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Tickstep

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Tickstep is an interval timer built around one thing: the signal comes exactly when it…

By Egor Manakin · Health and fitness
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Why we expect it: Clear value and careful detail: on-time signals with the screen locked, a privacy-first design, and no subscription.

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In short

Tickstep is an interval timer for iPhone that plans its beeps and buzzes ahead through the system audio engine, so signals stay on time with the screen locked and music playing. Workouts are built from blocks and repeat groups, with a Live Activity on the lock screen for pause and resume. Accounts, ads, tracking and subscriptions are absent, and workouts stay on the device.

Summary by Debuts, based on the App Store listing.

About

Tickstep is an interval timer built around one thing: the signal comes exactly when it should. Lock the screen, put on your music, keep going — the beeps and the buzz arrive on time, every round.

ON TIME, SCREEN LOCKED Signals are planned ahead by the system's audio engine, not counted by the app second by second. Pause, skip or go back — the plan is redone at once. Your music keeps playing; the signals sit on top of it.

ON THE LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity shows the phase, the countdown and the round, with a Pause / Resume button right there. No need to unlock the phone mid-set.

ANY WORKOUT Build it from blocks — get ready, warm-up, work, rest, cool-down — and repeat groups: «8 rounds of 20 s work, 10 s rest», with or without the last rest. A block can run until you tap Next: for stretching, sets with no fixed time, or a rest you decide on yourself. Reorder blocks by dragging, give them your own names.

READY TO GO Tabata, intervals, run & walk, EMOM, stretching — start one as it is or copy it and make it yours.

SEE YOUR WEEK History keeps every run with its structure and the time you actually trained, and the week at a glance.

QUIET AND CLEAR A dark neon design where every phase has its colour. Large numbers you can read from across the room. Haptics on phase changes. VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported.

NOTHING ELSE No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. Your workouts stay on your iPhone.

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