaling tool—not therapy, not medical care, and not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or use local emergency services. Privacy Policy: https://textjournal.app/privacy Support: https://textjournal.app/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyTextJournal at 100% against Gymboss Interval Timer's 37%. MyTextJournal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Gymboss Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (837 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and MyTextJournal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MyTextJournal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gymboss Interval Timer has 837 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Gymboss Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of MyTextJournal's.
| Parameter | Gymboss Interval Timer | MyTextJournal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (837 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 837 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gymboss LLC | Kush Patel |
Customer experience
Gymboss Interval Timer
MyTextJournal
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
MyTextJournal
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
MyTextJournal
- TextJournal Monthly$8.991 Month
- TextJournal Yearly$69.991 Year
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