Intervals Pro vs Pace Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Intervals Pro
Create and follow custom interval training routines for various fitness activities. This app offers extensive customization for intervals, alerts, and goals, with seamless integration for Apple Watch and Apple Health.
- Highly customizable intervals (time/distance)
- Spoken interval names and prompts
- Standalone Apple Watch workouts
- Workout history with Apple Health
- Home screen widgets for quick launch
- Bluetooth heart rate monitor support
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Custom Interval Training at its best for iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad. Featured by Apple and recommended by fitness instructors, personal trainers, marathon runners, and coaches. Let Intervals Pro guide you through any type of interval workout: HIIT, running, strength training, yoga, stretching, circuit training, boxing, MMA, elliptical, rehabilitation, meditation, 7-minute workouts, and many more. FEATURED BY • Apple - App of the Day in 132 Countries • Apple - Workout with Apple Watch, Quick HIIT Workouts • Women's Health Magazine • COACH Magazine • SixColors.com HIGHLIGHTS • Highly Customizable • Home Screen Widgets to quickly launch timers • Spoken interval names and prompts • Customizable alert sounds • Standalone Apple Watch workouts. Leave your iPhone at home! • Workout History using Apple Health data • View an Apple Watch workout live on your iPhone! • Run in the background with the screen locked • Play music or podcasts using the app of your choice • Bluetooth heart rate monitor support for Apple Watch or iPhone • Fill your Activity Rings • Siri Shortcuts • Share timers with friends • Time and Distance Goals • Running Pace and Heart Rate Targets • Auto pause and resume • Send completed workouts to Strava • Confetti! PERSONALIZE YOUR WORKOUT • Customize the Name, Duration, Alert, and Color for each interval • Customize Alert Sounds and Voice Prompts to guide you through your workout • Set a Countdown Alert and vibrations when the interval is about to end • Optional halfway alert • Set target heart rate ranges for each interval • Set time and distance goals FLEXIBLE INTERVAL DURATIONS • Time based (e.g., 45 seconds) • Distance-based (e.g., 0.5 MI or KM) • Count up intervals keep running until your ready for the next interval • Estimated time or distance. Count down time or distance to zero and then continue the interval, counting up until you're ready to move on. THE BEST APPLE WATCH INTERVAL TIMER • Leave your phone at home with our standalone Apple Watch app • Control your music or podcasts on the "Now Playing" screen • View an Apple Watch workout live on your iPhone • Alert Sounds and Voice Prompts to guide you through your workout • Configurable haptic alert countdown that taps you on the wrist when the interval is ending • Track heart rate, calories, distance, and pace • Route tracking for running, walking, and cycling • Workouts contribute to the Apple Watch Activity Rings WORKOUT HISTORY USING APPLE HEALTH • Intervals Pro has the best Apple Health integration of any interval training app • Track heart rate, calories, distance, and pace • Route tracking for running, walking, and cycling • Detailed stats for every interval • All your data is safely stored in Apple Health GREAT FOR RUNNING AND CYCLING • Interval duration can be set to either a specified time or distance • Display current pace, pace for the interval, or pace for the entire run • Configure heart rate ranges per interval • Analyze each interval of your run in the workout history MULTIPLE VOICES AND LANGUAGES • Select the language and voice to use for all spoken alerts. • Spoken alerts are localized to 10 languages. Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. Get Intervals Pro today, and your workouts will never be the same! SUBSCRIPTION INFO Intervals Pro is free to download and has a free timer. To create multiple timers and unlock all the features of the app, you may choose between a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription option. Upon confirmation of the purchase, payment will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store app. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://intervalspro.com/privacy-policy.html
Pace Watch
This app helps runners maintain a target pace during training. It provides haptic and audio feedback when you deviate from your desired speed, with adjustable leeway. It integrates with HealthKit to read and write workout data.
- Target pace training
- Haptic and audio feedback
- Phone-free operation
- Adjustable pace buffer
- HealthKit integration
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Pace Watch doesn't use your phone or watches GPS and can be used without your phone. Pace Watch helps you stay at your target pace while training for your next big run. If you start to go too fast or slow it will tap your wrist and play a tone every 5 seconds until you are back in your target zone. Hints: - Use the buffer setting to give yourself a little more leeway around your target pace. - Only want the watch to tap you? Use the silence option in the control center on your watch to quiet the noise. This app uses HealthKit to access some of your data in the Health app(workouts, distance, and active energy(Calories burned)) and to write new data into the Health app(workouts, distance, and active energy(Calories burned))
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Intervals Pro at 4.8 against Pace Watch's 3.8. Intervals Pro also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and ratings volume (14K vs 4). Pace Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Intervals Pro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pace Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Intervals Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intervals Pro has 14K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Intervals Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pace Watch's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Intervals Pro | Pace Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14K ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intervals, LLC | Simon Fortelny |
Customer experience
Intervals Pro
Pace Watch
Bugs and requests
Intervals Pro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Workout data not syncing correctly
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
Requested features
3 requests- More customization options for interval displays
- Ability to batch delete or manage workout history
- Integration with more third-party fitness apps
Pace Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Intervals Pro
- Monthly Membership7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Awesome Tip$1.99
- Massive Tip$4.99
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- Amazing Tip$9.99
- Intervals Pro (Legacy)$69.99
- Lifetime Access$69.99
Pace Watch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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