Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Intensity+

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

Head to head
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
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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.

About

Intensity+

This app combines a professional interval timer with guided workouts for effective training. It offers home-based routines requiring no equipment, suitable for all fitness levels. Track progress and earn achievements with Apple Watch and Game Center integration.

Highlights
  • Professional interval timer
  • Curated guided workouts
  • Zero-equipment home workouts
  • Workouts for all fitness levels
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Game Center achievements
  • Customizable basic timers
Features
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BURN FAT. BUILD MUSCLE. GET SHREDDED. With Intensity+, you can be in the best shape of your life. Intensity+ combines a professional interval timer with a library of curated, guided workouts to help you train smarter. WORKOUT ANYWHERE: Intensity+ workouts are built to fit your life, your space, and your ability. Intensity+ has workouts that you can do at home with zero equipments or gym machines needed. Intensity+ works wherever you do. So, no more excuses. ALL FITNESS LEVELS: Whether you are a beginner starting out your fitness journey or an advanced ninja, Intensity+ has workouts for every fitness level. FOCUSED WORKOUTS: Intensity+ has select catalogs and workouts that isolate specific target areas like Abs, Arms, Legs, or even specialty training such as Calisthenics. APPLE WATCH COMPATIBLE: View your timer and monitor workout status directly on your wrist, keeping your phone out of the way. GAME CENTER INTEGRATION: Collect Game Center achievements and badges as you hit milestones and complete challenging workouts. Intensity+ also helps you show-off your durations by helping you track your workouts. BETTER BASICS: Even if you have your own workouts, with Intensity+ you can create and save simple, basic timers for your HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, and AMRAP workouts.

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens
Intensity+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Intensity+ at monthly against Best Interval Timer's every 12 months. Best Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Best Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Interval Timer has 81 ratings behind it against 7, 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 83% of Intensity+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Intensity+ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Best Interval Timer versus Intensity+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Interval TimerIntensity+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (81 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer倩 赵Kedar Gadge

Customer experience

Best Interval Timer

All ratings81 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative3.9%

Intensity+

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Intensity+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Intensity+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intensity+ free?
Intensity+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Best Interval Timer or Intensity+?
Best Interval Timer is rated higher. Best Interval Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Intensity+ averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Best Interval Timer or Intensity+ have ads?
Both Best Interval Timer and Intensity+ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Interval Timer or Intensity+?
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, and Intensity+ monthly. Most recently, Best Interval Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Intensity+ on October 4, 2026.

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