Best Interval Timer Pro vs Standard Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Interval Timer Pro
This app acts as a personal coach, guiding you through various workouts with customizable interval timers. It supports multiple exercise types and allows for unlimited routine creation, ensuring you can focus on your fitness goals without tracking time.
- Customizable interval timers
- Unlimited routine creation
- Pre-set editable routines
- Background and multitasking support
- Vibration and sound alerts
- Music playback support
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Best Interval Timer is a simple but powerful training app, default routines together with your customized routines will help doing your workouts and fitness. This app is like your personal coach, when you are boxing, MMA, jogging, running, Tabata, swimming, pushups, sit ups, yoga, cycling, exercise, stretching, circuit training, and workout etc, just focus on your workout without having to worry about time, Best Interval Timer will lead you to finish them perfectly. You can create unlimited interval timers which could include warm-up, high/low intensity, cool down and rest time etc, you can custom how many sets you wish to do. Eight free editable routines: MMA, Yoga, Pushups, Boxing, Rope Skipping, Dumbbell, Situps and Jogging. Key Features: ⁃ 8 editable default routines. ⁃ Create unlimited your own routines. ⁃ Big readable counting down time. ⁃ Start, pause or reset routine. ⁃ Warm up, low intensity, high intensity, cool down, rest time. ⁃ Support background, foreground playing and multitasking. ⁃ Music plays. ⁃ Vibrate or not. ⁃ 15 interval switch sounds. ⁃ 12 background interval pictures available. ⁃ Show number of times you have practiced of one routine. ⁃ Support landscape and portrait. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to alert you doing your workout or anything else. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to our support userfeed@vip.tom.com.
Standard Interval Timer
This app helps you create custom interval timers for various workouts like CrossFit, HIIT, and Tabata. Easily set prep, work, and break times, along with the number of rounds for your training sessions. It runs in the background, allowing you to enjoy your music while exercising.
- Customizable prep, work, and break times
- Set number of rounds
- Background operation
- Simple scroll interface
- Bold, bright, and colorful display
- Ad-free and subscription-free
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1. Set prep time 2. Set work time 3. Set break time 4. Set number of rounds 5. GO! ◉ SUPER-HANDY FOR DIFFERENT WORKOUTS. Whether you are into Tabata, 7-minute HIIT, interval running with sprints, CrossFit or any other type of interval training, Standard Interval is the app you need to perform accurate and effective workouts. ◉ FEATURES: - Works in the background. Listen to your music while the timer is running. - Simple scroll interface - Set prep, break, work time and the number of rounds - Bold, bright and colorful. - Ad-free & subscription-free ► Download now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Standard Interval Timer at none against Best Interval Timer Pro's 3. Standard Interval Timer also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (183 vs 14). Best Interval Timer Pro's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 80%). On price, rating, 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
Best Interval Timer Pro costs $0.99 and Standard Interval Timer $0.99 up front. Best Interval Timer Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Standard Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Best Interval Timer Pro against 4.8 for Standard Interval Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standard Interval Timer has 183 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Best Interval Timer Pro's written reviews are positive against 80% of Standard Interval Timer's.
Best Interval Timer Pro ships an update every 13 months, Standard Interval Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer Pro | Standard Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (183 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Nam Dang |
Customer experience
Best Interval Timer Pro
Standard Interval Timer
Bugs and requests
Best Interval Timer Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Standard Interval Timer
Reported bugs
5 issues- No sound if anything else running
- Notifications between sets fails to go off
- Switches the settings while I’m using it
- Lose a little bit of time if there’s any switching between apps
- Timer wont stop after reseting it
Requested features
3 requests- Allow sounds when running other apps
- Keep the screen awake while active
- Ability to save custom sets
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer Pro
- Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
- Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
Standard Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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