Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Press Play and Go 2

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 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

Press Play and Go 2

This app helps group fitness instructors manage music and choreography for their classes. It allows for custom playlist creation, automatic volume adjustment, and display of choreography cues. Track class history, participant attendance, and generate reports for invoicing.

Highlights
  • Playlist creation with music and choreography
  • Automatic volume leveling
  • Display of choreography cues
  • Offline music playback
  • Class history and attendance tracking
  • Invoicing reports
  • Practice mode with slow-down and repeat
Features
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Press Play and Go 2 is the music manager for group fitness instructors. It allows playlists to be created from your fitness music for Les Mills programmes plus MOSSA, SOULfusion, David Lloyd, POP Pilates, and others. Even Beachbody if you go that far back. It recognises both the original and cover versions so you can create classes most suitable for the music licences where you teach. If you add the choreography that will also display for each track. Add music & choreography to your account on our secure cloud. It will download as required so you always have the perfect songs available to teach. No network issues when teaching because no streaming. Great for learning new releases as well as revising when mixing. Teach with confidence as the app plays with all the music and between-track pauses and alerts you have scheduled. Never run over time again. Quickly build new playlists. Add in pauses and alerts that match your classes. Practice with features allowing you to slow down and repeat sections. Teach your class and allow the app to cue the music and let participants know when the next track will be starting. Tired of having to keep adjusting the volume? All your songs in class automatically play at the same volume level. The problems of mixing the whisper-quiet old songs with the excessively-loud new ones are now gone. There's a big new display for teaching which is easily seen across a large room. Your participants will now have no excuse as they can see exactly just how much longer they have to survive to the end of the lunge track. You can turn on a display that syncs with the music to liven things up. You can switch dark mode on and off while teaching if you need to reduce the brightness. View your private reports on your classes and get a general overview of what others are doing around the world. Make your cooldown song quieter so your participants can hear you talk about what they have just achieved. You will always know the music licence for each song and where it can be played. Want a quick view of features? Have a look at the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@PressPlayAndGo2 It automatically keeps a history of when and where you played every track. Easily keep a log of all your participant attendance so you can see how things are trending. Generate a report of all your classes in a time range to help with your invoicing. There’s loads of little features strewn throughout to make your role as an instructor easier and more fun. Want to use upper and lower-body warmups from different releases in Combat? Go ahead. Want to use tai-chi as the opening track in Balance by default? Enjoy. Want to go old-skool and run around the room at the end of track 8 in Combat? Get jogging. More big improvements over the first version of the app many instructors found indispensable? All songs and choreography documents are individually matched so no more needing to add the full release. Add your choreography, create a mix, and it will generate a document containing all the choreography for the songs in your mix. We now use our own server to avoid songs turning into versions you didn't expect and had trouble playing. You can have multiple devices and your playlists and class history will sync automatically across all of them. All the class formats of a quarterly release can now be created with a tap, not just the most common one. Create your account and you can upload 1GB of your media for free while you check out all the features. Some things remain the same in that this app does not sell nor provide access to any music files that are not your own. All music and choreography must be purchased and supplied by the user and should only be obtained by registered instructors either directly from the relevant company or authorised distributors. X3 Pty Ltd has no connection at all to any fitness product provider apart from participating in a lot of their classes over the last two decades.

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Press Play and Go 24 screens

Verdict

The call

Tabata Timer and Press Play and Go 2 both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 98% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 33% of Press Play and Go 2's. Tabata Timer also leads on ratings volume (9.5K vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Press Play and Go 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Press Play and Go 2 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tabata Timer against 5.0 for Press Play and Go 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer has 9.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 33% of Press Play and Go 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, Press Play and Go 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tabata Timer versus Press Play and Go 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerPress Play and Go 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings9.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr SerhiienkoX3 Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

All ratings9,441 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews2,798 reviews
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%

Press Play and Go 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

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

Press Play and Go 2

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
3 purchases

Press Play and Go 2

One-time3
  • Quarterly subscription$5.99
  • Half-Yearly subscription$11.99
  • Annual subscription$22.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Press Play and Go 2 free?
Press Play and Go 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Press Play and Go 2?
Press Play and Go 2 is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while Press Play and Go 2 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Press Play and Go 2 have ads?
Tabata Timer shows ads; Press Play and Go 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Press Play and Go 2?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Press Play and Go 2 every 2 months. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on November 11, 2026 and Press Play and Go 2 on November 3, 2026.

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