Comparison

Sundial vs Cadence Intervals

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

Head to head
About

Sundial

This app helps you manage your screen time by setting limits on app usage. It uses iOS's built-in blocking features and provides insights into your daily usage patterns. The app focuses on a more natural approach to time management, offering flexibility within set boundaries.

Highlights
  • App and category limits
  • Customizable rule reasons
  • Flexible exit options
  • Daily health score visualization
  • Usage history heatmap
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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Sundial is a screen time app built on one idea: a limit should feel like a sundial, not a stopwatch. You decide what your time is for, and the app quietly holds the line. LIMITS THAT ACTUALLY SHIELD Choose the apps or categories that eat your day and give each rule a daily allowance. When it runs out, iOS itself blocks the app — not a timer you can swipe away. One rule can hold any number of apps at once. THE BLOCK TELLS YOU WHY Every shield says what you finished ("30 min done for today.") and repeats the reason you set that rule — "For my health. Put the phone down." The exit stays yours as well: finish for today, take 15 more minutes, or lift that rule until midnight. Nothing is a dead end. TODAY, AT A GLANCE The home tab estimates how much of the day you have spent and turns it into a health score that drains as the hours do. The day's ink-wash landscape shifts with it, so the picture tells the story before the number does. HISTORY WORTH READING All history in one heatmap, plus a per-day breakdown of where the time went: which apps, which categories, and how they compare with your limits. THE HOME SCREEN WIDGET Today's figure and your most urgent rules, small or medium, right on the Home Screen. QUIET BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no server, no analytics, no ads. Sundial reads only aggregate usage time through Apple's Screen Time framework — never what you do inside an app. Full policy: see the Privacy Policy link below. SUNDIAL PRO A single one-time purchase unlocks every theme, every background scene, and the Home Screen widget. No subscription. REQUIREMENTS Sundial needs Screen Time permission (Settings → Screen Time → Sundial) to read your totals and set limits. iPhone.

About

Cadence Intervals

Features
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Cadence Intervals is not just a timer that counts seconds. It knows what you are doing in every segment, and it keeps the beat for you. Three things a plain interval timer does not do One. Every segment carries its own exercise. 1300+ movements grouped by chest, back, shoulders, legs and core, fully offline. Pick one straight from the library while building a sequence. Not sure how a move goes when it comes up? Tap it for step-by-step instructions. Two. A metronome on your work intervals. Adjustable from 40 to 240 BPM, layered on top of the work segment. Jump rope cadence, punch rhythm, jumping jack pacing: follow the beat instead of counting in your head. Three. Cues mix into your music. Apple Music and Spotify keep playing, never pause, never drop in volume. Cues still sound with the silent switch on, and fire on time on the lock screen and in the background. READY IN TEN SECONDS - Three dials for work, rest and rounds, down to the second - Save any setup as a preset and start it with one tap - Ten templates: Tabata, HIIT full body, boxing rounds, run intervals, bike sprints, jump rope, core, strength, burpees and stretching BIG AND LOUD - Full-screen digits readable with the phone on the floor, three meters away - Prepare, work and rest each have their own color - Voice announces every segment, with a 3, 2, 1 countdown before each switch - Seven cue sounds with their own volume slider, vibration on or off CUSTOM SEQUENCES - Give every segment its own length: 5 minute warm-up, 40 second squats, 20 second rest, 1 minute plank - Drag to reorder, swipe to delete, repeat the whole sequence as many times as you want SHARE YOUR SESSION - A results card is generated when you finish, ready to save or share CLEAN BY DESIGN - No ads, no account, no network, your data stays on this device - Available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Arabic

Screenshots

Sundial4 screens
Cadence Intervals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cadence Intervals at 16.0 against Sundial's 18.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Sundial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cadence Intervals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sundial versus Cadence Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSundialCadence Intervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潇 左婉 唐

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sundial

One-time1
  • Sundial Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Cadence Intervals

One-time1
  • Interval Timer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Sundial free?
Sundial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cadence Intervals free?
Cadence Intervals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sundial or Cadence Intervals have ads?
Neither Sundial nor Cadence Intervals shows ads.

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