Tabata Timer Training vs VibeKcal
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
VibeKcal
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VibeKcal è il diario alimentare che ti aiuta a osservare con chiarezza ciò che mangi, senza trasformare ogni giornata in un giudizio. Registra alimenti, calorie, proteine, carboidrati e grassi; tieni traccia di acqua e peso; crea ricette e menu; cerca prodotti o leggi il barcode. Il diario conserva una copia sul dispositivo e sincronizza i dati con il tuo account, così puoi continuare anche offline e ritrovare il tuo storico sugli altri dispositivi. Funzioni principali: - diario giornaliero con calorie e macro; - alimenti recenti, preferiti e personali; - ricerca prodotti e scanner barcode; - lettura sul dispositivo delle tabelle nutrizionali da foto; - 200 ricette, menu settimanale e lista della spesa; - obiettivi personali, acqua, peso e progressi; - backup JSON ed esportazioni CSV; - promemoria facoltativi; - 6 temi frutta con sfumature coordinate, modalità chiara, scura e automatica, più il tema Halloween nero e rosso; - 6 frutti, stili della mela, 6 mascotte Halloween e 14 sfondi per personalizzare l’icona Home; - Quick Log con più alimenti e conferma delle quantità; - integrazione facoltativa con Apple Health per peso e dati nutrizionali; - widget Home per calorie, macro e acqua; - Comandi Rapidi su iOS 18 e successivi. Apple Health si collega solo su tua richiesta: scegli le categorie e avvii la sincronizzazione manualmente. Il peso e l’energia attiva letti da Salute restano sul dispositivo e non modificano automaticamente i tuoi obiettivi. Tutte le funzioni sono gratuite per tutti, compresi Match fino a tre alimenti, importazione di ricette da link con revisione, analisi di 30 e 90 giorni, confronto tra periodi e report esportabili. Senza abbonamenti, acquisti in-app o pubblicità. Valori nutrizionali, stime e suggerimenti sono informativi e dipendono dai dati inseriti e dalle fonti. VibeKcal non sostituisce un medico o un professionista della nutrizione e non certifica allergeni o assenza di contaminazioni.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VibeKcal at none against Tabata Timer Training's 1. VibeKcal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). 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. VibeKcal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tabata Timer Training ships an update every 5 months, VibeKcal every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabata Timer Training | VibeKcal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (87 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 501 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Thang Nguyen | Alessio Santillo |
In-app purchases
Tabata Timer Training
- Go Pro$4.99
VibeKcal
No in-app purchases
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