Comparison

HIIT Interval Timer vs Interval

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

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About

HIIT Interval Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workout types like HIIT and Tabata. It offers pre-set timers or allows users to create and save their own custom routines with audio cues for seamless transitions between work and rest periods.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Pre-set HIIT and Tabata modes
  • Create and save custom workouts
  • Audio cues for intervals
  • Simple play and pause controls
Features
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Build a workout, start the timer, and stay focused through every work and rest interval. HIIT Interval Timer gives you a clear countdown and round progress for interval training at home or in the gym. Choose a built-in Tabata or HIIT preset, or set your own work time, rest time, and rounds. • Tabata, Standard HIIT, and Intense HIIT presets • Create and save custom workout presets • Set work, rest, and round counts • Audio cues help you follow each interval • Simple play and pause controls Use it for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuit training, boxing rounds, and other interval workouts. Set up your timer and focus on the next round.

About

Interval

Features
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Interval is a fast, focused timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits, boxing rounds and any work/rest training you do. Set your work, rest and rounds — or start from a ready-made preset — and press start. A big, glanceable timer with color-coded phases and audio, voice and haptic cues keeps you on pace without staring at the screen. ON YOUR WRIST • A full Apple Watch app — start and run any of your workouts from your wrist • Live sync — start on iPhone and it opens on your Watch instantly, and the other way around • Pause, skip or end on either device and the other follows along • Haptic cues on every phase change, so you can train without looking BUILT FOR TRAINING • Work, rest and rounds you control, with round rests between sets • Tabata, HIIT and EMOM presets to start from • A clean preview of the whole workout before you begin • Gym circuits, boxing rounds, sprint intervals, stretching, physio sets — anything that runs on a clock STAY LOCKED IN • A large timer with color-coded WORK / REST phases • Two-tier progress: where you are in the round and in the whole workout • Audio beeps and an optional voice cue on every phase change and the last 3 seconds • Haptic feedback so you can train heads-down • Keeps running with the screen locked and in the background LOCK SCREEN & DYNAMIC ISLAND • A Live Activity shows the current phase and countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island YOURS, AND PRIVATE • No account, no sign-up • No tracking, no ads, no data collection — everything stays on your device SIMPLE PRICING Use Interval free for up to 15 workouts with every feature unlocked. A single one-time purchase — Interval Pro — removes the limit forever and unlocks accent themes. No subscription, ever. Questions or feedback? Email interval@klimakov.me

Screenshots

HIIT Interval Timer4 screens
Interval4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Interval at Free against HIIT Interval Timer's $9.99. Interval also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). HIIT Interval Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Interval is free to download; HIIT Interval Timer costs $9.99 up front. Interval sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HIIT Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIIT Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, Interval every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
HIIT Interval Timer versus Interval: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIIT Interval TimerInterval
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoruk LLCOLEG KLIMAKOV

In-app purchases

None

HIIT Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Interval

One-time1
  • Interval Pro$6.99

Questions

Is HIIT Interval Timer free?
HIIT Interval Timer costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interval free?
Interval is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HIIT Interval Timer or Interval have ads?
HIIT Interval Timer shows ads; Interval does not.
Which is updated more often, HIIT Interval Timer or Interval?
HIIT Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Interval every 10 days. Most recently, HIIT Interval Timer was updated on October 15, 2026 and Interval on October 16, 2026.

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