HIITLY vs FulwaveTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HIITLY
This interval timer app allows for quick setup of custom workouts with adjustable intervals, rest periods, and rounds. It offers voice cues or beeps, background functionality, and detailed workout history to track progress. Ideal for HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training.
- Customizable intervals, rest, and rounds
- Voice cues or beeps
- Background functionality
- Detailed workout history and stats
- Repeat past workouts
- Unlimited custom timer creation
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A simple and beautiful interval timer built for your workouts. Set it up in seconds: Just drag to customize your intervals workout, rest, rounds, and more. Tap to start. That’s it. Your music stays in control: ∙ Continue using your favorite music apps during workouts. ∙ Choose between voice cues or beeps for each interval. ∙ Multitask freely — audio guides keep you on track even when you switch apps or follow an online workout. No more manual tracking: ∙ Access detailed history and stats to monitor your progress. ∙ Instantly repeat past workouts without setting them up again. Perfect for HIIT, Tabata, Stretch and circuit training. The app is designed for high-intensity interval training with features made for serious results: Display rounds, cycles, and durations clearly. Built-in interval stopwatch. Fully functional in the background. Create and save unlimited custom timers. Voice guidance to keep you focused. Got ideas to make the app better? Tap “Contact Support” in the app and share them with us — we’re always working to improve our Interval Timer!
FulwaveTimer
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Most timers count to zero. FulwaveTimer runs your whole routine — built from stages, each with its own length, color, and most important sound. Intervals, Pomodoro focus blocks, breathing exercises, a speech you're rehearsing, a sleep wind-down: set the structure once, press play, and follow along by sound, on your Lock Screen, or from your wrist. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Multistage timers — add as many stages as you like, each with its own duration and color. • Per-stage sound — play an audio track you own, or have the app read text aloud with a voice and speed you choose. • Independent transitions — set how each stage's audio starts and ends on its own: Cut, Fade, or Crossfade into the next stage. • Per-stage haptics and alert tones, plus a spoken 10-second warning or 3-2-1 countdown. • Repeat a single stage, or loop the whole playlist — perfect for HIIT rounds, Pomodoro cycles, and breathing sets. • Start fast from built-in templates: Pomodoro, HIIT, Box Breathing, Meditation, and more. ON-SCREEN TEXT FOR SPEECHES • Show a stage's text on the Player and scroll it in time with the reading — a simple teleprompter for practicing a talk. VOICE-OVERS, IN YOUR VOICE • A session can carry its spoken words as text rather than baked-in audio, so your device reads them over the stage's music in any voice you have installed — including another language. • Set the voice and the speed, or turn speaking off and read along on screen. Yours to adjust even in a locked session. STAY IN CONTROL, EVERYWHERE • Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your session on the Lock Screen with a glanceable countdown. • A Quick Start Home Screen widget launches a playlist with one tap. • On-time stage notifications announce each new stage by name. • Lock Screen and headphone controls to play, pause, and skip. APPLE WATCH + APPLE HEALTH • A live timer on your wrist with stage, countdown, and controls. • Record your session as a workout in Apple Health — with heart rate, active energy, and the workout type you set on the playlist. • Wrist haptics fire at every stage change, even with the screen off. YOUR LIBRARY, SAFE AND IN SYNC • iCloud keeps your playlists in sync across your devices, privately. • Color-tag playlists to organize your library. • Export and import playlists. • Automatic backups with one-tap restore — the newest also kept in your own iCloud account, so it survives a reinstall. • A shared session puts its own audio back on your other devices, or after a reinstall. MADE TO FIT YOU • Custom accent, background, and text colors; Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. • A simplified Playback-Only view when you just want to press play. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. FULWAVE PRO FulwaveTimer is free to use, and keeps a small library at no cost. Fulwave Pro unlocks an unlimited playlist library and session export. Pro is available as a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. SHARE COMPLETE SESSIONS Bundle a playlist together with its audio into a single .fws session file and share it. Anyone can open and play a session they receive; Fulwave Pro keeps imported sessions in your library permanently. FULWAVE DESIGNER FOR MAC Fulwave Designer is a free companion app on the Mac App Store. Build a session on a big screen: layer several audio tracks and spoken-text cues on a single stage, set each layer's start delay, gain, and pan, choose haptics and stage colors, add session artwork, and audition it all on a transport. Export a .fws session — optionally locked, so it plays exactly as you built it — to play or share here. Sessions you receive open and play for free; Fulwave Pro keeps them in your library. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your devices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fulwave.com/FulwaveTimer/PrivacyPolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HIITLY at none against FulwaveTimer's 2. HIITLY also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). FulwaveTimer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. FulwaveTimer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HIITLY asks for nothing beyond the download.
HIITLY ships an update every 6 days, FulwaveTimer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HIITLY | FulwaveTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matys Bouziane | Phillip Fuller |
In-app purchases
HIITLY
No in-app purchases
FulwaveTimer
- Fulwave Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Fulwave Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
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