Comparison

Cool Countdown vs Tabata Timer 2025

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

Head to head
About

Cool Countdown

This app provides a visually engaging countdown and count-up timer with an authentic design. It's ideal for managing time for various activities, from children's tasks to personal projects, offering animated visuals and customizable durations.

Highlights
  • Stylish design with animated time flow
  • Visual and sound notifications
  • Works in device lock or sleep mode
  • Wide range of time durations (seconds to 100 hours)
  • Counts time past completion
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Countdown timer with an authentic design. This perfectly shaped timer is a great way to measure and visualize time. Counts time up and down. It's perfect for when you need your kids to wait patiently for a few minutes or to do homework for a certain length of time. Features: - Stylish design; - Animated time flow and backgrounds; - Visual and sound notifications; - Ability to fire even in device lock or sleep mode; - Wide range of time duration available—from as couple of seconds to 100 hours; - Counts time past timer completion; - User-friendly — even for kids! If you want an excellent visual time indicator for your activities, try the Cool Countdown.

About

Tabata Timer 2025

This app offers a highly customizable interval timer for Tabata and other workout styles. Create, store, and sort your own routines with custom sound effects and voiceovers. Track your progress with detailed statistics and animated charts.

Highlights
  • Customizable Tabata workouts
  • Workout database with categories
  • Sound effects and voiceovers
  • Large, clear timer display
  • Stats page with animated charts
  • Daily workout reminder
  • Multiple themes
Features
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After disappointment with other Tabata Timers, I created this to be a good looking, fully customisable Tabata timer with multiple themes, a database to store your own custom workouts sorted by category and full stats page with animated charts. Perfect for any kind of Tabata interval training. Features - large, clear timer display - fastest method to modify workout times - fully customisable Tabata workouts - sound effects for start, stop, countdown to next phase etc - voiceover announces each phase - new feature - name all your exercise sets and have the voiceover announce them - landscape mode for an easy workout - add your own workouts sorted by category - stats page showing past workout data and animated charts - daily workout reminder - multiple themes available - no registration/signup/login required, just open the app and start using it The app is fully functional without subscription and you are welcome to use it as long as you like with no limits. However, if you want to enjoy the app without ads and unlimited workouts then you can purchase a premium subscription. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription unless you disable auto-renew. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the current period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cool Countdown4 screens
Tabata Timer 20254 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cool Countdown at 100% against Tabata Timer 2025's 33%. Cool Countdown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Tabata Timer 2025's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price 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 2025 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Cool Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabata Timer 2025 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer 2025 has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Cool Countdown's written reviews are positive against 33% of Tabata Timer 2025's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cool Countdown ships an update every 6 months, Tabata Timer 2025 every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cool Countdown versus Tabata Timer 2025: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCool CountdownTabata Timer 2025
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings439 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii SimkovskyiSimon Burgess

Customer experience

Cool Countdown

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tabata Timer 2025

All ratings39 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Cool Countdown

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Tabata Timer 2025

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Weekly With Trial3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual with Trial7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Cool Countdown free?
Cool Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabata Timer 2025 free?
Tabata Timer 2025 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cool Countdown or Tabata Timer 2025?
Tabata Timer 2025 is rated higher. Cool Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Tabata Timer 2025 averages 5.0 from 39 ratings.
Do Cool Countdown or Tabata Timer 2025 have ads?
Tabata Timer 2025 shows ads; Cool Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Cool Countdown or Tabata Timer 2025?
Cool Countdown ships an update every 6 months, and Tabata Timer 2025 every 8 days. Most recently, Cool Countdown was updated on September 26, 2026 and Tabata Timer 2025 on September 21, 2026.

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