Comparison

Interval Timer vs Takeoff Intervals

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

Head to head
About

Interval Timer

This app provides a structured interval timer for various workouts like HIIT, running, and jump rope. It allows for custom session building with work, rest, and repeat groups, offering audio cues and GPS tracking. Premium features include unlimited custom workouts and video mode.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval builder
  • Preset workouts for various activities
  • Optional GPS tracking
  • Audio and haptic cues
  • Workout history and summaries
  • Video mode with timer overlay
Features
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Tempo is a focused interval timer for workouts that need structure without getting in your way. Build sessions for HIIT, Tabata, running, walking, Japanese interval walking, jump rope, abs, boxing, hiking, mobility, or your own custom training rhythm. Create interval workouts quickly with work, rest, warmup, cooldown, repeat groups, labels, distance targets, and optional GPS tracking. Start from Tempo presets or make your own timers for anything from 30/30 jump rope to long run-walk sessions. During a workout, Tempo keeps the important things readable: current interval, time left, elapsed time, next intervals, distance, pace, heart rate, calories, and steps when enabled. Audio cues, haptics, countdowns, and the Tempo jingle help you stay on track while your music keeps playing. Tempo is built for real training: - Fast workout builder with labels, duplicate, reorder, and repeat groups - Default workouts for walking, running, HIIT, jump rope, abs, boxing, hiking, and more - Japanese interval walking: 3 minutes fast, 3 minutes easy, for 30 minutes - Time, distance, and step-based interval options - Optional GPS for distance and pace tracking - Optional Health access for heart rate, calories, steps, and workout summaries - Live interval list so you can see what is coming next - Workout history with redo, summaries, splits, distance, calories, and steps - Audio cues, vibration cues, countdowns, and progress cue settings - Front or back camera video mode with a minimal timer overlay - Themes, unit settings, and cue preferences that stay remembered Tempo respects that not every interval workout is a run. Use it for conditioning, strength circuits, outdoor walks, treadmill work, jump rope rounds, boxing rounds, focused mobility, or any timer-based routine. Privacy matters. Tempo does not sell or share your workout data. Health, GPS, camera, motion, and notification access are optional and are used only for the interval features you choose to enable. Tempo Premium unlocks unlimited custom interval workouts, removes start ads, enables video mode, and adds live heart rate, calorie, and step metrics. A one-time lifetime purchase and weekly option are available. Privacy Policy: https://foggoapps.vercel.app/tempo/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://foggoapps.vercel.app/tempo/terms.html

About

Takeoff Intervals

Transform written workout instructions into an audible, spoken timer. This app intelligently interprets exercises, rounds, and rest periods, allowing you to review and start your session without looking at your phone.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text to workout timer
  • Understands various workout formats (EMOM, AMRAP, etc.)
  • Spoken cues for exercises
  • Countdown beeps and music integration
  • Apple Watch control and display
  • Handles interruptions like phone calls
Features
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Takeoff Intervals turns a written workout into a timer that talks you through it. Paste the message from your coach, a screenshot, or your own words. The app reads the rounds, exercises, work times, and rest, shows you what it understood, and builds the timer. Check it, tap Start, and put the phone in your pocket. IT UNDERSTANDS HOW COACHES WRITE • Rounds, circuits, EMOMs, AMRAPs, and for-time caps • Per-side exercises run both sides, with time to switch • "Rest as needed" waits for your tap • When a message has several sections, you pick the one to run IT ASKS BEFORE IT ASSUMES • A range like 8-12 becomes a one-tap choice • A missing detail becomes a question you answer in seconds • Anything estimated is marked so you can check it before you start BUILT FOR THE GYM FLOOR • Spoken cues name every exercise, so you can leave the phone in your pocket • Countdown beeps in the last seconds of each interval • Your music keeps playing while the cues dip in and out • Automatic transition time between stations • Rep-based sets hold until you tap done ON YOUR WRIST • Start, pause, and skip from Apple Watch • The current interval and time at a glance • Runs alongside an Apple Workout session, so your rings and heart rate still count A PHONE CALL WON'T RUIN YOUR SESSION • The clock keeps running through the call • After a short call, it catches you up out loud • After a long call, the workout waits exactly where the call caught you FROM TEXT TO TIMER • Paste from Messages, Notes, or email • Dictate a workout; transcription happens on your device • The numbered format most coaches use works offline, and everything else gets an on-device draft you can check No account. No subscription. Your workouts stay on your phone.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Takeoff Intervals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Takeoff Intervals at none against Interval Timer's 2. Takeoff Intervals also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Takeoff Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Interval Timer against 5.0 for Takeoff Intervals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Interval Timer versus Takeoff Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerTakeoff Intervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles ChiejinaTakeoff Timer LLC

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Takeoff Intervals

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Interval Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Tempo Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
One-time1
  • Tempo Premium Lifetime$5.99
None

Takeoff Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Takeoff Intervals free?
Takeoff Intervals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Takeoff Intervals?
Interval Timer and Takeoff Intervals are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Interval Timer or Takeoff Intervals have ads?
Neither Interval Timer nor Takeoff Intervals shows ads.

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