HearTime vs Intervals Aloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HearTime
This app provides spoken timers for workouts and daily tasks, allowing users to maintain pace without looking at their screen. It offers features like automatic counting with compatible headphones, customizable routines, and Siri integration for hands-free control.
- Spoken stopwatch and countdown timers
- Automatic jump rope and squat counting
- Multi-step routines with rest periods
- Nine offline synthetic voices
- Siri and App Shortcuts integration
- Lock Screen status with Live Activities
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Your workout. Timed by voice. HearTime is an interval workout timer with spoken cues. Set up your warm-up, exercise, rest and cooldown, then follow each step without repeatedly checking your phone. Use it for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, bodyweight workouts at home and stretching—or a few minutes of movement at the office. Train at your own pace • Set count-up and countdown timers, preparation time and rests. • Combine steps into routines with repeating rounds and rests between groups. • Save your favorite presets and routines, ready to start again next time. Listen and focus on your workout • Choose announcement intervals, voices and speech speed, with optional beats. • Built-in voices play offline after installation. • Hear spoken cues in the background and control timing with Siri and Shortcuts. • Check your timer on the Lock Screen with Live Activities. See what you have practiced • Review daily sessions in the practice calendar, with weekly and monthly summaries. • Enable Apple Health recording to save completed workouts or breathing exercises in the Health app. More ways to practice • Add a reference video link to a routine. After switching to another app, check progress with the Picture in Picture floating timer. • Count jumps and squats automatically with compatible AirPods that support head tracking. • Follow spoken numbers for breathing practice, or add breathing exercises to a multi-step routine. Basic timing is free. Some advanced features require HearTime Pro, a one-time purchase with no subscription. No account required. No ads. Your presets, routines, practice records and settings are stored on your device by default. Optional anonymous usage analytics can be turned off in Settings.
Intervals Aloud
This app provides spoken guidance for various workout types, including walk-run, HIIT, and breathing exercises. It eliminates the need to watch a clock, allowing users to focus on their training with audio cues for every interval, rest, and round. It offers both pre-made routines and custom sequence building, with background and lock screen support.
- Spoken interval guidance
- Pre-made and custom routines
- Background and lock screen coaching
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
- Optional Apple Health integration
- Offline core cues
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Train without ads, accounts or paywalls—and without watching the clock. Intervals Aloud speaks every exercise, pace change, rest, countdown and round, so you always know what to do now and what comes next. Keep moving while your music plays, your iPhone is locked or your Apple Watch runs the workout. START FAST Choose a ready-made routine for walk-run, HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, sprints, circuits, stretching, breathing or focus—or build exactly the sequence you need. IMPORT A WORKOUT Turn a public YouTube workout link into an editable timed routine. Online imports use our service and artificial intelligence providers to read the workout. Review the exercises and times before saving. You can also choose a workout photo, screenshot or saved video. These files are read on your iPhone. Import progress shows the current stage and exercise names as they are found. Some sources may need timing choices or may not be readable. SEE EVERY MOVE A 3D coach shows how each exercise is done, with form tips. STAY IN THE FLOW • Natural coaching voices, plus iPhone Voice • Spoken interval names, upcoming cues and round counts • Overall progress and a live plan that always shows your place • Background and Lock Screen coaching over music • Standalone Apple Watch app • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Optional Apple Health workout saving • History, reminders and streaks • Shareable routines with nested rounds and sets Free. No ads. No account required. Core cues are ready offline. New custom names may briefly need an internet connection the first time; once prepared, they’re saved on your device. If preparation isn’t available, iPhone Voice can start immediately.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Intervals Aloud at none against HearTime's 2. HearTime's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. HearTime sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Intervals Aloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HearTime against 5.0 for Intervals Aloud. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
HearTime ships an update every 4 days, Intervals Aloud every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HearTime | Intervals Aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 平 丁 | Yarden Eitan |
Customer experience
HearTime
Intervals Aloud
In-app purchases
HearTime
- 7-day TrialFree
- HearTime Pro Lifetime$14.99
Intervals Aloud
No in-app purchases









