Best Interval Timer vs Simple Training Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Simple Training Timer
This app helps with daily strength training by accurately timing workouts, rest periods, and sets. Customize various training menus to suit your fitness goals and enjoy more fulfilling exercise sessions.
- Accurate workout timing
- Rest period tracking
- Set and repetition count
- Customizable training menus
- Daily strength training assistance
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This application is a timer application that assists your strength training on a daily basis. We measure accurately the preset training time, break time, number of times, and set number with a timer and tell you. It is possible to use it for various training menus from fulfilling setting items. Please enjoy fulfilling training. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Interval Timer at none against Simple Training Timer's 1. Best Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Simple Training Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Simple Training Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Best Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Best Interval Timer against 4.5 for Simple Training Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 63 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Best Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 70% of Simple Training Timer's.
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Simple Training Timer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer | Simple Training Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | 4.5 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | EasterEggs |
Customer experience
Best Interval Timer
Simple Training Timer
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)
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- 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
Simple Training Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Training Timer
- Premium Plan$1.991 Month
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