The Timer vs HIIT Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
The Timer
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The Timer is a clear interval timer for combat sports, tabata, and other round-based workouts. Choose a ready-made preset, set up your own intervals, or build a complete workout from individual segments. Then press start and focus on training. QUICK START Start with built-in boxing and MMA workouts, or quickly choose the number of rounds, work time, rest time, preparation, and cooldown. CUSTOM WORKOUTS The advanced builder supports custom segments, repeat groups, and reordering. Save, edit, duplicate, delete, and favorite your presets for easy reuse. CUES YOU CAN FOLLOW Distinct sounds and optional haptics mark phase changes. A last-seconds warning helps you prepare for the next transition. The current phase color fills the display, making your workout easy to read from a distance. TIME THAT STAYS ON TRACK The timer uses real timestamps and catches up to the actual workout state when you return. Your workout can continue in the background and while the phone is locked. Pause, resume, skip the current phase, or end the workout whenever needed. PROGRESS AND PREFERENCES See the remaining time, upcoming phase, and total workout progress. Adjust workout sounds, haptics, keep-awake behavior, and app language to suit your setup. No registration or account required. Your custom workouts and preferences stay on your device.
HIIT Time
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Most workout timers bury you in settings before you've done a single burpee. This one doesn't. Pick 10, 20, or 30 minutes. Hit Start. Done. HIIT Time runs classic high-intensity interval training: 30 seconds of work, 15 seconds of rest, repeating until your session is up. The screen turns blue for work and teal for rest, so you can read your phase from across the room mid-exercise. Train differently? Build your own presets for Tabata, EMOM, rounds, or any work and rest combination you use. WHY IT WORKS ⢠Zero setup: three duration options, one button ⢠Audio cues for every phase change, so you never have to look at your phone ⢠Interval cues keep coming when your screen is locked, through notifications and a Lock Screen Live Activity ⢠Haptic feedback on transitions ⢠Full-screen color coding: blue means work, teal means rest ⢠Big, readable countdown built for sweaty, mid-workout glances ⢠Pause, resume, or stop anytime ⢠Elapsed and remaining time always visible ⢠Workout history so you can see what you've put in ⢠Finished workouts save to Apple Health and count toward your activity rings NO NONSENSE ⢠No account. No sign-up. ⢠No ads. ⢠No subscription. ⢠No data collection. Nothing leaves your phone. Built for people who want to work out, not configure an app. Download it, press Start, and get moving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HIIT Time at weekly against The Timer's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Timer ships an update monthly, HIIT Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Timer | HIIT Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Vlcek | GRAIG FISHER |
In-app purchases
The Timer
No in-app purchases
HIIT Time
No in-app purchases








