Interval Timer App Reviews

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useful app. I found this app to be exactly what I was looking for in an interval timer. More than worth the money! When used correctly, it's a great app. There is one thing I would like to see in an update, it's the ability to program multiple workouts.

Will NOT function correctly when locked: Confirmed. I had suspected for some days that the app will NOT -- contrary to the claims of the developer -- run correctly when the iPhone is locked. My timer is set for 4:30 low, 30 secconds high, with no rest time. Often when the iPhone is locked, the clock stops and the app will not sound UNTIL I touch the Home button, when it will sound. Upon unlocking the iPhone, the timer resumes at the point immediately after the conclusion of the previous interval. In other words, the clock stopped and the sound was "cached" until I began unlocking the iPhone. It seems that in Interval Timer we are in the hands of a pretty talented developer (the app really is excellent) who does his own software testing -- the worst possible scenario: software developers and testers should be a) different people; b) preferably at daggers drawn. On the one hand, who am I to complain for a measly buck? On the other hand, this is not far from being a 5-star app. Let's hope this unlock matter is solved soon. Otherwise I shall have to purchase a $20 iPhone holder for my bike's handlebars, because otherwise with the iPhone in my pocket I will inevitably and inadvertently touch the Pause button on this $1 app ....

Silly users. I've had this app since it was created and I've never had an issue with it. Always opens and runs flawlessly. I wish it could set up different timers between "sets" but that's just being anal. Get the app and enjoy.

Perfect. I downloaded this newest version and didn't have any of the problems described in the negative reviews. This really is a perfect interval timer. Does what it says and the rest feature means you can use it for interval training or circuit training. Really great and just what I was looking for. Worth the price.

Single timer only. This is a very good single interval timer. It has the same sounds as this company's other interval apps.. Interface is very simple for its purpose. You can also record your own sounds. I wish its description would say "Single Interval Timer".

Works great!. However I few things I would like see changed.. - the colors indicating rest, low intensity, and high intensity should be changed to red, yellow, and green. like a traffic light. Reason being, when I'm exhousted, It would be second nature to know what the colors stand for. Fast, slow, and stop. When running. The primary colors used don't subconciously stand for anything really.. And will throw me off when I'm drained and pushing hard, I don't like to clutter my thoughts with what blue stands for etc. - A second timer indicating the time until the next interval. This is a must. Set time, and interval time should both be displayed. After all.. It is an 'interval timmer' yet it does not display this.. This program would be perfect if it had these two changes. Untill then 4 stars..

Good Timer. Stopped working after the upgrade, but works fine after I reinstalled the ap.

Not useful if you listen to music. I wanted to like this app. Its got a very clean easy to use interface and it does what it says. However, if you are running or working out to music, you will not hear it. It cannot lower the volume of the music during the change announcement. I wrote to the creator to discuss the issue, but never got a reply.

Solid app. Does what it's supposed to.. Great app. I do miss the last version's full screen tap to pause feature. The pause button is too small on an IPhone to easily tap the first time during a difficult workout with my fat, clumsy fingers.

when you can select the sound you want it will be 5 stars :). i don't really get the low intensity, high intensity intervals, but somebody must find these variations useful. it won't bother me too much having a slightly different tone each interval (low/high). very basic app (which is a good thing). hopefully will allow for sound of choice (there are 4 preselects to choose from and tone and ring will work fine for those of us doing conditioning drills) in an upgraded version.

Sound Issues. I love this app but since updating my phone to 4.0, I can't hear the samples of the sounds like I used to when selecting a sound, and when the phone goes to "sleep" the sounds don't work, just the vibrate. The phone has to stay "awake" for the sounds to work during a workout. Please fix these issues on this otherwise great app. Thank you!

Good app. Could use an in app iPod controls, also has a few bugs -- if you set high tempo to be first and restart the app it show low tempo as first even though it is still high tempo first. This is much better than any other work out timer I have tried but it still needs some improvement.

Quit working after 7/6/09 upgrade. Worked fine on the morning of 7/6/09, got an upgrade. On the morning of 7/7/09, it looks all different and the app closes every time I hit the start button, so it's now useless. I loved it before. Help! It used to be great for Tabatas. Set the rest time to zero and use the low interval for the 10 second rest. If it ever works again. If it doesn't come back soon, I guess I'll have to find another timer. It's a shame. I really liked the way it worked before.

Simple and elegant. Does what it says it does. On an iPod touch 1g you need to be wearing the earphones to hear the alerts. For those complaining about the timer stopping when the screen locks: as long as music is playing through the media player, the iPod stays "awake" (even though the screen goes off) and the timer will continue to run, and the alerts will sound. So just male sure music is playing, and then start the timer program. Don't press the home button. If the media player stops, such as at the end of a playlist, the iPod will go to sleep and so will the timer.

Program Saver. Would love to see an update that would allow you to save workouts so you don't have to reprogram it every time you want to do something different. Otherwise, great app!

An interval training must!. In the last few years I have really focused on interval training. There were two main problems, finding a timer that could handle different interval types without resetting, and hearing the buzzer over your music. This app handles both of these things beautifully. All you need to do is start your favorite playlist going on your iphone, and then start the interval timer. You have the option of the program stopping the song when the buzzer goes off, so you are assured of hearing it. It then starts the song again in the same place. You can set low and high intensity intervals within a larger interval as well. This is a must for anyone who wants to design and use interval training into their routines. GREAT APP GREAT PRICE!

Am I missing something?. I originally left the review below. This application worked one time for me. Now it crashes every time. I really want to like this app, but it needs work. Original review: I loved using this on the treadmill this morning. There's 2 thing that prevented me from giving 5 stars. 1. There's isn't a pause button. 2. There's only a stop button. When you press it, the app doesn't just stop, it exits and takes me back to iPhone's home screen. This was kind of annoying. I liked the tones. Great little app for those doing interval training.

(use to) Work Great. UPDATE: It worked great....for a while. Now the "Tone" notification only works sometimes. When it does work, it usually stops if you pause or restart the app. I'm nocking my rating of this app down. ------------------------------------- This is exactly what I was looking for and it's hard to argue about the price. It would be nice to to see some improvements in the sound themes. Most are unusable when playing over music, but "Tone" does come through. If it was possible to dip/mute the music at the interval this app would be close to perfect.

I loved this app until I upgraded to 4.0!. I had been training to do a walk/run marathon with this app and it was absolutely one of the best training tools I had! And of course as the saying goes, "Don't try anything new the day of the marathon." Well, I had upgraded to the iPhone 4 and I didn't think anything of it. But when I started my race, the sounds wouldn't work and would only vibrate (which of course I couldn't feel because it was in my running pouch) because I put the phone to sleep so that the screen would be locked. And I couldn't keep the screen on, because everytime I moved it would pause. I finally gave up on the application after playing with it for 6 miles in my race. I was really diasppointed because I couldn't even use it the way I had trained! So please upgrade this because I really liked this app!

Exactly what I needed.. First interval timer app I tried and its perfect. I can listen to music, can set multiple intervals, total length of my set, initial countdown timer, and customize each intervals sound. Great app!!!

Works great so far. This is the first interval timer for the iphone that's decent. Hopefully, they'll continue to add cool features. I'm using it for crossfit workouts and it works nicely.

Great app but fix 4.0 issues!!. Fix the new issues. Once updated to OS 4.0 issues have come about. Interval sounds are not working properly.

Nice Timer. Wish it was Apple Watch compatible

Disappointed. I was very disappointed after purchase. You can't set the High or Low intensity or Set timers to zero, they force a 5 sec. interval. I only want to use the Rest Time portion of the app but have to suffer through the rest of it. Not very useful for me. I am using an iPod Touch with up-to-date system software.

(v4) Good ap. Does what it says. A big thanks to the developers for quickly fixing the bug that paused the timer when locking phone.

Well worth the .99. This app is very logical and easy to use. I love the custom recording feature which allows me to record the words "run" and "walk" so I don't have to think about it!! I searched for timex interval watches and could find none for under $30. This is a great purchase for anyone looking to do interval training.

Needs volume control. This little item does what it's supposed to and very well! However, it would be nice if it had a volume control for the High/Low/Rest interval. For me it's a bit quiet to hear over my music on my iPhone 2G. Other than that, great app!

Invaluable. This app has been invaluable to me in my running training. I used to only walk but am now training for a half marathon and without this app it would be much more difficult. I give it 5 stars because it does what is says it does. However there are a couple features I'd like to request if the developer decides to do an update. 1. Please add a Screen Lock button. I had another app that did this. I know I have to keep the app open but since I know it's possible to lock the screen within the app this would be useful. 2. On the counter screen, after you start, it would be nice to have an additional timer to show the amount of time left in the High, Low or Rest period. I find myself having to do lots of math to see how much time is left, when I want to know. 3. The counter shows High, Low or Rest Intensity when the timer for that period begins but that then disappears. It would be helpful to have that displayed the for the entire time period. 4. With all the Screen space left available it would also be nice to show the total time that was started at and even maybe the Interval times. What would be nicer would be an option to increase or decrease these on the countdown screen, so you don't have to stop and start over again. 5. The sounds could be just a little louder. While it's rare, depending on what track I'm playing sometimes I miss them. 6. While the app seems geared toward a different kind of workout it's very useful for runners who go between running and walking. However as your distance increases the Total time is not enough. I'm at the point that I need more than 59 minutes. Making it possible to have a higher Total time would be appreciated. Still this is a great app that I couldn't do without. Definitely worth the 99 cents.

Needs a way to turn off low interval. There is no way to turn off the low interval or set it to 0. It goes back up to :05. If you only want to do high and low (as in Tabata), you are screwed. Sounds need to be louder and more audible over gym noise. Otherwise seems ok

Love it.... I purchased this and the Tabata Timer and this app is sooooo much better!! I like that you can choose your own sounds and the fact that the app will run with music playing. Setting up the intervals was quick and easy!! Thanks!!

Great interval timer, but missing key feature. I've been using this app for sometime. It is an excellent interval timer, easy to configure. However, it only allows you to have one interval timer configured at once. It has become tiresome having to change the timer settings each time I want to run a different interval workout. If I could create and save multiple timers, this would be a 5-star app and probably the best interval timer available, considering the combination of features and ease of use.

I'm in heaven. Before I donwloaded this app I had to turn my music down so low I could barely hear it because I needed to listen for the timer on my watch. I'm training for a marathon right now & practice interval training on my long runs. This app allows me to turn up the music as loud as I want and not worry about missing my next interval because the alarm sounds right over my music (note: make sure you have the ringer volume turned all the way up BEFORE you start the app). It's a bit sensitive which is why I knocked one star off, & it doesn't count your total training time which would be nice. Other than that, it's perfect, I love it!!!

Great, except for the pausing.... Great app, but I wish it would continue to run in the background while you change songs. If you try to access your music to change songs, it pauses the timer until you go back into the app and click to resume.

Not able to turn off low intensity. I am not able to have a high intensity, rest workout. Low intensity automatically rolls to 5 seconds. Needs to be able to turn off low intensity.

Great apps. I have the round timer you guys made and while it worked great for some things it didn't allow asynchronos splits, this app solves that problem. Having both apps has really helped my workouts thank you guys alot! Also, the iphone OS is the cause of apps randomly crashing, not the apps themselves, bad reviews for an app because of the OS isn't really fair.

Worked fine until last update for iPhone. It worked fine with intervals and running concurrently with music. However, when I took the latest update for my iPhone, it no longer works. What is the process for getting an update or getting it working?

It works. Good at timing but could definitely use improvement. The app needs to be updated for iOS 4, the icon is a joke, need to be able to program and save more than one timer, app just majorly needs cosmetic improvement.

Almost 5 stars. Great app. Easy to use. An integrated tap counter would be nice. It would be nice to keep track of reps too. Maybe design it to count negative and positive counts and multiple reps scalable from 1 to ? The ability to save programs would be a huge plus. Thanks for the app. Use it all the time.

Big improvements in the new version. It has come a long way from the previous version. But * still lacks the much needed ability to keep the iPhone screen from locking out. * can not save training profiles for different types of workout

Great App!. This app helped me start running again. I love it! It does just what it is supposed to do and is easy to use. Plus you can still listen to your music while it is counting down.

Great for stretching. Good app with a simple configuration screen. Used for stretching, it works great. I put it in my pocket and can use the vibration feature alone to know when to switch positions.

After all the research.... Yes indeed! I finally found the interval timer app that is the best, and it works under fire! Wether your Ipod is off or you're on another app, the timer still runs in the background like real time. It took me awhile to figure out low and high intervals, but I so get it now. Your high interval could be your actual work out while your low interval could be your resting time. I like to think of the low interval as moving on to the next weight work out apparatus. And I figured out that rest means end of the number of sets. Or you can make rest your interval if you set the high or low interval to zero! I'm rambling on because this is truly a great app that I tested. I should be ok at the gym tomorrow and onward.

Perfect. East to use, nice features, no crashes, and the tones are easily heard over even the loudest heavy metal background music!

Great app, but.... UPDATE: since the last update the iPod volumes fluctuate. It was really good when I first bought and they just keep improving it. Keep it up! Also, people complaining about the icon are ridiculous. Have you ever seen a real interval timer?

Great app. Chances are if this is crashing, iphone needs to restart or reinstall app. This is great. I turn on my iPod music and I can hear the tone over my music. Also the rest and work show different colors which is nice if you just quickly glance at the timer. Well made. I would like to see more sounds and higher pitch tones. Perhaps something like the "alarm" sound? Thanks for a great app!

Changes. I definitely like what this app could be. My issue is when doing superset tabata. For example 20 seconds for a then 20 seconds for b then 35 seconds rest. I wish there was a way to configure two high intensities then rest instead of low then high. And it gets confusing counting down from the round time. I would love it if my countdowns were 20 secs, 20 secs, 35 secs then set 2. It would be easier. Thanks

Nice improvements, but could use more.. lots of new options, and the current 2.0 version briefly pauses your music when it plays the tones so you'll always hear them. remember to set the sounds first on the 2.0 release or you will crash. i hope a future version will be able to continually run when you lock the screen.

Great tool for the price!. I have used this tool several times for running and lifting weights, it is well worth the price. I have been wanting something like this since the iPhone came out in June 07. Works great while listening to the ipod also. Just some improvement ideas, it would be great to get an audio countdown warning at the end of the interval, like 5,4,3,2,1. I am guessing that might be hard to do and keep the ipod playing in the background. The option of total time or total number of intervals would be great (just to avoid having to do math on the trail) Now just add a GPS, Pedometer and the ability to download and sync your results and you will put Polar out of business :-)

Almost awesome. I think some more distinctive sounds would be nice. Maybe an option to mute the music when the interval sound plays. Good simple program for the money.

Good for Crossfit. I have been looking for a good timer for quite sometime to do workouts too, and this one is great. Easy interface, bold timer count down, and nice alerts to when you need to switch or stop. Never had any issues with no sound. Maybe people had their phones on vibrate and thought that the sound would still come thru like their music does. If you have the switch turned to sound on your iPhone on the side, it comes thru even over the music playing.

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Good, still room for improvement. This is the best interval training app out for the iPhone I have found. The only thing I wish it would do is be able to set a total number of intervals or "workout time" as well as set time. When I am doing HIIT, I like to see which round of HIIT I am on as well as how far along in the total HIIT workout.

INTERVAL TIMER. Awesome, this interval timer works perfect and has no problems at all, works A+++++++, wont freeze or stop half way thru your workout you can trust it.....some of the others i have tried were more expensive and hopeless but this one is well worth the $1.19..... This interval trainer is by far my favorite fitness app!!!! 5 starts all the way!!! GOOD JOB : )

No bad, but needs improvements.. Not bad but needs improvements. Would be good if you could assign different music for the 'efforts' and 'rest' periods. Also would be good if the time could be adjusted in one second increments - not 5 seconds.

Running intervals & tabata awesome. I was in need of a functional app to set separate intervals to train for running intervals and this is perfect. I love that you can save workouts with a name so I can have stairs, running & tabata all saved and ready. The best app - I tried two others that just did not have the flexibility as this one. I love that I can say do 10 reps of the set doing which has been planned out by my trainer.

Handy Little App.. This is one handy little application, i use it for timing tabata protocol intervals and it works a treat, can't wait for the update. I had a few concerns when i first purchased the app but customer support was fantastic and helped me sort out the issue promptly and curteously. Thanks.

Interval Timer by Scott Fritzinger. This app is simple and works well as an interval workout timer. For me it is a little short on instructions and at first I thought I had wasted my money but I persevered and now I use it every day.

Simple and effective.. This app isn't the prettiest but it is perfect for exercising by intervals. A good buy.

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Not worth it. This device has no flexibility - it wouldn't let me choose 0 and it only allows for 1 interval. Spend the extra $1 and get the next version up.

Nope. Does not work at all, uninstalled, reinstalled, does not work.

Pretty Good. Good app with a lot of potential, but it could use a couple of more options such as a warm up setting. Without a warm up, it goes directly into it's intervals. I would also love to see more intervals other than just high and low, my HIIT workouts involve progressively more intense increments. Nice app but currently it's limited for me.

Timer review. This would be a perfect interval timer if only you could leave It and return to continue where you left off, each time you leave you have to start over at the beginning. It is very nice to be able to play your iPod while the timer is running but you can't leave the app to change your song because you will have to start the timer from the beginning.

Perfect. Like the name says, Plain and Simple. All the functionality I was looking for in a basic interval timer.

Requirements are WRONG!!!!. I bought this for my touch and it is not compatible! Even though the site says it's compatible with touch, it needs the iphone....there have been a couple of apps that i have downlaoded and have not worked. Apple need to go through their apps and state if things are actually compatible with touch and which need a higher iphone. I don't like wasting money and probably will not try very many apps until that happens.

Has problems. The sound of the app is way too loud. If I'm using my headphones, it can really hurt and you can't adjust that volume. When previewing sounds it screws with entire phones sound level. Loading lists is buggy and it doesn't delete them. It can function but needs to more QA.

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DOES NOT WORK. I CANNOT OPEN THIS.

Won't work on older iPod Touch. I love using this app, but the current version won't load onto the 2G iPod Touch, because it has no 4.0 OS. The same with Round Timer.

Glitchy. Love that you can now save your timer rounds, but the sounds shut off after about 4 or 5 rounds. And that's particularly annoying if you're relying on them. Plus it crashes pretty frequently.

Works great. Easy to use and works great with music.

Timer useful. Found it great for timing a series of stretching exercises. East to set up and use.

It doesn't work.. The new version is a little prettier but just doesn't work. The previous version was decent, approaching good. It isn't intuitive or particularly easy to use.

Great App. Great App, but possibly the worst icon in modern history.

Awesome. I like it :)

Be aware. Only one timer. Have to re-program if you want anything different.

Crashes Immediately. The app crashes immediately upon opening. Totally non-functional. I was hoping to use it for my Couch-to-5K running program, but in its current state the app is unusable.

Krayton. Can't get rid of low intervals. 2.1 has not fixed the screen lock issue. Not a good choice for hiit at the moment. Perhaps with another update.

.. This app no longer works which is very annoying when I've been using it for training and now my marathon is only 3 weeks away and I have to buy a new interval timer! Fix this please!

Useless now. Same exact problem as sithmaith. Used for tabata.

Does not function. Sound and vibrations do not work, making it useless for running.

Useless. I'll keep it to a minimum, save your money, its not worth it.

Just fine. Looks o.k. Does what it says and nothing else. I was pleasantly surprised.

BAD App.. I get the 2nd & sometimes 3rd audio alert and the audio alerts stop. The alerts will continue to vibrate only when the audio stops. I have re-insalled, tried every configuration posable and same ole thing I can't get a return email from support to help me. Way over rated.

Don't purchase. Doesn't work at all

No sound. Great in theory.....But i Don't get any sound at intervals and cant feel the vibrate when running, so i have know idea when the new interval is starting. Tried restarting and reinstalling many times. So this app is pretty much useless to me. Give me my 99 cents back.

Replaces ¢70 stopwatch. I'm a trainer and use this app on a daily basis. It integrates perfectly into circuit training I do with both individuals and small groups. Easy and quick to manipulate. Works seamlessly with iPod and Pandora. Get this app.