Tabata Timer Training vs Ultra
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
Ultra
This app connects users with personal trainers for on-demand sessions. Trainers can book and conduct sessions with clients digitally, at any time and location. It aims to be the premier platform for both trainers and clients in the fitness industry.
- Digital personal trainer platform
- On-demand session booking
- Location-independent training
- Trainer-client connection
- Industry revolutionizing goal
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Ultra Training was established to set personal trainers in focus by bringing them easily to users on a digital platform. We are targeting at becoming the go-to platform for trainers and clients alike. Our goal is to revolutionize the industry. This will be the first digital platform that enables personal trainers to book sessions with clients and help them instantaneously, at any location and time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultra at 5.0 against Tabata Timer Training's 4.5. Ultra also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Tabata Timer Training's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ultra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ultra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer Training has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tabata Timer Training ships an update every 5 months, Ultra every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabata Timer Training | Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thang Nguyen | Ultra Fitness Inc. |
Customer experience
Tabata Timer Training
Ultra
In-app purchases
Tabata Timer Training
- Go Pro$4.99
Ultra
No in-app purchases
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