Comparison

HIIT vs Workout Interval Timer Lite

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

Head to head
About

HIIT

This app offers short, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts that can be done anywhere with no equipment. It provides scientifically proven exercises, custom timer templates, and progress tracking to help users achieve fitness results quickly.

Highlights
  • Short, high-intensity workouts
  • Customizable timer templates
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Calendar and weight tracking
  • Voice and video guidance
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Get our HIIT Workout app to get results FAST! Just 4 minutes of high intensity tabata intervals training will make you sweat and get your heart pumping. Replace long cardio workouts with shorter and more effective HIIT workouts. No equipment needed. Workout anytime,anywhere. No excuses. Features: • Scientifically proven short high intensity workouts to improve your health. • Custom templates so you can build your own timers. • Step by step instructions suitable for beginners and intermediates alike. • Calendar and weight tracker to track your progress. • Voice and video instructions. It's like having a personal trainer in your pocket. • This app is integrated with Apple Health to track your workouts,calories and weight. Free,quick and effective. What are you waiting for? Download the app,and get sweating! 7M - We heart fitness! SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS We offer the following auto-renewing subscriptions: $29.99 per year $2.99 per week These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends,the rest of your free trial period will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: https://7mfitness.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://7mfitness.com/privacy-policy/

About

Workout Interval Timer Lite

This app coaches your workouts with customizable timers, allowing you to focus on training. It supports advanced features like location tracking and heart rate monitoring, with voice and audio cues for seamless interval management.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple)
  • Location tracking for route and distance statistics
  • Heart rate training with Bluetooth LE monitor support
  • Voice and audio cues for interval notifications
  • Workout history and iCloud synchronization
  • Music integration for timers and intervals
Features
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Let our timer to coach your workouts so you can focus on actual training without staring at the watch. This timer meets the needs of amateurs as well as professionals. It was designed to be flexible and highly customisable so it can be used for all kinds of trainings. There is one important difference between this app and other apps on the App Store. No need to change timer configuration when switching exercises all the time. Create and configure timers once and use them multiple times. For more demanding users timers can be composed into entire workouts. All timers and workouts can be categorized into groups. For each timer can be enabled location tracking. With enabled location tracking you can seethe route and location based statistics like distance, speed, pace and altitude. Another great feature is support for heart rate training using a Bluetooth LE heart rate monitor. User can create multiple profiles and switch between them. Heart rate training profile contains all settings for your training like heart rate zones and notification options. During exercising user can be notified about current heart rate and zone. One heart rate zone can be selected as target zone. Voice coaching can notify the user to adjust tempo to stay in current zone. The user interface is designed to be clear and readable from a distance. For notification can be used vibrations, sounds and also text to speech voice. No more looking at the screen to know the current interval. Each timer is composed from intervals. Each interval has a configurable name, duration, color and music. Music can be set also for whole timer. Your workout sessions can be saved into history where you can see how you performed during exercising. All your timers and workout history can be synchronized into iCloud. This app integrates with the Health app. Workout metrics can be exported to Apple Health app. Features: - Four timer types (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple). - Support for Apple Health (only for Full Version) - Synchronization to iCloud (only for Full Version) - Heart rate training feature. - Location tracking feature. - Timer sounds: last seconds, every second, interval end, timer finish and metronome. - Timer vibrations: last seconds, interval end and timer finish. - Timer text to speech voice: interval name, next interval name, duration at beginning of interval, current interval time, counting down for last seconds and timer finish. - Timers can be easily shared and duplicated. - Timers can be categorised into groups. - Timer music (playlist, album or song). - Multiple screens for running timer with different stats: Map, Location, Heart Rate, Timer, Intervals and Music - User can configure visual style for timer screens. - Screens for running timer can be locked. - Each interval has configurable duration, name, color and music. - Runs and plays music on background. - Universal app, works on iPhone and iPad. - Max interval duration is 99 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds. - Max number of sets is 999. Free version includes ads and other restrictions that can be removed with InApp Purchases. If you have enable Track Location option please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

HIIT4 screens
Workout Interval Timer Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Workout Interval Timer Lite at none against HIIT's shown. Workout Interval Timer Lite also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). HIIT's advantage is ratings volume (31K vs 247). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Workout Interval Timer Lite sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HIIT against 4.7 for Workout Interval Timer Lite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HIIT has 31K ratings behind it against 247, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of HIIT's written reviews are positive against 89% of Workout Interval Timer Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIIT ships an update monthly, Workout Interval Timer Lite every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HIIT versus Workout Interval Timer Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIITWorkout Interval Timer Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31K ratings) — better4.7 (247 ratings)
Positive reviews90.8% of reviews — better89.4% of reviews
Number of ratings31K — better247
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFast Builder LimitedDenciSoft s.r.o.

Customer experience

HIIT

All ratings31,065 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews382 reviews
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.0%

Workout Interval Timer Lite

All ratings247 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.6%

User reviews

HIIT

From 31K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Variety and flexibility of workouts
  • 🚀 Easy to follow and effective workouts
  • 💪 Workouts challenge users and help them see results
  • 🎨 Good range of difficulty levels
  • ⏱️ Convenient short workout options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some workouts are too easy or repetitive
  • 🔇 Lack of music or audio guidance during workouts
  • 💰 Concerns about paid subscription model
  • 🤔 Lack of modifications or low-impact options

Workout Interval Timer Lite

From 247 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and easy to use
  • 💡 Highly customizable workouts
  • 🚀 Efficient interval timers
  • 🌟 Great sound effects and cues
  • 🎨 Visually appealing design and color schemes

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Deceptive free version limitations
  • 💸 App feels expensive to some
  • 🚫 Ads in paid version (reported by one user)
  • 🎶 Music playback issues (stops randomly, restarts after pause)
  • 🔊 Interval sounds not working consistently

Bugs and requests

HIIT

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Some videos or links not working
  • Occasional crashes or performance issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to create custom workouts
  • More workout types beyond just HIIT
  • Integration with fitness tracking apps
  • Ability to save favorite workouts

Workout Interval Timer Lite

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Music stops during workouts randomly
  • Interval sounds don't work half the time
  • Ads appear in the paid no-ad version
  • Music restarts after a pause even when 'play through pauses' is selected
  • Asking to save workout after every timer use can be burdensome

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a "for time" timer option
  • Add lock screen notifications after each interval
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Add a function to flash at the last 5 or 3 seconds of an interval
  • Option to turn off workout saving after each timer use
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  • Allow songs to start at a random point

In-app purchases

11 purchases

HIIT

Subscriptions11
  • Lock-in our cheapest price!3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • 7M Pro$2.997 Days
  • Get Yearly Premium!$9.991 Year
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  • Interval Timer Pro + Workouts$12.991 Month
  • Interval Timer X premium7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • 7M Pro$19.993 Months
  • Get Monthly Premium!$19.991 Month
  • Get Yearly Premium!$19.991 Year
  • Interval Timer X premium$29.991 Year
  • 7M Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Interval Timer Pro + Workouts7 Days trial$39.991 Year
6 purchases

Workout Interval Timer Lite

One-time6
  • Unlimited Custom Timers$0.99
  • Unlimited Simple Timers$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Unlimited Circuit Timers$1.99
  • Unlimited HIIT Timers$1.99
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is HIIT free?
HIIT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Interval Timer Lite free?
Workout Interval Timer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HIIT or Workout Interval Timer Lite?
HIIT is rated higher. HIIT averages 4.8 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while Workout Interval Timer Lite averages 4.7 from 247 ratings.
Do HIIT or Workout Interval Timer Lite have ads?
HIIT shows ads; Workout Interval Timer Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, HIIT or Workout Interval Timer Lite?
HIIT ships an update monthly, and Workout Interval Timer Lite every 5 weeks. Most recently, HIIT was updated on September 24, 2026 and Workout Interval Timer Lite on August 25, 2026.

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