Comparison

InterBeat vs IntervalBeats

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval plans
  • Work/rest music integration
  • Quick workout start
  • Session history tracking
  • Training cues and notifications
  • No account signup required
Features
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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.

About

IntervalBeats

Features
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IntervalBeats is a focused interval timer for workouts, HIIT, tabata, stretching, meditation, and anything else that benefits from structured time. Built around Apple Music — pick your intervals, choose a work playlist and a rest playlist, press start. APPLE MUSIC — RECOMMENDED FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE Apple Music is the smoothest path. Connect once and IntervalBeats plays, pauses, and switches between your work and rest playlists automatically — even while the screen is locked. The Sleep Timer pauses Apple Music precisely at zero whether your phone is locked or not. Requires an Apple Music subscription. WORKS WITH OTHER AUDIO APPS TOO Prefer Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Audible, or YouTube Music? Start playing in your audio app, then launch an IntervalBeats session — your audio mixes with our beep cues. Workout auto-pause and the Sleep Timer also work with these apps; just keep IntervalBeats on screen (we dim it for you) so iOS allows us to send the pause. No Apple Music subscription needed. KEY FEATURES • Customizable intervals — Set work and rest durations in seconds and minutes, pick any number of cycles • Ready-to-use templates — 16 presets across Focus (Pomodoro, Study Sprint), Classroom (Brain Break, Station Rotation), and fitness (HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, yoga, and more) — start in one tap • Timer Sets — Chain multiple timers into one seamless workout with automatic or manual transitions • One-tap repeat — Restart a workout or a Set without leaving the summary screen • Built for iPad — Split-screen layout makes full use of your tablet • Visual cycle progress — Progress ring tracks your rotations in real time • Sleep Timer — Fall asleep to your music with an automatic pause at the time you choose EVERYTHING ELSE • Countdown before start — Optional countdown so you have time to get ready • Beep cues — Configurable interval beeps and end-of-phase sounds • Haptic feedback — Feel every phase change • Background timer — The timer itself keeps ticking when your screen is off or you switch apps • Large, readable display — See your time and phase clearly, even mid-workout • Saved presets — Build once, reuse forever PERFECT FOR • HIIT and Tabata workouts • Circuit training and CrossFit • Running intervals and sprint training • Stretching and yoga flows • Focus sessions and Pomodoro • Meditation and breathwork • Classroom activities, brain breaks, and transitions • Any timed activity with work and rest phases DESIGNED FOR FOCUS IntervalBeats stays out of your way. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Just a timer that respects your music and your time. PRIVACY IntervalBeats does not collect personal data. Apple Music permission is used only to play the playlists you choose. See the full privacy policy for details. Questions or feedback? Contact intervalbeats@icloud.com

Screenshots

InterBeat4 screens
IntervalBeats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: IntervalBeats at 3 against InterBeat's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
InterBeat versus IntervalBeats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterBeatIntervalBeats
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海超 张Iouri Zinoviev

In-app purchases

None

InterBeat

No in-app purchases

None

IntervalBeats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is InterBeat free?
InterBeat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IntervalBeats free?
IntervalBeats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do InterBeat or IntervalBeats have ads?
Neither InterBeat nor IntervalBeats shows ads.

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