Next Up - Interval Timer

I’m picky. I wanted a timer where I could program prep time, then do a set of 10 with small breaks between each rep, and repeat those sets 4 times with a break in between to change equipment. Then at the end of each I wanted different sounds. One sound for the beginning of the set, one for the beginning of the rest, and one for the end of the whole thing. I tried five different timer apps. Most either couldn’t do what I wanted, or worse, claimed they could do this, but then were so impossible to figure out how to do it that after multiple times I just gave up and deleted the apps. This was the only app that can, which mean the author must actually work out and understand what all you need. Furthermore, even though it sounds nerdy and complicated, she actually made it fairly intuitive to do so. Is it perfect? No. Perfect would be me dictating what I want and then the app intuitively being able to figure out exactly what I want without ever having to touch a keyboard or moving stuff around with click & drags. It will be a while before apps can do that with some precision. In the meantime, this app is as close to perfection as anyone can get. Kudos to the developer.

Interval Timer has everything I was looking for, for the days I utilize interval training. Once I opened the app, it was very straightforward. It was worth it to upgrade mine to be able to customize my timers. You can add in the names of your exercises, their times, how many repetitions, whether you want the repetitions to be back to back on same exercise or if you want to create a set within your customized timer to repeat each exercises before repeating whole set again. You can also custom color each exercise (or not) and sound if you’d like. Changing the order of exercises is easy if you make a mistake or just change your mind for your liking. I also love that when you start your timer, it switches to landscape mode to make the timer big and it lists the exercise (and color if selected) with it—view of screen is large and simple and makes easy to read. It’s a very simple and straightforward app to use. I made the mistake of purchasing another timer prior to this one (the other one was pricey and I couldn’t even customize it the way I can with this app) and requested a refund once I downloaded and used Interval Timer. Can’t go wrong with this one. 👍🏽👍🏽

It’s simple and minimal design do not mean it is lacking anything. The timer app is purposeful with what it brings to the table. It doesn’t give you any bells or whistles. It’s less but what it does do it does it correctly. Everything is intuitive from creating a timer to making a set of timers, all the way to edit a timer. There is nothing bad I can say here. My wish is that I wish the creator could expand on the app to have a habit mode one where one could track the number of times one has done certain timers, or check how many days in a row both visually on a calendar and numerically one has started/ finished a timer. But that’s more so something I hope the creator can consider as the app it’s self for the purpose it serves is unparalleled in the App Store. Thank you for your time.