Tabaline vs TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable Tabata and HIIT timers
- Voice guidance for workouts
- Background operation support
- Workout tracking
- Health app integration
- Universal app support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
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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
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for high-intensity workouts like Tabata. Easily set up custom workout routines with adjustable intervals, rest periods, and set counts. Personalize the timer with custom colors, sounds, and notifications for a tailored training experience.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Customizable intervals (warm-up, workout, rest, cool-down)
- Adjustable set counts
- Color and text customization
- Background notifications
- Dark mode support
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It's a timer app suitable for Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start-up and comfortable operability. Create unlimited timers. - Freely set warm-up, ready, workout, interval, cool-down seconds, and set counts. - Customize colors, texts, background notifications, sounds, speeches, vibrations, screen flashes and icon badges. - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: tabatatimer:// --- What is Tabata Training? The Tabata Training workout requires 8 intervals of 20 seconds-all-out intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Many of you might think how can one do 8 intervals in just 4 minutes? However, according to the research result by Professor Tabata, it is proven the best cardio workout as one can achieve both the aerobic and anaerobic exercises at the same time. Tabata training is a workout with high intensity and high efficiency. Quoted from: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/rs/category/tokushu/150715/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at 100% against Tabaline's 0%. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). Tabaline's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price 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. Tabaline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tabaline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Tabaline's written reviews are positive against 100% of TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tabaline ships an update every 3 days, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabaline | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 林 卢 | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Tabaline
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Tabaline
- Pro Features$2.99
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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