Best Interval Timer vs Hero 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.
Hero Timer
This app provides customizable timers for various workout types like Tabata, HIIT, AMRAP, and EMOM. It allows users to create custom routines, review past sessions, and offers a landscape view for a professional timer experience.
- Tabata timer
- HIIT timer
- AMRAP timer
- EMOM timer
- Custom workout creation
- Workout review and sharing
- Landscape orientation
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Train your body as you were at your favorite Box or at the Gym. Select your workout type, configure the time and start training! Hero Timer is perfect for every workout type. It includes a: - TABATA workout timer - HIIT workout timer - AMRAP workout timer - EMOM workout timer - FORTIME workout timer Need a chronometer? Use the COUNT UP timer or the COUNT DOWN option. What else? - Create multiple AMRAP rounds - Create multiple TABATA sets - Configure EMOMs as you wish. - Create Custom workouts mixing together multiple workouts types for a complete training session! - Use the the landscape orientation to have the same experience of the physical professional timers available on the market. - Review your workouts, share or even repeat them. Be a HERO
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Interval Timer at none against Hero Timer's 3. Best Interval Timer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (81 vs 8). Hero Timer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Hero Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Best Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Best Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 81 ratings behind it against 8, 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 80% of Hero Timer's.
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Hero Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer | Hero Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Francesco Miscia |
Customer experience
Best Interval Timer
Hero 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
Hero Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Hero Timer
- Custom Workouts$0.99
- ADS Free$0.99
- Premium Version$4.99
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