InterBeat vs RunBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InterBeat
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various training styles like HIIT, Tabata, and gym workouts. It allows users to create custom plans, manage music for different training segments, and track session history without requiring an account.
- Customizable interval plans
- Work/rest music integration
- Quick workout start
- Session history tracking
- Training cues and notifications
- No account signup required
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InterBeat is a simple interval training timer built for HIIT, Tabata, running, jump rope, gym workouts, and other work/rest training sessions. Create custom plans, save your favorite setups, and start fast without account signup. InterBeat helps you stay focused by handling the timing for you, with clear cues for each work and rest segment. Music can match your training rhythm. Choose one music selection for work and another for rest, or assign different music to each work set. During training, InterBeat automatically switches segments and playback so you can keep moving instead of reaching for your phone. Features: - Create custom interval plans with work, rest, and sets - Start workouts quickly with a clear timer experience - Connect Apple Music to search for music and use it in the app. - Choose work/rest music or set-by-set music - Review session history. - Use training cues and notifications to stay on pace InterBeat is designed to keep workouts simple: timing first, music as an optional boost, and core training tools available without login.
RunBeat
This app provides real-time audio coaching for heart rate zone training and interval workouts. It guides you to stay in your target zone or complete specific interval structures without needing to look at your screen. Compatible with various Bluetooth heart rate monitors and smartwatches.
- Real-time heart rate zone audio coaching
- Supports Zone 2 and VO₂ Max intervals
- Customizable interval training programs
- Automatic music playlist switching
- Works with Bluetooth HR monitors and smartwatches
- Training log with session history
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Nail every session. Just listen and run. Train Zone 2, race pace, and VO2 max with RunBeat, your audio running coach. Real-time voice guidance keeps you in zone or on pace. Add intervals like Norwegian 4×4 or 1 km repeats, and it calls every rep. ZONE TRAINING Pick your target heart rate zone. RunBeat monitors live heart rate and coaches you to speed up or slow down to stay in zone. PACE TRAINING Train the pace you’ll need on race day, whether that’s a 5K, a marathon, or the runs between HYROX stations. RunBeat monitors your live pace and coaches you to speed up or slow down to stay on target. DISTANCE INTERVALS Speedwork. 1 km repeats or build your own, measured by GPS. Voice callouts at every rep. Apple Music playlists switch between work and rest. TIMED INTERVALS VO2 Max work. Norwegian 4×4 or build your own. Voice callouts at every transition. Apple Music playlists switch between work and rest. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Apple Watch, Whoop, Polar, Google Fitbit Air, Garmin, Coros, Wahoo, any Bluetooth HR monitor. Auto-reconnects. Watch app shows live zone on wrist. ACTIVITY Time in each zone, HR over time chart, work/rest breakdowns, rep splits, session history, plus distance, pace, and your route on the map. Saves every workout to Apple Health. WHY RUNBEAT Eyes forward. Train by ear. Audio coaching handles zones, pace, intervals, and reps, so you can focus on running. RUNBEAT PRO First training free. Then a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Privacy: https://runbeat.app/privacy Terms: https://runbeat.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: InterBeat at none against RunBeat's 2. RunBeat's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. RunBeat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. InterBeat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for InterBeat against 4.9 for RunBeat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RunBeat has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | InterBeat | RunBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海超 张 | Mushin Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
InterBeat
RunBeat
In-app purchases
InterBeat
No in-app purchases
RunBeat
- RunBeat Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- RunBeat Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year









