Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Tabaline

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

Head to head
About

Tabata Timer

This app provides a straightforward timer for Tabata-style workouts, featuring 4-minute sessions with 8 rounds. It's designed for users who want an effective method to burn fat and improve fitness. Download this free application to enhance your training.

Highlights
  • Tabata timer
  • 4-minute workouts
  • 8 rounds per session
  • Fat burning
  • Muscle conditioning
  • Anaerobic and aerobic capacity improvement
Features
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Tabata Timer for HIIT, gym sessions, and classic 20/10 × 8 — simple to start, solid when it counts. Open the app, tap a timer, and train. Big work and rest phases, optional beeps and spoken cues, and a countdown you can trust with the phone locked. Live Activity and Dynamic Island keep the interval visible. CLASSIC TABATA & MORE • Traditional Tabata: 8 rounds, 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest (~4 minutes) • Beginner Tabata, HIIT 40/20, Norwegian 4×4, boxing rounds • Full custom: rounds, work, rest, countdown, warm-up, cool-down • Optional exercise names per round (shown and spoken) BUILT FOR REAL WORKOUTS • Glanceable gym-first UI • Accurate timing with lock screen / background use • Live Activity + Dynamic Island • Haptics, beeps, and announcements you can mute • Screen stays awake while the timer runs PHONE & SHORTCUTS • Favorites and recent timers • Reorder, duplicate, and edit • Siri / Shortcuts • History of completed sessions • Optional Apple Health HIIT logging This app is a training timer, not medical advice. Always train safely and consult a professional if you have health concerns. Download free and run your next Tabata or HIIT session with less friction.

About

Tabaline

This app provides a customizable timer for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and other workout types. It features a clean design, voice guidance, and background operation. Track your progress and sync with your health data.

Highlights
  • Customizable Tabata and HIIT timers
  • Voice guidance for workouts
  • Background operation support
  • Workout tracking
  • Health app integration
  • Universal app support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
Features
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Tabaline is a clean, simple, but powerful timer app for Tabata, also for HIIT, Crossfit, Running, Cycling, etc. Tabaline has the most unique personality with stunning design. The function is powerful enough, but not too complicated to make you confused like some other apps. It is the right app for you. Have a try, you’ll fall in love with it, and can't work without it. Main Features: - Clean & Clear & Graceful use logic and UI - Universal app, works on all devices! (iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, etc) - Easy to create any kind of Tabata timer - Portrait and landscape mode are supported - Voice guide you through your workout - Track your workout - Runs in the background - Apple watch app - Integrates with the Health app

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Tabaline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tabaline at 5.0 against Tabata Timer's 4.0. Tabaline also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Tabata Timer's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tabaline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabaline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Tabaline every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tabata Timer versus Tabaline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerTabaline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron Rockett林 卢

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Tabaline

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
1 purchases

Tabaline

One-time1
  • Pro Features$2.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabaline free?
Tabaline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Tabaline?
Tabaline is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Tabaline averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Tabaline have ads?
Tabata Timer shows ads; Tabaline does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Tabaline?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tabaline every 3 days. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on September 28, 2026 and Tabaline on June 4, 2026.

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