Comparison

Pulse Interval Timer vs Moves

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

Head to head
About

Pulse Interval Timer

This interval timer app helps guide your workouts with customizable exercise and rest periods, and adjustable repetitions. It offers haptic feedback and optional sound alerts to keep you on track during timed activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable exercise and rest intervals
  • Adjustable number of repetitions
  • Haptic feedback and vibration patterns
  • Optional sound alerts
  • Circular progress ring
  • Standalone Apple Watch functionality
Features
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Pulse is the simplest, most vibrant interval timer for Apple Watch and iPhone. Set your exercise duration, rest period, and number of repetitions — then hit Start and let your wrist (or your phone) guide your workout. Key Features: - Configure exercise intervals (5 to 300 seconds) - Set rest periods between intervals (0 to 120 seconds) - Choose the number of repetitions (1 to 50) - Haptic feedback at the start and end of each interval - 3 customizable vibration patterns for start and end signals - Optional sound alerts for exercise segments (start & end) - Circular progress ring that drains as time counts down - Save your preferred default values in Settings - Works on Apple Watch (standalone — no iPhone required) and iPhone/iPad Perfect for: - HIIT & Tabata training - Boxing rounds - Stretching routines - Meditation intervals - Cooking timers - Any timed activity with repetitions No subscriptions. No ads. Just tap, set, and go.

About

Moves

This app creates a detailed timeline of your daily activities, showing places visited and how you traveled between them. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all location data on your device and offering export options. No account or cloud uploads are required.

Highlights
  • Daily activity timeline
  • Places and movement segments
  • Map view of routes
  • Customizable place labels
  • Data export (GPX, GeoJSON, CSV)
  • On-device processing
  • No account required
Features
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Moves turns your day into a clear timeline of places you visited and how you moved between them. Privacy is the core feature: no location information leaves your device. Moves stores your timeline locally on your iPhone and processes visits, routes, and transport detection on-device. You can: See your day as places + movement segments View routes on a map Add labels to places Export your data as GPX, GeoJSON, or CSV whenever you choose Moves is designed for people who want personal location history without cloud tracking. No account required. No automatic uploads. Your data stays under your control. Data is stored in your personal iCloud. Push your data to Dawarich or other tracks services. Import historical data as GPX, GeoJSON or CSV. The only time data leaves your device is when you explicitly export and share it yourself.

Screenshots

Pulse Interval Timer4 screens
Moves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moves at 100% against Pulse Interval Timer's 75%. Moves also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse Interval Timer ships an update weekly, Moves every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Pulse Interval Timer versus Moves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse Interval TimerMoves
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB278 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurelien DELRUEHolger Krupp

Customer experience

Pulse Interval Timer

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Moves

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pulse Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Moves

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse Interval Timer free?
Pulse Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moves free?
Moves is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse Interval Timer or Moves have ads?
Neither Pulse Interval Timer nor Moves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse Interval Timer or Moves?
Pulse Interval Timer ships an update weekly, and Moves every 4 days. Most recently, Pulse Interval Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Moves on October 3, 2026.

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