Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Start Your Workout Plans

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

Start Your Workout Plans

Create and manage multiple daily workout routines with ease. Utilize sound effects to guide your training sessions without interrupting your music playback, ensuring a seamless workout experience.

Highlights
  • Create multiple workout plans
  • Daily workout scheduling
  • Integrated sound effects for training
  • Non-interrupting music playback
  • Easy-to-use interface
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Simple and clear easy to use. Create multiple plans for your daily workout. Use the sound effects to help you train, without interrupting music playback, keep music nonstop.

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Start Your Workout Plans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Start Your Workout Plans at 5.0 against Tabata Timer's 4.0. Start Your Workout Plans also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Tabata Timer's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Start Your Workout Plans asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Start Your Workout Plans 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, Start Your Workout Plans every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tabata Timer versus Start Your Workout Plans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerStart Your Workout Plans
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron RockettChiaKun Chen

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

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

Start Your Workout Plans

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
None

Start Your Workout Plans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Start Your Workout Plans free?
Start Your Workout Plans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Start Your Workout Plans?
Start Your Workout Plans is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Start Your Workout Plans averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Start Your Workout Plans have ads?
Tabata Timer shows ads; Start Your Workout Plans does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Start Your Workout Plans?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Start Your Workout Plans every 3 days. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on September 28, 2026 and Start Your Workout Plans on June 1, 2026.

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