Intervals Pro vs Cadence
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
Cadence
This app helps fitness instructors manage class timing and cues. Plan routines, display information on various devices, and provide silent or audible guidance to clients. Offers free and paid tiers with advanced features for professional use.
- Plan class routines with custom moves and cues
- Display current, next, and private cues
- Teach from Apple Watch, iPhone, or iPad
- Import routines from spreadsheets or notes
- Customizable haptic and audio alerts
- Sync workouts with Routine Together feature
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Teach the room, not the clock. Cadence is the class timer for instructors. Pilates first, and just as at home in barre, yoga, HIIT, bootcamp, and personal training. Plan the flow once on iPhone, then teach it from your Apple Watch, your iPhone propped on the reformer, or an iPad the whole room can read. It shows the current move, your private cue, and what is next, and taps you before every transition. Your eyes stay on your clients. Plan the class once • Name each move, set the seconds, and add the coaching cue only you see. • Add between-step transition pauses for spring changes or setup, across the routine or per step. • Loop a move or a linked multi-step block for Left & Right sides or repeated sets, with an optional switch-sides pause (Cadence Pro). • Color-code warm-up, work, and cool-down so the runner reads at a glance. • Repeat a block for rounds, rest between them, and open with a Get Ready countdown (Cadence Pro). • Start from a template: a 45-minute reformer flow, a 50-minute mat class, a 30-minute private, a 45-minute barre class, a 60-minute yoga flow, Tabata, HIIT, a five-station circuit, EMOM. • Tag routines Mat, Reformer, Private, Barre, Yoga, HIIT, or Strength and filter the library by class format. Bring in the plans you already have • Paste from Google Sheets, Excel, Numbers, or Notes, or open CSV files — with 1 free spreadsheet import included, and unlimited imports on Cadence Pro. • Smart Import (Cadence Pro): paste a plan from notes, an email, or a PDF in any layout and Cadence turns it into a routine to review before saving. • Send a routine to a colleague as a link or a CSV (Cadence Pro). Nothing is uploaded when sharing a link. Teach from whatever is closest • Apple Watch: current move, countdown, up next, and step count, with haptics at each step change, at your warning mark, and at any custom haptic marks you set. • iPhone & iPad: focus mode, hold-to-unlock screen lock, landscape iPad studio view, and AirPlay/HDMI Studio Display for a TV or projector (Cadence Pro). • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer with pause and skip buttons, plus Apple Music playlist attachment per routine (Cadence Pro). • Routine Together: join any live synced workout by 6-digit room code for free, or host multi-device synced sessions with Cadence Studio. Cues the way you want them, or not at all • Everything is silent until you turn it on. • Haptics with custom per-step marks and optional 3-2-1 countdown taps, plus chime, beep, or bell tones and halfway cues. • Voice cues read the move and your coaching cue aloud (1 free sample class; unlimited with Cadence Pro). Free, Pro, and Studio Cadence is free with up to 2 active routines, templates, step colors, between-step transitions, custom haptic marks, sound alerts, headphone controls, 1 free spreadsheet import, 1 free voice-cue class, and joining Routine Together sessions. Cadence Pro is $9.99/month (after a 7-day free trial) or $59.99/year. Cadence Studio is $19.99/month or $119.99/year (7-day free trial) and adds hosting Routine Together live multi-device sessions. Terms of Use: https://cadencetimer.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://cadencetimer.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Intervals Pro at 14K against Cadence's 4. Cadence's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Cadence sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cadence 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Intervals Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cadence's.
Intervals Pro ships an update weekly, Cadence every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Intervals Pro | Cadence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intervals, LLC | True AI Ventures |
Customer experience
Intervals Pro
Cadence
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
Cadence
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
Cadence
- Cadence Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Cadence Studio Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Cadence Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
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- Cadence Studio Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year
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