Tabata Timer Training vs Tabata Timer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tabata Timer Training
This app provides a customizable interval timer for high-intensity workouts. It supports background operation and offers voice and sound navigation to guide you through your training sessions. Manage your timers and track your progress with ease.
- Flexible and advanced timer
- Customizable timers with cycles and sets
- Background and screen-locked operation
- Color, voice, and sound navigation
- Built-in music player
- Multiple themes
- Manage training data
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Tabata interval training is the single most effective type of high intensity interval training, it's also the most intense by far, and surprisingly it's the shortest in duration: only lasts for four minutes... but those four minutes produce remarkable effects. According to the Japanese founder, Professor Izumi Tabata, one of his four-minute sessions is equal to an hour of jogging, an hour of moderate cycling, two hours of walking, an hour of Zumba or two hours of yoga. What’s not to like? Quite a lot, actually. The idea is to increase your heart rate to its maximum by “going completely mental” for 240 seconds. This is supposed to give you both aerobic and anaerobic benefits (both cardio and muscle workout). But we’re talking about four minutes of pain. The full Tabata program is four minutes long. It will probably be the longest four minutes of your life. If you are going to try it, we would recommend going light with the weights until you find your range, there’s a good chance you will underestimate this workout and be begging people around you to help you off the floor. Tabata intervals follow this structure: Push hard for 20 seconds Rest for 10 seconds. Repeat this eight times. The secret of this effective is in your sprint interval. You have to go all out, so do as many reps as you can in 20 seconds, put it down for 10, then pick it up again and go hell for another 20 seconds.... Our customers around the world: しょっかんっ: とても使いやすくシンプル!継続して筋トレしてます! Uscana82: E ótimo simples mas completo Rofl클: 심플하고 좋음 Now, let's focus on your exercises and we handle the rest Run in foreground, background and screen locked, Tabata Timer allows you to specify an overall time as well as program Cycles, Warm Up time, Train/Rest interval and Cool down time. + Flexible and Advanced Timer + Clean, simple and easy to use (There is no learning curve here) + Customize your own timer with some taps + Fully customized timers with a complex of cycles and sets, + Run in the background, foreground, screen locked + Color, Voice and Sound Navigations (Customizable) + Built in Music Player (in sync with iOS Music Player) + Multiple themes to select + Manage your timers and data of training (you can edit and even delete unwanted time data) + Create your own alarms right in the app + Work on iPhone, iPad and iPod (Universal) + And a lot more features will be added in over time. How to use this app: There is no user manual here! -> Download it -> tap on play button -> you will see -> It’s super easy
Tabata Timer Pro
This interval training app offers a simple and intuitive interface for Tabata and HIIT workouts. Customize timers, cycles, and tabatas with ease. Enjoy background functionality and audio cues for a seamless fitness experience.
- 3 programmable timers
- Customizable time settings
- Customizable cycles and tabatas
- Audible alerts over music
- Automatic music playback
- Pause and resume functionality
- Speaking coach
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The most simple and easy to use Tabata Timer you will ever use. Hurry and get it while it's still free. Enjoy! Tabata Timer Pro is a pro grade Tabata timer for Tabata interval training. Tabata Timer Pro is a full featured, easy to use Tabata timer for weight training, kettle bells, running, cycling, or any interval fitness training. FEATURES: * 3 programmable timers * Customize all time settings * Customize number of cycles * Customize number of tabatas * easy to hear alerts, over music, and on speaker * automatically play music when you start * pause and resume session * restart session where you left off if interrupted * mute sound use in silent mode * Speaking coach in English * Multitasking (runs in the background)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tabata Timer Training at 4.5 against Tabata Timer Pro's 2.6. Tabata Timer Training also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 27%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 months). Tabata Timer Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tabata Timer Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tabata Timer Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tabata Timer Training holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tabata Timer Training's written reviews are positive against 27% of Tabata Timer Pro's.
Tabata Timer Training ships an update every 5 months, Tabata Timer Pro every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabata Timer Training | Tabata Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (87 ratings) — better | 2.6 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better | 27.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thang Nguyen | auston salvana |
Customer experience
Tabata Timer Training
Tabata Timer Pro
In-app purchases
Tabata Timer Training
- Go Pro$4.99
Tabata Timer Pro
No in-app purchases
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