Comparison

Pocket Meditation Timer vs Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Meditation Timer

This app helps users focus on their meditation practice without worrying about time. It offers customizable timers with unique sounds, background options, and reminders to support mindfulness and stress reduction.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation schedules
  • Prepare, interval, and cool down timers
  • Unique sound options for each section
  • Shake to change background images
  • Unlimited practice reminders
  • Password protection
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: ⁃ One Default meditation schedule and you can edit it. ⁃ 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. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ Vibrate or not when switching sections. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

Create custom workout timers with adjustable intervals for exercise and rest. Track your progress with detailed history and statistics, and repeat past workouts easily. Enjoy audio cues without interrupting your music.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals
  • Workout and rest timers
  • Voice or beep guides
  • Background audio support
  • Workout history and statistics
  • Repeat previous workouts
Features
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A simple and beautiful interval timer. 1. Drag to set your custom intervals for workout, rest, rounds, etc 2. Tap to start. Interval Timer doesn't interfere with your music or other apps: ∙ Listen to your music apps while you workout. ∙ Voice or beep guides for every workout. ∙ You can leave the app and still listen to the audio guides, in order to follow a workout you found online. And no need to manually record your workouts: ∙ Detailed history and statistics pages to track your progress. ∙ Repeat a previous workout from your history, so you don't need to set it again. If you have any ideas for how to improve the app, just tap "Contact Support' inside the app and let us know! We are always trying to improve Interval Timer This app includes an optional auto-renewable subscription (Premium Pass): Premium Pass beings with a free trial period, then an auto-renewable monthly subscription when trial ends. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration/price selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hrs before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your Apple Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free initial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://float.support/interval-timer/privacy Terms of Use: https://float.support/interval-timer/terms

Screenshots

Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens
Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Meditation Timer at none against Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer's 5. Pocket Meditation Timer also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 61%). Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pocket Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer has 86K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Pocket Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 61% of Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Meditation Timer versus Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Meditation TimerInterval Timer □ HIIT Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings)4.8 (86K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews — better60.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K86K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Float Tech, LLC

Customer experience

Pocket Meditation Timer

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews523 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative14.3%

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

All ratings85,854 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,817 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative33.1%

User reviews

Pocket Meditation Timer

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🕰️ Customizable timer options
  • 🔔 Pleasant chime sounds
  • 🧘‍♀️ Helpful for meditation practice
  • 📊 Syncs with Health app

Room to improve

  • 📢 Disruptive ads with sound
  • 🔇 Ads ruin meditation experience
  • 🔁 Can't save multiple timer settings
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

From 86K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Customizable settings
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Effective for HIIT workouts
  • 👍 Helpful voice prompts

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requires subscription after limited free use
  • 🐛 Music volume issues with voice prompts
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior when switching apps
  • 🐛 Lack of final workout notification

Bugs and requests

Pocket Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer issues (minutes counting as seconds, not working properly)
  • App freezing or crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Ability to save multiple timer presets
  • Background ambient sounds during meditation
  • Interval chimes at custom time points

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer not always accurate
  • Favorites/saved workouts feature not working
  • Inconsistent behavior when pausing/resuming

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save and name custom workouts
  • More flexibility in exercise/rest time settings
  • Option to adjust volume of voice prompts

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Pass7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Pass7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time3
  • Lifetime Pass$14.99
  • Lifetime Pass$19.99
  • Premium Forever Promo$29.99

Questions

Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer free?
Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Meditation Timer or Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer?
Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer is rated higher. Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer averages 4.8 from 86K ratings.
Do Pocket Meditation Timer or Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Meditation Timer or Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer?
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Meditation Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer on October 2, 2026.

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