Comparison

Interval Pal vs Kado

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

Head to head
About

Interval Pal

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A clear interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuits and boxing rounds. Big countdown, cues you can hear over your music, and it keeps running with your phone locked. Set it up in seconds Choose your work and rest times, exercises per round, rounds, rest between rounds and a get-ready countdown. The total time shows straight away. Tap play and go. Easy to read mid-set • Big countdown digits and a bold color for each phase, readable from across the room • The screen stays on for the whole workout • Pause, skip forward or back, or restart whenever you like Cues you can hear • 3-2-1 beeps and different sounds for work and rest • Plays on silent and over your music or podcast • Your music dips for a moment at each cue, and can stay low through short intervals • Vibration too, if you like Locked phone, still on time Lock your iPhone and the cues keep playing on time, with a live countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Your workouts, your way • Six built-in workouts: Classic Tabata, HIIT Standard, EMOM Style, Quick Burn, Endurance Builder and Strength Intervals • Save your own workouts and start any of them in one tap, or put one on the Timer to tweak it first • Share workouts with friends by link • Home Screen quick actions to jump straight in Track your progress • Workout history with trends over 7, 30 and 90 days • Apple Health: workouts are saved to Health, and heart rate and calories recorded by your Apple Watch show in your summary • Your Pal gets stronger: finish workouts to level your Pal up from Rookie to Champion, and your Home Screen icon changes with it Make it yours • 16 color themes and custom timer colors • Supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion Your workouts stay on your iPhone. No account, no ads. SUBSCRIPTION Interval Pal needs a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase to run workouts. Start with a 7-day free trial of the yearly plan, or choose a monthly subscription or lifetime. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://intervalpal.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kado

Features
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Kado is a focused interval timer for simple, repeatable workouts and custom Work and Rest sequences. Create a routine once, then start it with one tap. Keep it simple with an optional Get Ready countdown, one Work duration, one Rest duration, and the number of intervals. Rest appears only between Work intervals—never after the final interval. For more flexibility, enable Advanced and give each Work and Rest step its own duration. Scan the compact sequence, tap a step to edit, and add or reorder steps to suit your workout. Switch between simple and advanced modes while keeping both configurations. FEATURES • Save and reorder reusable routines • Create custom sequences with individually timed Work and Rest steps • See when you last used each routine • Clear, glanceable countdown in portrait or landscape • Pause, resume, skip, restart, and repeat • Optional spoken phase announcements while Kado is open • Sounds, haptics, and transition notifications • Light, dark, and system appearance • Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • English, German, French, Polish, and Dutch • No accounts, ads, analytics, or cloud services Kado works completely offline. Your routines stay on your iPhone.

Screenshots

Interval Pal4 screens
Kado4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kado at none against Interval Pal's 6. Interval Pal's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Pal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Kado asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Interval Pal versus Kado: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval PalKado
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPROMETHIC LABS PTY LTDJan Lennartz

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Interval Pal

Subscriptions4
  • Interval Pal Pro Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Interval Pal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Interval Pal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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  • Interval Pal Pro Yearly1 Year trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Interval Pal Pro Lifetime$19.99
  • Interval Pal Pro Lifetime$24.99
None

Kado

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Pal free?
Interval Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kado free?
Kado is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Interval Pal or Kado have ads?
Neither Interval Pal nor Kado shows ads.

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