Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Plantiful30

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

Plantiful30

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Plantiful30 helps you track the different plants you eat each week — a simple way to support plant diversity and build healthier eating habits without calorie counting or macros. Research suggests that eating a wider variety of plants — around 30 per week — may support gut diversity and overall wellbeing. Plantiful30 makes it easy to turn that idea into a realistic weekly habit. No calories. No macros. Just plants. What you can do with Plantiful30: • Track unique plants you eat each week • Aim for 30 different plants using simple plant points • Quickly log foods by category (fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs & spices, mushrooms) • See your weekly progress and plant diversity at a glance • Explore a growing plant library to discover new foods • Build sustainable, long-term habits over time Each plant counts once per week — encouraging variety, not restriction. Plantiful30 is not about perfection or strict rules — it’s about gently nudging your diet toward more variety, week after week. A calmer approach to food tracking: • No calorie counting • No macro tracking • No weigh-ins • No food guilt Plantiful30 focuses on what you add, not what you take away. Many people refer to tracking plant diversity as counting plant points. With Plantiful30, each unique plant earns you a point toward your weekly goal of 30 — helping you to simply visualise progress without turning food into complicated numbers. Plantiful30 supports small, meaningful changes that add up over time — one week at a time. A subscription is required to unlock full access after the free trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens
Plantiful304 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Interval Timer at none against Plantiful30's 2. Plantiful30's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plantiful30 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Best Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Plantiful30 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Best Interval Timer versus Plantiful30: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Interval TimerPlantiful30
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (86 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Nina Torrance

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

Plantiful30

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Plantiful30

Subscriptions2
  • Plantiful30 Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Plantiful30 Annual7 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plantiful30 free?
Plantiful30 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Best Interval Timer or Plantiful30 have ads?
Best Interval Timer shows ads; Plantiful30 does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Interval Timer or Plantiful30?
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, and Plantiful30 monthly. Most recently, Best Interval Timer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Plantiful30 on October 31, 2026.

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