Comparison

Best Interval Timer vs Wellness Step

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

Wellness Step

Features
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Wellness Step helps you turn fitness, sports, hobbies, study, reading, mindful self-care, and bucket-list goals into consistent action on a 20-mission board. Start on your own as a planner and build a personal group and board, or invite members by link and approve their requests. Planners can follow each member’s progress and records they choose to share, then encourage them through private one-to-one chat and feedback. Choose from physical, emotional, and intellectual wellness starter boards and 75 standard landmarks. Bucket List, Sports, and Hobbies each add 32 ad-supported landmarks; a rewarded ad is shown when saving a selected landmark. Features include planner and member views, multiple groups, invitations and approvals, editable mission names, order, and landmarks, optional height, weight, BMI, meal, and note tracking with sharing controls, push notifications, coaching feedback, group CSV statistics, reporting, blocking, and in-app account deletion. Wellness Step does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional when medical advice is needed.

Screenshots

Best Interval Timer4 screens
Wellness Step4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wellness Step at every 3 days against Best Interval Timer's every 12 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, Wellness Step every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Best Interval Timer versus Wellness Step: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Interval TimerWellness Step
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (81 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Seunghoon Lee

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

Wellness Step

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Wellness Step

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Interval Timer free?
Best Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wellness Step free?
Wellness Step is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Best Interval Timer or Wellness Step have ads?
Both Best Interval Timer and Wellness Step show ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Interval Timer or Wellness Step?
Best Interval Timer ships an update every 12 months, and Wellness Step every 3 days. Most recently, Best Interval Timer was updated on October 18, 2026 and Wellness Step on October 16, 2026.

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