# Intervals.icu

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/intervals-icu/

6 people recommended Intervals.icu in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Creating a Garmin "MCP"”.

**Verdict:** Recommended for analyzing training data, planning workouts and its easy-to-use, developer-friendly API. Main caveat: it is hosted SaaS, not self-hosted, so the user doesn't control it.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 6 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Developer-friendly, easy-to-use API (2 comments in the sample): "they are much more developer-friendly that strava" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448256)) "great platform with easy to use API" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50121436))

## What people warn about

- Hosted SaaS, not self-hosted (1 comment in the sample): "it's a SAAS, not self hosted.  As long as it's on someone else's service I don't own it and it's not under my control." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580068))
- Lacks some features (1 comment in the sample): "I remember it lacked some things, but this could have changed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46318653))

## Other fitness apps people recommend

- [Gadgetbridge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gadgetbridge/): 21 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Strava](https://hackerapproved.com/p/strava/): 11 recommend, 6 mixed, 27 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.intervals.icu/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Intervals.icu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/intervals-icu/ (6 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.