i.Timer vs Ares
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Ares
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workouts like HIIT, Tabata, yoga, and stretching. It features real-time heart rate zone tracking with Apple Watch integration and allows users to create and save unlimited training sessions and workout sets. Voice cues guide users through workouts, ensuring focus remains on exercise.
- Customizable interval timer
- HIIT, Tabata, Yoga, Stretch modes
- Apple Watch control and heart rate zones
- Unlimited training session saving
- Workout set creation
- Voice and sound cues
- Training history tracking
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An interval timer that does the counting for you. Set rounds, work and rest in seconds, and Ares guides you by voice through the whole workout: HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, circuits, yoga, stretching and mobility. Heart rate from Apple Watch or earbuds, your workout on the Lock Screen, no ads. INTERVAL TIMER • Work time, rest time and number of rounds, down to the second • Left/Right mode times each side for you. Perfect for stretching, yoga and exercises done one side at a time • Countdown before you start, the option to begin with a warmup and an optional final rest • Pin favorite workouts to the Home Screen and repeat your last one with a single tap WORKOUTS, SETS AND EXERCISES • Save as many workouts as you like, each with its own name and icon, and edit or duplicate them anytime • Workout sets: rounds, custom rests between workouts, edit straight from the list • Exercise library, expanded regularly • Exercise names read aloud during your workout HEART RATE: APPLE WATCH AND EARBUDS • Control your workout from your wrist: pause, skip, resume • Live heart rate and heart rate zones on Apple Watch and iPhone • Heart rate from earbuds too, no watch needed, even on iPad: AirPods Pro 3, Powerbeats Pro 2 or newer (iOS and iPadOS 26 or later) • Train with just your watch: put a workout on Apple Watch and leave your iPhone at home • Calories tracked in every workout • Automatic sync with Apple Health ALWAYS AT HAND • Your workout on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a timer and a pause button, no unlocking needed • Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen • Keeps running with the screen locked and never stops your music, it just turns it down for voice cues • A big, clear timer on iPad that you can read from across the room PROGRESS AND HISTORY • Heart rate chart for every workout: work and rest with the average heart rate of each phase • Weekly trends for number of workouts and training time • Calendar, list and details of every workout • Weekly streak: one workout a week keeps it alive • A reminder when your streak is at risk, at most once a week Privacy Policy: https://ares.eris.one/privacy-policy/ License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ares at none against i.Timer's shown. Ares also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). i.Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. i.Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ares sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ares holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of i.Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ares's.
i.Timer ships an update weekly, Ares fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | i.Timer | Ares |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregor Paw | Krzysztof Orlowski |
Customer experience
i.Timer
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In-app purchases
i.Timer
- Premium features$6.99
Ares
- Ares Plus$1.991 Month
- Ares Plus$9.991 Year
- Ares Plus Forever$24.99









