Comparison

HIIT Interval Timer | Cero vs Tabata Timer

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

Head to head
About

HIIT Interval Timer | Cero

This interval timer app enhances various workouts like HIIT, Tabata, and yoga with intuitive design and customizable timer modes. Create and save custom intervals, track calorie expenditure, and sync settings across devices, including Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Simple and advanced timer modes
  • Create and save multiple workout settings
  • Apple Watch compatibility with heart monitor
  • Automatic calorie tracking to Apple Health
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Build an interval workout around the way you train. Cero is a flexible interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, WODs and HYROX preparation. Set up a quick work/rest timer or program each interval in detail. Distinct colors, large controls and reliable cues keep you focused on the session instead of the clock. BUILD YOUR SESSION • Set work, recovery, sets, warm-up and cool-down. • Create advanced workouts with custom intervals, colors, icons and intensity levels. • Save, duplicate and reorder timers. • Share timers by file or QR code. • Review completed sessions in workout history. STAY IN THE WORKOUT • Follow compatible sessions with Live Activities and Dynamic Island. • Start saved or recent timers from Home Screen widgets. • Use Siri and Shortcuts to start, pause, resume and stop a timer. • Put Gym Display on a larger screen or mirrored TV. • Choose a default song or assign music to individual intervals. • Customize sounds, voice cues, vibrations and background alerts. TRAIN BY HEART RATE Adaptive HR can extend recovery until you reach your target heart rate, then guide hard efforts with low and high alerts. Pair a Bluetooth heart-rate monitor with iPhone or train with heart-rate data from Apple Watch. COUNTDOWN AND STOPWATCH The built-in countdown and lap stopwatch cover warm-ups, station changes, rest periods and race-day practice. Stopwatch sessions continue after you close and reopen the app. ON APPLE WATCH Run saved workouts from your wrist, follow heart rate and use the standalone countdown and stopwatch. Cero can save completed workouts and estimated calories to Apple Health. Automatic iCloud backups help protect saved timers and custom intervals. Useful for HIIT, Tabata, circuits, EMOM-style workouts, boxing rounds, strength and conditioning, indoor cycling, running intervals and hybrid race preparation. Feedback and suggestions: hi@flawless.studio Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tabata Timer

Features
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Meet TimeMe—the pocket-sized tabata timer built for sweat-dripping sessions anywhere. Fire up this tabata timer, hit start, and feel the perfect 20-10 rhythm push you harder each round. But TimeMe is way more than a tabata timer: it’s also a hiit timer free, an interval timer free, and a versatile timer for workouts of every style. Why athletes keep TimeMe on the home screen • Fast, reliable tabata timer you can launch mid-warm-up. • Flexible hiit timer free mode: punch in work, rest, rounds, and sets—no limits. • Unlimited interval timer free templates: save, duplicate, tweak, repeat. • Honest workout timer with giant buttons you can smash between push-ups. • Bulletproof excersize timer (yep, that misspelling is intentional—capturing every keyword) that keeps counting if you dim the screen or swap playlists. • Stats galore: each workout timer session logs total minutes, round splits, and daily streaks—proof of progress. Lightning-quick setup 1. Open the tabata timer preset for an instant 4-minute blast. 2. Create a 30-15 hiit timer free finisher in three taps. 3. Build a custom EMOM interval timer free workout with ten rounds of 35-second kettlebell swings. 4. Save it, name it, and relaunch the same timer for workouts tomorrow. PREMIUM: 5. Check your session history and watch the bars on your workout timer dashboard climb. Designed for real-life training • Big colored rings and loud beeps keep you focused on form. • Vibration alerts make the timer for workouts glove-friendly—great for boxing rounds. • Background mode locks in your excersize timer even if your phone goes to sleep. • Light and dark themes so the workout timer never blinds you during sunrise yoga. • Multilingual UI: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic. All gain, no pain • 100 % offline—your data stays local. • Zero subscriptions. No shady ads popping up when your heart rate spikes. • Small install size, so this tabata timer and hiit timer free won’t eat storage. • Runs smoothly on phones, tablets, Chromebooks, and desktop browsers—cast your interval timer free session to the TV for garage-gym glory. Not just a workout timer • Study sessions: 25-5 cycles on the same interval timer free engine. • Cooking: perfect pasta timing without juggling kitchen clocks. • Meditation: gentle excersize timer chimes that fade into silence. Ready to move? 1. Download TimeMe. 2. Tap your preferred tabata timer or program a fresh hiit timer free circuit. 3. Smash Start. 4. Sweat, breathe, and follow the clear timer for workouts displays. 5. Celebrate the stats piling up in your workout timer log. Whether you call it a tabata timer, hiit timer free, interval timer free, timer for workouts, excersize timer, or simply your favorite workout timer, TimeMe keeps you on beat from warm-up to cooldown. Hit start now and turn every minute into stronger, faster, fitter results. Privacy policy: https://burnai.app/privacy-policy-timeme.html Terms of services: https://burnai.app/terms-of-services-timeme.html

Screenshots

HIIT Interval Timer | Cero4 screens
Tabata Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tabata Timer at none against HIIT Interval Timer | Cero's shown. Tabata Timer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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. HIIT Interval Timer | Cero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tabata Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HIIT Interval Timer | Cero versus Tabata Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIIT Interval Timer | CeroTabata Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (435 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews
Number of ratings435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlawless Studio LLCAhmet Yagız Sarıdogan

Bugs and requests

HIIT Interval Timer | Cero

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App runs in background draining battery
  • Rotation broke after update
  • Apple workout app overrides Cero app on Apple Watch
  • Interval signals too weak or not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to group timers
  • Option to add warm-up and cool-down features
  • Ability to type numbers for time adjustment
  • Timer sounds through headphones or interrupting music
  • Ability to change exercise names

Tabata Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HIIT Interval Timer | Cero

One-time1
  • Cero Pro$3.99
2 purchases

Tabata Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

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

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