Best Interval Timer vs Simple Repeat 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 Repeat Timer
This app assists with repetitive, timed activities. It's designed to help users track sets and durations for exercises or other timed tasks, preventing distractions and lost counts.
- Repetitive timed activities
- Set and duration tracking
- Distraction prevention
- Exercise routine support
- Customizable timers
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A few months ago I had my right arm injured. The doctor recommended several exercises as part of the treatment. They were like "do this for 15 seconds, 10 times". And quite often I got distracted and lost the count. What a iOS developer can do? Write an app, of course! So here you are: an app for repetitive, timed activities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Best Interval Timer at 4.6 against Simple Repeat Timer's 3.7. Best Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 54%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Simple Repeat Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence 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. Simple Repeat Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Best Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 86 ratings behind it against 13, 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 54% of Simple Repeat Timer's.
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Simple Repeat Timer every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer | Simple Repeat Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (86 ratings) — better | 3.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Alberto Hung |
Customer experience
Best Interval Timer
Simple Repeat 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 Repeat Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Repeat Timer
- Remove Ads$0.99
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