Best Interval Timer vs UniTimer
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.
UniTimer
Create personalized timers for any routine with custom text, colors, and sounds. Set notifications, use your own music or voice, and add custom images. Works in the background with built-in music controls.
- Customizable text and colors
- Notification options
- Customizable sound alerts
- Image integration
- Background operation
- Pre-built routine sets
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UniTimer is the Universal Timer app. You can build any kind of routine: - Custom text - Custom colors - Option for notifications - Custom melodies or your iPod music or even your own voice - Custom pictures from library or your camera - Customizable interval ending notice Application comes with pre-built sets for different use cases: - HIIT Training - Boxing Rounds - Tooth Brushing - Take Turns in Gaming - and others UniTimer works in background or while your device is locked. iPod controls are build-in and music plays while UniTimer is active.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UniTimer at 4.8 against Best Interval Timer's 4.6. UniTimer also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Best Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
UniTimer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 81 ratings behind it against 15, 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 97% of UniTimer's.
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, UniTimer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Interval Timer | UniTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | AlexApps.Net Co |
Customer experience
Best Interval Timer
UniTimer
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
UniTimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
UniTimer
No in-app purchases
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