Comparison

Workout Interval Timer Lite vs Custom Interval Timers

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

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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.

About

Custom Interval Timers

Design personalized interval timers for workouts or productivity. Its intuitive editor allows for custom flows with various settings like countdowns and personalized interfaces. Offers light/dark modes and an option to disable ads.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval flows
  • Intuitive timer editor
  • Count up or down timers
  • Personalized running interface
  • Light/dark mode
  • Ad-free option
Features
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Create highly customizable interval timers in a beautiful Interface. Interval timers are useful for exercise, like High-intensity interval training (HIIT) or Tabata, and can also be used to manage productivity, events, and more! This app provides a fascinatingly simple and intuitive editor for setting up your own custom timers. With just a few building blocks you can create the exact experience you want. Multiple settings to match your preferences: - Count up or down - Personalize the running interface to show what matters to you - Light/dark mode - Disable ads for free!

Screenshots

Workout Interval Timer Lite4 screens
Custom Interval Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Custom Interval Timers at none against Workout Interval Timer Lite's 6. Custom Interval Timers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Workout Interval Timer Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price 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. Workout Interval Timer Lite sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Custom Interval Timers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Interval Timers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Interval Timer Lite has 248 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Workout Interval Timer Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Custom Interval Timers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Interval Timer Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Custom Interval Timers every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Workout Interval Timer Lite versus Custom Interval Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout Interval Timer LiteCustom Interval Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (248 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings248 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenciSoft s.r.o.Alex Rich

Customer experience

Workout Interval Timer Lite

All ratings248 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.6%

Custom Interval Timers

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Custom Interval Timers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
None

Custom Interval Timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Interval Timer Lite free?
Workout Interval Timer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Interval Timers free?
Custom Interval Timers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workout Interval Timer Lite or Custom Interval Timers?
Custom Interval Timers is rated higher. Workout Interval Timer Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 248 ratings, while Custom Interval Timers averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Workout Interval Timer Lite or Custom Interval Timers have ads?
Custom Interval Timers shows ads; Workout Interval Timer Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Interval Timer Lite or Custom Interval Timers?
Workout Interval Timer Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Custom Interval Timers every 4 months. Most recently, Workout Interval Timer Lite was updated on October 9, 2026 and Custom Interval Timers on October 5, 2026.

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