Boxing Interval Timer vs Tabata Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boxing Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various round-based sports and high-intensity interval training. Easily set times and sounds for preparation, rounds, and rest, with visual and auditory alerts to keep you on track during your workouts.
- Configurable sounds and times
- Set preparation, round, and rest intervals
- Inner round alerts
- Color phase indication
- Blinking warning alerts
- Multiple custom profiles
- Screen stays on automatically
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Boxing Interval Timer is a round timer designed for training in any round sport such as Boxing Martial Arts, Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, BJJ, or for any other round timer needs. It’s simple, modern and effective and works well also for HIIT trainings like TABATA, CrossFit. FEATURES: * Fully configurable sounds & times * Set times & sounds for preparation, round, warning, and rest * Inner round alerts * Color indication of phase * Blinking to alert warning * Screen stays on automatically * Works with screen on, or off * Multiple profiles to select * Create custom profile for different sports * Can be used for TABATA, CrossFit and other HIIT exercises * Easy to use Use the timer for when exercising in the gym, running, doing bodyweight exercises, sprints, high-low intensity cycling, boxing, MMA or other martial arts. Even though it says Boxing Interval Timer, you can use it for your TABATA, HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training), CrossFit or circuit training
Tabata Timer
This interval training app offers customizable timers for various workouts like Tabata, HIIT, and boxing. It features voice guidance, workout history, and the ability to save presets. Some advanced features require a one-time purchase.
- Customizable work and rest timers
- Adjustable number of rounds
- Pause, skip, and go back options
- Workout history and saved presets
- Customizable audio cues with voice guidance
- Initial countdown timer
- Final seconds alert
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A beautiful and easy-to-use interval timer for Tabata, HIIT, Boxing, CrossFit or any exercise that involves interval training. The best-designed timer for interval training includes: ↳ Customizable work, rest timer settings, and number of rounds ↳ Ability to pause, skip, and go back between rounds ↳ View workout history and save as preset ↳ Customizable audio cues with voice guidance and chimes ↳ Customizable initial countdown timer ↳ Customizable final seconds alert ↳ Compatible with both iPhone and iPad Some features require a one-time purchase to upgrade to Pro: - Unlimited workouts - Workout history and saved presets - Voice guidance and additional sounds - Countdown timer - Final seconds alert
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boxing Interval Timer at 4.8 against Tabata Timer's 3.8. Boxing Interval Timer also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 9) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Tabata Timer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Boxing Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tabata Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Boxing Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxing Interval Timer has 13K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Boxing Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabata Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Boxing Interval Timer ships an update every 3 months, Tabata Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boxing Interval Timer | Tabata Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better | 3.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thang Nguyen | Polybit Studio Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Boxing Interval Timer
Tabata Timer
Bugs and requests
Boxing Interval Timer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timer stops when switching apps or locking phone
- Ads interfere with timer functionality
- Inconsistent timer performance (slowing down, stopping)
- Inability to close ads or navigate around them
Requested features
5 requests- Allow timer to run in background
- Add more sound/alert options (e.g. boxing bell, countdown)
- Improve ad placement to avoid interrupting workouts
- Provide more customization options for timer settings
- Implement tracking features (e.g. total time, weekly progress)
Tabata Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boxing Interval Timer
- Pro Upgrade$5.99
Tabata Timer
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
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