Comparison

HIIT Timer vs Takt

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

Head to head
About

HIIT Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workouts, featuring a large, color-coded display and audio cues. It helps users stay on track with their training routines without needing to constantly check the clock.

Highlights
  • Customizable work, rest, and round intervals
  • Large, color-coded countdown display
  • Audio and haptic cues for interval changes
  • Drift-free, accurate timing
  • Pre-built workout types (Tabata, Circuits, Sprints)
  • Watch app for wrist-based workouts
Features
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HIIT Timer turns any workout into perfectly timed intervals. Set your work, rest and rounds, press Start, and train hands-free with a big, color-coded countdown and clear audio and haptic cues. Tabata, circuits, sprints or your own routine — HIIT Timer keeps you moving so you never have to watch the clock. WHY HIIT TIMER • A big, glanceable countdown you can read across the room • Color-coded phases — green for work, blue for rest • Audio and haptic cues, with a final 3-2-1 on every interval • Drift-free timing, accurate to the second FREE • 3 workouts in any 7 days • Set the work, rest and rounds of your own timer • The Tabata workout, ready to start HIIT TIMER PRO • Unlimited workouts • The watch app: run your whole workout on your wrist, with a haptic tap at every change, even without your iPhone • Save your own workouts and start any of them in one tap • All four built-in workouts: Tabata, Classic HIIT, Sprints and Strength Circuit • Sets, rest between sets, warm-up and cool-down Pro is a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Bought HIIT Timer Pro before? It is your Lifetime plan: restore it in Settings. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prioton.com/hiit-timer/privacy.html

About

Takt

Features
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Takt is an interval timer for training, focus and breathing - set up in seconds, quiet in the background, no account and no ads. Three ways to train Sport for HIIT, Tabata, boxing or your own intervals. Focus for concentrated work with the Pomodoro method. Breathing for guided exercises like Box Breathing, 4-7-8 breathing or coherent breathing - with a calm, breathing visual and gentle ocean sound that swells and fades with every breath. Your interval, your way Set work and rest times freely, choose your rounds, add prep, warm-up and cool-down. Long breaks after several rounds. Different times for individual rounds with their own exercise names. Sound, vibration, voice announcements and countdown ticks, all per preset. Save your interval without starting it - 16 curated templates help you get going. Always within reach A Live Activity on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause and resume buttons right there. A home screen widget for your streak and weekly goal, a quick-start widget for your favorite preset, a Control Center entry to start instantly. "Start Tabata Classic" is all it takes with Siri. Apple Watch A standalone watch app with your preset list, timer, and live heart rate and calories during your workout - synced automatically with your iPhone. A workout on the Watch carries heart rate and active energy straight into your history and into the Health app. Your progress A weekly goal with a streak, your personal best, and an optional reminder on evenings when something is actually at stake. A year-long heatmap, a breakdown by training type, rating your effort after every session. Export your history as CSV, delete single entries. Private, the way it should be Takt stores your data on your device and in your own private iCloud - no account, no server of ours, no ads, no tracking. Available in German, English, Spanish and French.

Screenshots

HIIT Timer4 screens
Takt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Takt at none against HIIT Timer's 1. Takt also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). HIIT Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. HIIT Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Takt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIIT Timer ships an update every 3 months, Takt every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HIIT Timer versus Takt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIIT TimerTakt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrioton LLCDaniel Bitzer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HIIT Timer

One-time1
  • HIIT Timer Pro$4.99
None

Takt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HIIT Timer free?
HIIT Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Takt free?
Takt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HIIT Timer or Takt have ads?
Neither HIIT Timer nor Takt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HIIT Timer or Takt?
HIIT Timer ships an update every 3 months, and Takt every 3 days. Most recently, HIIT Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Takt on October 31, 2026.

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