Best Interval Timer vs Boxing Interval 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.
Boxing Interval Timer
This native Swift app provides a distraction-free interval timer for boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and HIIT workouts. It features effortless control, an intuitive design, and seamless music integration for a focused training experience.
- Native Swift performance
- Effortless timer control
- Intuitive and simple interface
- Seamless music integration
- Multiple workout profiles
- Minimalist design
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Stay focused on your training with this native, high-performance Swift app. Designed for boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and HIIT workouts, it offers everything you need in a timer—without distractions. Facts: - Blazing-Fast Performance: Engineered native with Xcode + Swift for a seamless and lag-free experience. - Effortless Control: Start and stop the timer easily—even with your feet. - Intuitive Design: A fast, simple interface that’s ready when you are. - Seamless Music Integration: Keep your favorite workout playlist running also in the background. - Minimalist and clean aesthetic design - Mehrere Workout-Profile: Lege für jede Trainingseinheit dein eigenes Programm an und wechsle blitzschnell. I created this app for myself and donated it to all those who want an easy and clean timer for your training.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Boxing Interval Timer at none against Best Interval Timer's shown. Boxing Interval Timer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 12 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Best Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Best Interval Timer against 4.5 for Boxing Interval Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 85 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Boxing Interval Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer | Boxing Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (85 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Mathias Rothaermel |
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
Boxing Interval Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Boxing Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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