rTimer - Interval Timer For Runners app for iPhone and iPad
rTimer is an easy-to-use interval training application for iPhone and iPod Touch. rTimer pauses your music, and plays interval change sounds to notify that your interval has switched.
What is Interval Training?
Interval Training is a form of exercise where you alternate between high and low intensity activity for set periods of time. You can use interval training to help train for long distance running.
Instructions
You can easily configure a given interval by touching the intervals description on the main screen. From there you will be able to configure the title, time, background color, and sound for the selected interval.
When you are ready to start your interval training, simply select the "Start Timer" button on the home screen.
Features
* Easy to use, easy to understand.
* Customizable interval labels, sounds, background colors, and times.
* Instant audio status alerts for interval time left and total time elapsed are right at your finger tips by tapping or double tapping the screen.
* Ipod music is paused when interval sounds and status alerts play, so you never miss an interval switch.
* More than 20 interval sounds to choose from, including chimes, beeps, short song clips, and spoken words such as "Run".
* Works in the background, so you can multitask without missing an interval change.
* Large music playback controls right on the interval screen make it easy for you to pause, play, and navigate your music.
* Keep the screen unlocked, and pause/resume the timer with a simple tap or swipe.
* Works with other music players such as Pandora, Rhapsody, and Spotify. (Music for these third party apps cannot be paused or changed by rTimer, sorry).
* Supports as many intervals as you need, simply add or remove intervals by tapping "+" or "-".
Pros and cons of rTimer - Interval Timer For Runners app for iPhone and iPad
rTimer - Interval Timer For Runners app good for
Thanks a lot! The app is really good! Everything is working just fine!
I looked at various interval timers and this was the only one that I could really customize the way I wanted. Brilliantly simple and good looking. Nice features. Love the tap for an audio update as the sun glares on my screen. I would love more sound effects, the ability to customize my own and/or text to speech. Otherwise I am very happy with my purchase.
Some bad moments
I purchased this app. Very un helpful. It crashes all the time. Would not recommend it.
This is one of the only customizable app timers for runners. And I wish it was better. The price for a simple app is a lot so it should deliver more! You cant hear the voice prompts over any music and it keeps crashing. When it crashes it takes down my Spotify at the same time. When I open the app again to keep timing, it doesnt start where I left off, it starts all over so I have to guess where I was in an interval. Super annoying!
Used this timer for the first time today. Things I really like about this ap:
you can hear the interval timer over the music so you can listen to your Ipod while using
you have the choice to unlock the screen right on the ap and not having to change your settings
the numbers are large so that while youre running you can easily see how much further you have to go
that you can custom the amounts of times and the colors/voices of the timers
Things I would definitely do to make this a five-star ap:
I would like to be able to set the total time I want to run or at the very least the amount of intervals.
The total time ran (the font) should be larger.
The ability to store the time ran with a date
I think a lap timer would be a great enhancement too.
Last week, on a business trip, I forgot my Garmin Forerunner and needed something for my interval training. I came accross this and for $1.99 I decided to give it a try. It certainly isnt a training tool of any significant degree as it neither gives speed or distance. However, I knew that when I ordered it. So that didnt disappoint me. What I didnt know, and to my surprise, it integrated very well with the MP3 on the iPhone so there was no doubt about the interval timing change. This was particularly good as normally I have difficulty hearing my GPS signal when the environment is noisy or the music loud. This program cut right through that. So all in all, pretty good but not great. If this function could integrate with something that recorded speed and distance, that would be great and would receive 5 stars and could given Garmin a run for their money (no pun intended).
Disappointed that I didnt know this going into it, but this needs tow work with Pandora or iTunes…like other running apps.
As a new runner that is following a walk/run training program I thought this app would be helpful. For the most part it is. However I run with 3 programs running (music in iTunes, Nike GPS and this timer). However I find it resets A LOT. So in the middle of either walking or running Ive realized it stopped timing my intervals...
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