Timer Plus vs TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer Plus
This interval training app supports HIIT, circuit, and Tabata workouts with customizable rounds and cycles. It offers background operation, screen flashing, and voice guidance for an enhanced fitness experience. An Apple Watch companion app is also available.
- Customizable rounds and cycles
- Interval stopwatch
- Background timer operation
- Informative screen flash
- Save and history of timers
- Voice guidance
- Apple Watch app
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Interval Training Timer perfect for HIIT Circuit and Tabata Workouts Timer Plus is an easy to use special app for high intensity interval Training. -Ability to display the number and duration of rounds and cycles. -Interval Stopwatch -Timer works in background mode -Informative screen flash -Create an infinite number of timers, save them in the history of workouts. -Voice guidance Use our Timer Plus app while training at home, at the gym, boxing, MMA, Bodyweight exercises or other fitness activities. Timer Plus comes also with an Apple Watch app that allows you to use your saved custom workouts from the iPhone on your Apple Watch. This app uses Apple Health Kit in order to run the Apple Watch app in the background. Terms of Use: https://argames.in/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://argames.in/privacy.html
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 in-app purchases: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at none against Timer Plus's 2. Timer Plus's advantage is ratings volume (60K vs 20) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Timer Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Timer Plus against 4.8 for TABATA Timer / Interval Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer Plus has 60K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Timer Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's.
Timer Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer Plus | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (60K ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArGames | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Timer Plus
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Bugs and requests
Timer Plus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer stopping unexpectedly due to notifications or phone calls
- Inconsistent volume changes when using music
- Difficulty finding and loading saved timers
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to name and save custom workouts
- Option to turn off countdown sound
- Customizable alert sounds
- Ability to skip or pause rounds
- Connection to health/fitness tracking apps
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer Plus
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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