Comparison

Interval vs Kado

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

Head to head
About

Interval

Features
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An interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, boxing and CrossFit. Set your work time, rest time and rounds, then start training. No account or ads. START FREE Use the Standard interval timer, 10 starter exercises and up to 3 saved programs. Follow the countdown with audio cues, voice announcements and a Live Activity on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island. PRO - THE FULL TRAINING TOOLKIT Choose yearly Pro or a one-time lifetime purchase. Both unlock the same benefits: - Natural coach voice: hear exercise names, round numbers and workout cues offline on iPhone, in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. - 300+ exercises: access the complete library of 317 exercises across cardio, strength, core, boxing, yoga and mobility. - Illustrated exercise guides, movement demonstrations and technique cues. Find exercises by muscle group, equipment, difficulty or training goal. - AI Coach: build a workout around your goal, available equipment and target muscle groups. - Four advanced timer modes: EMOM, AMRAP, For Time and Pyramid. - Unlimited saved workout programs, with individual work and rest times for each exercise. - Pro sounds, including the boxing bell and gym buzzer. Both plans support Family Sharing. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. The free Standard timer remains free. TRAIN WITHOUT WATCHING YOUR PHONE With an active workout session, the countdown and audio continue while your iPhone is locked or in the background. Compatible music apps keep playing at a lower volume during cues. iPhone haptics work in the foreground; Apple Watch provides wrist cues during its workout. APPLE WATCH, HEALTH AND HISTORY Run workouts on Apple Watch and sync programs with your iPhone. With your permission, save workouts to Apple Health and display heart rate from Apple Watch or supported AirPods Pro 3. Review workout history, streaks, badges and trends, or export your history as CSV. MAKE IT YOUR WORKOUT Create programs with your own exercise names and reference photos. Share programs by link and preview imported workouts. Add the Control Center widget to open the app with your last-used settings. ON-DEVICE COACH AND PRIVACY Coach builds workouts on device. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence can help choose the coaching explanation; workout generation still works when Apple Intelligence is unavailable. No workout or health content is sent to a third-party AI service. Firebase Analytics is optional and stays off until enabled in Settings. It uses pseudonymous identifiers; our Analytics events exclude workout and health data. This version removes Firebase Crashlytics. No advertising ID. PURCHASE INFORMATION Yearly Pro renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store subscription settings. Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase. Your local price is shown in the app before purchase. Restore Purchases is available in the Pro screen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://interval-timer.de/privacy

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 intervalsβ€”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 β€’ Save and reorder reusable routines β€’ Create custom sequences with individually timed Work and Rest steps β€’ See when you last used each routine β€’ Clear, glanceable countdown in portrait or landscape β€’ Pause, resume, skip, restart, and repeat β€’ Optional spoken phase announcements while Kado is open β€’ Sounds, haptics, and transition notifications β€’ Light, dark, and system appearance β€’ Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support β€’ English, German, French, Polish, and Dutch β€’ No accounts, ads, analytics, or cloud services Kado works completely offline. Your routines stay on your iPhone.

Screenshots

Interval4 screens
Kado4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kado at none against Interval's 2. Interval's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Kado asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval ships an update every 6 days, Kado every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Interval versus Kado: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervalKado
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days β€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size434 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFelix ThronJan Lennartz

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Interval

Subscriptions1
  • Interval Timer Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Interval Timer Pro$12.99
None

Kado

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval free?
Interval is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kado free?
Kado is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Interval or Kado have ads?
Neither Interval nor Kado shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval or Kado?
Interval ships an update every 6 days, and Kado every 6 weeks. Most recently, Interval was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kado on October 24, 2026.

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