Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Intervals

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

Head to head
About

Best Interval Timer

This app acts as your personal coach, guiding you through workouts with customizable routines. Focus on your exercise while it manages timing for warm-up, high/low intensity intervals, cool-downs, and rest periods.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Warm-up, intensity, cool-down, rest periods
  • Background and multitasking support
  • Adjustable interval sounds and vibrations
  • Workout practice tracking
  • Landscape and portrait orientation
Features
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This app is like your personal coach, just focus on your workout without having to worry about time, Best Interval Timer will lead you to finish them perfectly. There is one default routine in this free version, but you can edit it to your own one which include warm-up, high/low intensity, cool down and rest time etc, you can custom as many sets as you wish to do. Key Features: ⁃ One default routine. ⁃ 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 one reminder to alert you doing your workout. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to our support userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Intervals

This app provides a customizable timer for various interval-based workouts, including Tabata and HIIT. It allows users to create and save their own routines, utilize built-in presets, and sync data with Apple HealthKit. The companion Apple Watch app offers real-time workout tracking.

Highlights
  • Create and save custom interval workouts
  • Timed routines for Tabata and HIIT
  • Built-in workout presets
  • Apple HealthKit integration
  • Apple Watch app with real-time tracking
  • Save workout data (heart rate, calories)
Features
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Intervals is a timer for workouts like Tabata, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and other timed routines. FEATURES ● Quickly create and save your own interval workouts. ● Easily create timed routines for Tabata and HIIT workouts. ● Great built-in presets to jumpstart your workouts. ● Full integration with Apple's HealthKit. APPLE WATCH APP ● Includes fully-featured Apple Watch app ● Workouts contribute to Activity Rings ● See your heart rate and calories during your workout FULLY SUPPORTS Apple's HealthKit ● Save workouts and workout data (heart rate and calories) ● View heart rate and calories during your workout What is TABATA? Tabata is a high-intensity interval training workout with alternating sets of intense exercise and short rest periods. A typical Tabata workout consists of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for 8 rounds. Tabata have been proven to be highly effective and efficient at improving cardiovascular health.

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens
Intervals3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Best Interval Timer at 4.6 against Intervals's 3.9. Best Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 73%) and ratings volume (81 vs 14). Intervals's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Best Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 81 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Best Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 73% of Intervals's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Best Interval Timer versus Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Interval TimerIntervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (81 ratings) — better3.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better72.5% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 12 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Limit Point Software

Customer experience

Best Interval Timer

All ratings81 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative3.9%

Intervals

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral17.5%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Best Interval Timer

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App stops working after rating notification
  • Buttons don't work after rating notification
  • Crashes when saving timers
  • Crashes when editing exercises
  • Freezes and stops working
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  • Lost all timers after reinstalling
  • Side view unusable

Requested features

10 requests
  • Ability to save multiple intervals/routines
  • Voice cues for start/stop
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Larger buttons and text
  • Option to save different schedules (e.g., Tabata)
Show 5 more
  • Fix crashing when saving timers
  • Fix crashing when editing exercises
  • Improve side view usability
  • Remove ads or reduce frequency
  • Option to have cool down at the end of all intervals

Intervals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intervals free?
Intervals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Best Interval Timer or Intervals?
Best Interval Timer is rated higher. Best Interval Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Intervals averages 3.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Best Interval Timer or Intervals have ads?
Best Interval Timer shows ads; Intervals does not.

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