Comparison

Intervals Pro vs IntervalBeats

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

IntervalBeats

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various activities like workouts, focus sessions, and sleep. It integrates with Apple Music for seamless playlist transitions and also supports other audio apps.

Highlights
  • Customizable intervals
  • Ready-to-use templates
  • Timer Sets
  • Sleep Timer
  • Background timer
  • Visual cycle progress
Features
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IntervalBeats is a focused interval timer for workouts, HIIT, tabata, stretching, meditation, and anything else that benefits from structured time. Built around Apple Music — pick your intervals, choose a work playlist and a rest playlist, press start. APPLE MUSIC — RECOMMENDED FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE Apple Music is the smoothest path. Connect once and IntervalBeats plays, pauses, and switches between your work and rest playlists automatically — even while the screen is locked. The Sleep Timer pauses Apple Music precisely at zero whether your phone is locked or not. Requires an Apple Music subscription. WORKS WITH OTHER AUDIO APPS TOO Prefer Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Audible, or YouTube Music? Start playing in your audio app, then launch an IntervalBeats session — your audio mixes with our beep cues. Workout auto-pause and the Sleep Timer also work with these apps; just keep IntervalBeats on screen (we dim it for you) so iOS allows us to send the pause. No Apple Music subscription needed. KEY FEATURES • Customizable intervals — Set work and rest durations in seconds and minutes, pick any number of cycles • Ready-to-use templates — 16 presets across Focus (Pomodoro, Study Sprint), Classroom (Brain Break, Station Rotation), and fitness (HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, yoga, and more) — start in one tap • Timer Sets — Chain multiple timers into one seamless workout with automatic or manual transitions • One-tap repeat — Restart a workout or a Set without leaving the summary screen • Built for iPad — Split-screen layout makes full use of your tablet • Visual cycle progress — Progress ring tracks your rotations in real time • Sleep Timer — Fall asleep to your music with an automatic pause at the time you choose EVERYTHING ELSE • Countdown before start — Optional countdown so you have time to get ready • Beep cues — Configurable interval beeps and end-of-phase sounds • Haptic feedback — Feel every phase change • Background timer — The timer itself keeps ticking when your screen is off or you switch apps • Large, readable display — See your time and phase clearly, even mid-workout • Saved presets — Build once, reuse forever PERFECT FOR • HIIT and Tabata workouts • Circuit training and CrossFit • Running intervals and sprint training • Stretching and yoga flows • Focus sessions and Pomodoro • Meditation and breathwork • Classroom activities, brain breaks, and transitions • Any timed activity with work and rest phases DESIGNED FOR FOCUS IntervalBeats stays out of your way. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Just a timer that respects your music and your time. PRIVACY IntervalBeats does not collect personal data. Apple Music permission is used only to play the playlists you choose. See the full privacy policy for details. Questions or feedback? Contact intervalbeats@icloud.com

Screenshots

Intervals Pro4 screens
IntervalBeats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IntervalBeats at none against Intervals Pro's 8. IntervalBeats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). Intervals Pro's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Intervals Pro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. IntervalBeats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IntervalBeats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intervals Pro has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intervals Pro ships an update weekly, IntervalBeats every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Intervals Pro versus IntervalBeats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervals ProIntervalBeats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntervals, LLCIouri Zinoviev

Customer experience

Intervals Pro

All ratings13,710 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews1,097 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative10.7%

IntervalBeats

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

IntervalBeats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Intervals Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • 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
None

IntervalBeats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Intervals Pro free?
Intervals Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IntervalBeats free?
IntervalBeats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Intervals Pro or IntervalBeats?
IntervalBeats is rated higher. Intervals Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while IntervalBeats averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Intervals Pro or IntervalBeats have ads?
Neither Intervals Pro nor IntervalBeats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intervals Pro or IntervalBeats?
Intervals Pro ships an update weekly, and IntervalBeats every 2 weeks. Most recently, Intervals Pro was updated on November 5, 2026 and IntervalBeats on November 5, 2026.

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