Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Tabata Timer

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

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About

Tabata Timer

This app provides a versatile interval timer for high-intensity workouts like HIIT and Tabata. Users can create custom routines with adjustable work/rest times, sets, and cycles, and receive voice cues. It functions as a background companion to keep you focused during training.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • HIIT and Tabata training support
  • Adjustable work and rest times
  • Set and cycle configuration
  • Interval naming
  • Background operation
  • Voice cues
Features
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Become better, faster, and stronger — together with Tabata Timer for Workouts! A simple yet powerful HIIT and Tabata timer for cardio, CrossFit, and any high-intensity training. Beginners can start with one tap, while advanced users get full control over every interval. Create custom workouts: adjust work and rest times, sets, and cycles; add interval names, background music, and voice cues. The app runs smoothly in the background, supports vibration, music ducking, and much more. More than just a stopwatch — your personal workout partner that keeps you focused, motivated, and on track anywhere — at home, in the gym, or outdoors. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tabata Timer

This app offers a professional and user-friendly interval training timer. Customize workout plans, set durations for various sessions, and receive smart voice prompts. It supports background operation, music integration, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Customizable training plans
  • Smart voice prompts
  • Automatic music playback
  • Background operation
  • Apple Watch support
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Congratulations! You have found the most professional and easy-to-use Tabata Timer in App Store. Are you a bodybuilder still follow the video or music? Let go of old ways. They could just help to learn moves, but then you have to adjust the training plan accordingly to make your efforts worked. This is different from those with complex operation or gaudy functions. It is easy to set up all kinds of circuit training plans. You can custom moves pool, adjust theirs duration flexibly, and the dial interface is the settings page that allows you to complete most of the normal operations. WYSIWYG! Next time you work out, maybe you’d like to try this practical voice coach fitness app! This app also has more powerful and practical functions. It includes warm-up, cold-down, recover and work out sessions, and also theirs duration can be changed flexibly. It can change the music automatically during your workout if you have subscribed the apple music service. This app is suitable for personal trainers, fitness enthusiasts, bodybuilders, athletes, home exerciser and etc. Use with Tabata, HIIT, weight training, kettlebells, HIIT running, sprints, HIIT treadmill, and any interval fitness training. Help to establish a scientific, systematic, based on your characteristics and personalized training program and maximize your workout are all we can do. Depends on no equipment and exercise anywhere or anytime! Hope you enjoy it. AT A GLANCE: + Easy to customize you training plan + Smart voice prompts + Automatically play and change music + Runs in the background + prompts the next workout name + Fully customizable times, cycles and tabatas + Clean and smart design + Great on iphone X + Support Siri ("Hey Siri, start a workout using GoFit Now") + Support Apple Watch, Standalone Apple Watch workouts. Leave your iPhone at home! + Apple Health integration MORE INFORMATION: • Easy Customize Touch what you want to change to set work time, rest time, cycles, tabata, warm up time and cooldown time. Stopwatchs can be set in 1 second increments up to 60 minutes! • Customize your training plan You can custom every single attribute like moves and its duration, and accordingly the voice system will prompts you what the next move is. • Smart voice prompts system this app will alerts you when it is time to work, rest, warmup or cooldown, even when this app is running in the background. You can preset your workout names for per cycle, and this app will call out them while the timer begins working. You can turn off the voice prompts, and choose the vibration mode. • Automatically play music this app allows you to set different playlists for each of the work duration, rest duration, warm up duration and cooldown duration, and is easy to change the currently playing song in iPhone control center. Or you can just choose any music app you like, this app supports multitasking. • Runs in the background When the timer starts working, you can lock screen and run it in the background, and have it play voice prompts. Once your training plan ends, it won't run in the background any more, in case of more battery drain.

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Tabata Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tabata Timer at 4.9 against Tabata Timer's 4.3. Tabata Timer also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 26) and review sentiment (98% vs 75%). Tabata Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Tabata Timer 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

Tabata Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer has 9.2K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tabata Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, Tabata Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tabata Timer versus Tabata Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerTabata Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9.2K ratings) — better4.3 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.2K — better26
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr Serhiienko宇超 朱

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

All ratings9,173 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews2,715 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%

Tabata Timer

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Tabata Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Workouts not saving properly
  • Sync issues between app and Apple Watch
  • Occasional freezing or restarting of device

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to name and save more workouts in free version
  • Option to add exercise images or videos
  • Sync workouts across devices
  • Customizable sounds and alerts
  • Workout history and progress tracking

Tabata Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Tabata Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Premium$1.491 Month
  • Premium$2.993 Months
  • Premium$4.496 Months
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  • Premium$7.491 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • UNLIMITED TABATA TIMER$2.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Tabata Timer?
Tabata Timer is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while Tabata Timer averages 4.3 from 26 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Tabata Timer have ads?
Tabata Timer shows ads; Tabata Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Tabata Timer?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Tabata Timer weekly. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on October 4, 2026 and Tabata Timer on September 16, 2026.

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