Comparison

Tabata Timer Training vs Timer for HIIT training

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Timer for HIIT training

This interval training app helps you manage your workouts for various activities like cycling, running, weightlifting, and HIIT. It offers customizable timers for sets, repetitions, and pauses, with visual cues to guide your sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable time settings
  • Customizable number of series
  • Customizable number of repetitions
  • Pause and resume sessions
  • Visual cue screen color changes
Features
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This app is an awesome training timer, whether you're working on cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA or HIIT, this interval timer will prove to be an invaluable asset for your HIIT interval training. This app can be used as HIIT timer, tabata timer, round timer, and anything else about interval training you want to track. Tabata timer is a full featured, easy to use Tabata timer Crossfit HIIT Interval training, kettle bells, running, cycling, or any interval fitness training. FEATURES: * Customize all time settings * Customize number of series * Customize number of repetitions * pause and resume session * screen changecolor for visual cue

Screenshots

Tabata Timer Training4 screens
Timer for HIIT training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer for HIIT training at none against Tabata Timer Training's 1. Timer for HIIT training also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Tabata Timer Training's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (87 vs 10). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tabata Timer Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer for HIIT training asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer for HIIT training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer Training has 87 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer Training ships an update every 5 months, Timer for HIIT training every 37 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tabata Timer Training versus Timer for HIIT training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata Timer TrainingTimer for HIIT training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (87 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThang NguyenSergio Musoles Tornador

Customer experience

Tabata Timer Training

All ratings87 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative25.7%

Timer for HIIT training

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer Training

One-time1
  • Go Pro$4.99
None

Timer for HIIT training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabata Timer Training free?
Tabata Timer Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timer for HIIT training free?
Timer for HIIT training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer Training or Timer for HIIT training?
Timer for HIIT training is rated higher. Tabata Timer Training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Timer for HIIT training averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer Training or Timer for HIIT training have ads?
Both Tabata Timer Training and Timer for HIIT training show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer Training or Timer for HIIT training?
Tabata Timer Training ships an update every 5 months, and Timer for HIIT training every 37 months. Most recently, Tabata Timer Training was updated on September 28, 2026 and Timer for HIIT training on September 28, 2026.

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