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Interval timer.

Installs
19.2M

Across 6 of 11 apps we could match.

Interval Timer has 63% of them.

  • 11 apps
  • 2,983 reviews held
  • 806 negative
  • Median $1.9910 of 11 charge.

2 gaps.

Shares of this market’s 806 negative reviews.

Billingelevated

43.5% vs 30.8% typical store-wide.

Reviews · 3 of 351
  • Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer1star· Sep 5, 2026

    You only get one free workout — This app lets you turn on the timer twice before forcing you to pay for the premium pass. It says the premium pass is “optional” but it isn’t, paying for it is the only way to use the app

  • Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer1star· Sep 5, 2026

    Paid Timer — Subscription for a timer??? LOL

  • Interval Timer - Tabata Timer1star· Sep 4, 2026

    Used to be great — Not sure what they are doing here but however the app was updated will no longer recognize my premium subscription that auto renews. Really disappointing. The app used to be great. And now I can’t use it. Even worse. The submit button for feedback doesn’t work. Stuck in an endless loop with no support and an app that I paid for until next June.

Named problems · 2
  • Price judged too high for the value11 of 351
  • Trial converted without clear consent7 of 351

Adselevated

14.4% vs 10.2% typical store-wide.

Reviews · 3 of 116
  • Interval Timer - Tabata Timer1star· Aug 19, 2026

    What premium — I paid $9.99 for the premium account and it still opens the pop up selling me the premium features every time I open. It’s like the upgrade didn’t take to my app even though they charged me for it. I tried to contact support for help but haven’t heard back in weeks

  • Timer Plus - Workouts Timer2star· Aug 18, 2026

    Ads — Was good. Now they want to advertise to me and have now asked for personal data.

  • Simple Interval Timer1star· Aug 14, 2026

    giant obnoxious banner asking to stalk you — this app could be vibe coded but it demands that you give it permission to stalk you to “give you better ads”

Also counted

ThemeOf 806 negatives
  • Performance76 · 9.4% · 8 apps
  • Limits & caps39 · 4.8% · 5 apps
  • Support35 · 4.3% · 7 apps
  • UX26 · 3.2% · 8 apps
  • Sync & data15 · 1.9% · 4 apps
  • Login & auth8 · 1.0% · 4 apps

The tick marks the store-typical rate. A review can mention more than one theme, so these sum past 100%.

Is anyone looking for this?

What Apple and Google complete after interval timer, in their order.

Who they're for
runningtasksfitnessthe gymworkoutexercisegalaxy watch
Google
interval timerinterval timer appinterval timer onlineinterval timer app freeinterval timer iphoneinterval timer for apple watchinterval timer with soundinterval timer watch
App Store
hiit timer freeinterval timer for apple watchinterval timer freehiit timerinterval timerinterval timer for runningfree hiit timers for gym goersinterval timer for tasks

Marked App Store phrases are searched, but no app in this market says them in its name. Audiences are what Apple and Google complete after “interval timer for”, with the query stripped.

Potential customers

People the apps here do not serve, and what they asked for.

  • Shut out by device or contextApple Watch 17 · iPad 222
  • Wants lessjust a basic one 7 · too many features 510
  • Wants it to plug inApple Watch 4 · Apple Health 28

Counted in 1 to 4 star reviews. The small numbers are how many reviews named each thing. What they wrote is in the free trial.

Who’s in it

All 11 apps counted in this market · 2026-09-02.

Interval Timer is the biggest app here that has stopped shipping. Last update 14 months ago, at 12,015,331 installs.

Apps count as part of a market for 90 days after they last appear in it. Installs are Google Play's own count, last captured 2026-09-13. 6 of 11 apps have an Android listing we could match. A dash means we could not pair the two stores, not that the app is absent from Play. Amber marks an app that has not shipped in over 90 days, the 90th percentile across every market we hold.

What they charge, and what it costs them

Prices from Apple’s public pages; the share counts payment-mechanics language only.

AppMoney complaints
Interval Timer - Tabata Timer$0.99–$9.99 · 6 tiers7% of 57
Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer$1.99–$29.99 · 5 tiers2.2% of 223
Tabata Timer and HIIT Timer$19.99–$19.99 · 2 tiers0% of 67
Timer Plus - Workouts Timer$2.99–$19.99 · 2 tiers0% of 25
Seconds Interval Timer$7.99–$7.99 · 1 tiers0% of 108
Interval Timer ++$0.99–$8.99 · 6 tiers0% of 93
Intervals Pro: HIIT Timer$0.99–$69.99 · 8 tiers0% of 51
Interval Timer Plus$2.99–$2.99 · 1 tiers0% of 2
Simple Interval Timer$0.99–$2.99 · 4 tiers0% of 5
Interval Timer$1.99–$34.99 · 10 tiers0% of 50

What each one owns, where each is exposed

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch

Owns. 40,767 ratings, deep legacy install base

Exposed. 44.99 max tier, redesign-triggered ad/billing rage across years of reviews

Interval Timer □ HIIT Timer

Owns. 86,352 ratings, largest reach in set

Exposed. Paywall hits mid-setup after a tweak, 45% negative

Tabata Timer and HIIT Timer

Owns. 73,685 ratings, low 19% negative, flat 19.99 tier proves willingness to pay

Exposed. Newly mandated subscription broke years-long free habit, trust break

Seconds Interval Timer

Owns. 23,542 ratings, single flat 7.99 tier, simple pricing

Exposed. Sync/login failures, unresponsive support after payment

PushPress Workout Timer

Owns. 5,775 ratings, no IAP, ad-supported only

Exposed. Ads crash and mute during active workouts, ruins tracking

Interval Timer Plus

Owns. 6,035 ratings, 1% negative — near-clean single-tier model

Exposed. Small reach; unclear if simplicity scales to more features

Timer Plus - Workouts Timer

Owns. 59,586 ratings, 14% negative, modest tiers

Exposed. Confusing tab-switching UX, users 'push buttons randomly'

The Deep Report on this market

Each rival’s exposed weakness, what not to build, and the call, argued from the same reviews counted above.

Read the Deep Report

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Is there a market for a new interval timer app?

11 apps compete on this shelf, holding 2,983 App Store reviews. And the widest unfixed complaint, billing, runs in 10 of 11 of them at 43.5% of negative reviews against 30.8% typical. Those are counts, not a verdict. The page shows what is unfixed, not whether to build.

What do users complain about most in interval timer?

1. Billing: in 10 of 11 apps, 43.5% of negative reviews; 2. Ads: in 7 of 11 apps, 14.4% of negative reviews.

How many interval timer app reviews did App Imp count?

2,983 US App Store reviews across 11 apps, 806 of them negative. Counted on the 2026-09-02 snapshot, never estimated.

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly: nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. A market rate is pooled across every app here; the store rate is the same count across 12,743 apps. A complaint is only called a gap when at least half the market carries it, at least 20 reviews are behind it, and the market’s rate is elevated above the store’s, the same cutoff used everywhere on this site, because a problem concentrated in one app is that app’s bug, and a problem every app on the store shares is nobody’s gap.