Comparison

HearTime vs PaceCue

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

Head to head
About

HearTime

Features
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HearTime is a spoken timer for workouts and everyday routines. Keep your pace without watching the screen during training, stretching, recovery exercises, cooking, or focused tasks. Key features: - Free stopwatch and countdown timers - Reusable timer presets - Multi-step routines with configurable group rests - Nine pre-generated synthetic voices that play offline after installation - Adjustable announcement intervals, beats, speech rate, and enhanced volume - Quick control with Siri and App Shortcuts - Timer status on the Lock Screen with Live Activities - Background audio, portrait and landscape layouts, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver support Version 1.1 adds spoken number meditation. Follow a breathing rhythm by ear, or drop a meditation step into a routine you already use. HearTime remains a spoken timer, not a meditation course. HearTime requires no account and contains no ads. Optional anonymous usage analytics can be turned off in Settings. Your presets, routines, timer history, and settings stay on your device by default. The free version includes the core timer experience. A one-time HearTime Pro purchase permanently unlocks additional presets, routines, and advanced features. It is not a subscription. Share presets, Routines, and meditations as text. Import from the clipboard with a quick preview, or describe a workout to an external AI, bring the result back, and save after you confirm.

About

PaceCue

This app provides a customizable interval timer for runners. It offers audio cues, voice announcements, and haptic feedback to guide users through warmups, hard efforts, easy recovery, and cooldowns. The timer works with the screen locked and features live activity updates.

Highlights
  • Custom interval workouts
  • Audio and voice cues
  • Haptic feedback
  • Countdown warnings
  • Live Activity on Lock Screen
  • Works with screen locked
  • Preset workouts
Features
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PaceCue is a simple, focused interval timer built for runners. Create custom workouts with warmup, hard, easy, and cooldown intervals - then hit start and let audio cues, voice announcements, and haptic feedback tell you when to push and when to recover. No need to look at your phone. Features: • Build custom interval workouts with repeating blocks • Audio beeps, voice announcements, or both — your choice • Haptic feedback on interval changes • Countdown warnings before each transition • Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Works with your screen locked • Comes with preset workouts to get you started (5K Speed, Tempo Run, Pyramids, and more) • Export & import your workouts for backup • No subscriptions. No ads. Just run.

Screenshots

HearTime4 screens
PaceCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaceCue at none against HearTime's 1. PaceCue also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HearTime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PaceCue asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HearTime ships an update every 4 days, PaceCue daily. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HearTime versus PaceCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearTimePaceCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer平 丁Toddly LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HearTime

One-time1
  • HearTime Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

PaceCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HearTime free?
HearTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaceCue free?
PaceCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HearTime or PaceCue have ads?
Neither HearTime nor PaceCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HearTime or PaceCue?
HearTime ships an update every 4 days, and PaceCue daily. Most recently, HearTime was updated on September 29, 2026 and PaceCue on October 1, 2026.

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