Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Timer Plus

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

Head to head

Best Interval Timer

Tabata, HIIT, Circuit Training

Free

💪 Health & Fitness

★ 4.681 ratingsView app →

Timer Plus

Fitness Training at Home, Gym

Free

💪 Health & Fitness

★ 4.860K ratingsView app →

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

Read full description

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

Timer Plus

This interval training app supports HIIT, circuit, and Tabata workouts with customizable rounds and cycles. It offers background operation, screen flashing, and voice guidance for an enhanced fitness experience. An Apple Watch companion app is also available.

Highlights

Customizable rounds and cycles
Interval stopwatch
Background timer operation
Informative screen flash
Save and history of timers
Voice guidance
Apple Watch app

Features

Read full description

Interval Training Timer perfect for HIIT Circuit and Tabata Workouts Timer Plus is an easy to use special app for high intensity interval Training. -Ability to display the number and duration of rounds and cycles. -Interval Stopwatch -Timer works in background mode -Informative screen flash -Create an infinite number of timers, save them in the history of workouts. -Voice guidance Use our Timer Plus app while training at home, at the gym, boxing, MMA, Bodyweight exercises or other fitness activities. Timer Plus comes also with an Apple Watch app that allows you to use your saved custom workouts from the iPhone on your Apple Watch. This app uses Apple Health Kit in order to run the Apple Watch app in the background. Terms of Use: https://argames.in/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://argames.in/privacy.html

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens

Timer Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Interval Timer at none against Timer Plus's 2. Timer Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (60K vs 81). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timer Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Best Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer Plus has 60K ratings behind it against 81, 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 94% of Timer Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Timer Plus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level

Best Interval Timer versus Timer Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Best Interval Timer	Timer Plus
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.6 (81 ratings)	4.8 (60K ratings) — better
Positive reviews	89.3% of reviews	93.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	81	60K — better
Update frequency	Every 12 months	Every 3 weeks — better
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Ad-supported	Ad-supported
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS	16.0	13.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	19 MB	27 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	倩赵	ArGames

Customer experience

Best Interval Timer

All ratings81 ratings

Positive92.6%

Neutral4.9%

Negative2.5%

Written reviews103 reviews

Positive89.3%

Neutral6.8%

Negative3.9%

Timer Plus

All ratings60,214 ratings

Positive96.4%

Neutral1.8%

Negative1.8%

Written reviews2,005 reviews

Positive93.9%

Neutral2.1%

Negative3.9%

User reviews

Best Interval Timer

From 81 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Easy to use
👍 Simple and functional
👍 Free
👍 Customizable intervals
👍 Works in background

Room to improve

🐛 Too many ads
🐛 Limited programmable routines (free version)
🐛 Ads block screen in landscape
🐛 Small numbers hard to read
🐛 Side view unusable

Timer Plus

From 60K App Store ratings

What we love

🚀 Simple and easy to use
👍 Properly free, no hidden costs
👍 Customizable settings
👍 User-friendly interface
👍 Helpful for physical therapy and workouts

Room to improve

🐛 Music volume issues
🐛 Difficulty finding saved timers
🐛 Inconsistent notification alerts
🐛 Inability to skip rounds

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

Show 2 more

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

Timer Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues

Timer stopping unexpectedly due to notifications or phone calls
Inconsistent volume changes when using music
Difficulty finding and loading saved timers

Requested features

5 requests

Ability to name and save custom workouts
Option to turn off countdown sound
Customizable alert sounds
Ability to skip or pause rounds
Connection to health/fitness tracking apps

In-app purchases

None

Best Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Timer Plus

Subscriptions1

Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month

One-time1

Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?

Best Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Timer Plus free?

Timer Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, Best Interval Timer or Timer Plus?

Timer Plus is rated higher. Best Interval Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Timer Plus averages 4.8 from 60K ratings.

Do Best Interval Timer or Timer Plus have ads?

Both Best Interval Timer and Timer Plus show ads.

Which is updated more often, Best Interval Timer or Timer Plus?

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, and Timer Plus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Best Interval Timer was updated on September 18, 2026 and Timer Plus on September 24, 2026.