Comparison

Tabata Timer vs OnTrack Timers

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
Read full description

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

OnTrack Timers

Features
Read full description

OnTrack Timers is the workout timer built for how you actually train. Pick your format — EMOM, Tabata, AMRAP, intervals, or a simple stopwatch — set your rounds, and go. Big, bold countdowns stay readable from across the room or mid-set. TRAIN YOUR WAY • EMOM — Every Minute on the Minute • Tabata — high-intensity, track-driven intervals • AMRAP — As Many Rounds As Possible • Stopwatch & fully custom intervals • Custom alert sounds and countdowns STAY IN THE ZONE Workout music by Ripples is built in — exclusive tracks engineered for training, with smart ducking so your alerts always cut through. GO PRO • All timer modes • Advanced rep counter — sets, weights, volume & rest • Music integration • Proof recording with timer overlay • Premium alert sounds • Workout history Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Privacy Policy: https://www.tzorsm.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.tzorsm.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
OnTrack Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OnTrack Timers at none against Tabata Timer's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tabata Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OnTrack Timers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tabata Timer versus OnTrack Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerOnTrack Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron RockettArgaman Zuntz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
2 purchases

OnTrack Timers

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnTrack Timers free?
OnTrack Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tabata Timer or OnTrack Timers have ads?
Tabata Timer shows ads; OnTrack Timers does not.

Other comparisons