Comparison

i.Timer vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

i.Timer

This app provides a modern interval timer for various fitness activities like HIIT, Tabata, and workouts. It supports background music playback and offers customizable sounds for transitions. The app features a clean interface with light and dark modes, making training more engaging.

Highlights
  • Interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM
  • Background mode for music playback
  • Customizable interval sounds
  • Preconfigured timers
  • Light and dark modes
  • Last activity displayed on home screen
Features
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A modern interval timer for HIIT, EMOM, Tabata, boxing, circuit training, and fitness workouts. Create custom interval timers, start workouts in seconds, and track your progress over time. Designed to be simple, fast, and distraction-free. • Free to use • Train without limits – no trial period • Create unlimited custom timers • No account required • Works completely offline • Ready-to-use presets for HIIT, EMOM, Tabata and more • Detailed training statistics and activity history • Recent workouts on the home screen • Custom sounds for interval transitions • Background audio support during workouts • Clean interface with light and dark mode

About

Stride

This app provides versatile interval timers for various training routines like HIIT, Tabata, and EMOM. It offers customizable settings, music integration, and voice cues to enhance your fitness sessions. Upgrade for advanced features like background functionality and unlimited preset saving.

Highlights
  • HIIT, Tabata, EMOM timer modes
  • Customizable interval settings
  • Music integration
  • Voice and sound countdowns
  • Save custom workout presets
  • Background functionality (Pro)
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Stride is an interval timer for HIIT, Tabata and EMOM on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Big gym-board clock: orange for work, green for rest, haptic cues on your wrist. Use it for CrossFit-style workouts, Hyrox stations, home HIIT or any interval countdown. Key Features: • Gym-board clock: the active interval fills the screen from the center until it ends. Orange for work, green for rest, blue while you get ready. Readable from the floor. • Apple Watch: pick a workout on your wrist and go. Haptic taps at every interval change and a 3-2-1 countdown, heart rate on the timer, and the clock keeps counting when your wrist drops. Finished sessions are saved to Health as HIIT workouts. • Saved presets sync from iPhone to Apple Watch automatically. • Light or dark: choose Light, Dark or follow the system in Settings. • Tabata countdown: work and rest rounds with a preparation countdown. EMOM, Timer and Custom blocks are on the Pro Plan. • Music keeps playing. Beeps, vibration or a spoken countdown mark each interval. • Block builder (Pro): stack Work and Rest blocks into a timeline, tap EDIT on a block to move, duplicate or delete it, set rounds and prep. • Preset editor with cards in a full-height sheet. Full page on iPad. • Built for gym and home: running, cycling, lifting, bodyweight, boxing and CrossFit-style training. Why Choose Stride? Set the workout once, start the timer, keep your music on. Run Tabata as it is, or use Pro for EMOM, Timer and Custom block sequences. Take it to the gym floor on Apple Watch and leave the phone in the bag. Upgrade to the Pro Plan: A monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase, unlocks: • EMOM, Timer and Custom blocks. • Custom workouts: add Work and Rest blocks to a timeline (up to 40), reorder or duplicate them, set each duration, rounds and a preparation countdown. Saved Custom presets show a colored timeline strip. • Unlimited saved presets, synced to Apple Watch. • Speaking countdown. • Timer continues in the background when you switch apps. • No ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment. Privacy: Stride does not sell your data. Heart rate and workouts stay in Apple Health on your devices. Download Now An interval timer, countdown timer and workout companion for Tabata, HIIT, EMOM and CrossFit-style training on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Terms of Service: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/stride/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/stride/privacy-policy

Screenshots

i.Timer4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stride at none against i.Timer's shown. i.Timer's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 8). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. i.Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stride sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for i.Timer against 4.8 for Stride. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of i.Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stride's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i.Timer ships an update weekly, Stride every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
i.Timer versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri.TimerStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better8
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB13 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGregor PawPrzemyslaw Skowronek

Customer experience

i.Timer

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Stride

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

i.Timer

One-time1
  • Premium features$6.99
4 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions3
  • Pro - 1 Week$0.997 Days
  • Pro - 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Pro - 1 Year$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is i.Timer free?
i.Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, i.Timer or Stride?
Stride is rated higher. i.Timer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Stride averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do i.Timer or Stride have ads?
i.Timer shows ads; Stride does not.
Which is updated more often, i.Timer or Stride?
i.Timer ships an update weekly, and Stride every 5 days. Most recently, i.Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stride on October 25, 2026.

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