Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Workout Timer

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 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.

About

Workout Timer

Create personalized fitness routines with custom intervals and voice guidance. This app supports various workout types like HIIT, yoga, and strength training, offering an intuitive interface for efficient training sessions.

Highlights
  • Custom training plan creation
  • Intelligent timing and voice guidance
  • Customizable rest intervals
  • Supports HIIT, yoga, and strength training
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Personalized fitness routines
Features
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This is an intelligent timer application designed specifically for fitness enthusiasts, helping you easily create personalized training plans and efficiently complete each workout through voice guidance and countdown functions! Main functions: 【 Custom Training Plan 】Freely arrange training movements, set the time or frequency of each movement, and create exclusive fitness courses. 【 Intelligent timing and voice guidance 】During exercise, the application provides clear voice countdown and reminders, allowing you to focus on training. 【 Rest Interval Setting 】Customize the rest time between actions and scientifically plan the training rhythm. Suitable for various sports scenarios, whether it's high-intensity interval training (HIIT), strength training, aerobic exercise, or yoga training, the application can meet your needs. 【 Simple and easy-to-use interface 】Intuitive operation interface, easy to get started, quickly start your training. Feature Highlights: 【 Personalized Training 】Customize a training plan based entirely on your needs, bidding farewell to monotonous fitness courses. 【 Efficient voice guidance 】No need to look at your phone, voice reminders allow you to focus on your movements and improve training effectiveness. 【 Scientific Timing 】Accurate timing function helps you master every second of training time. Download now and embark on your personalized fitness journey!

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Workout Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tabata Timer at weekly against Workout Timer's every 2 months. Tabata Timer also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 1 one-off in-app purchase and Workout 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, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata Timer has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Workout Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update weekly, Workout Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tabata Timer versus Workout Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerWorkout Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (26 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇超 朱书旗 莫

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

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

Workout Timer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • UNLIMITED TABATA TIMER$2.99
1 purchases

Workout Timer

One-time1
  • VIP$2.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Timer free?
Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Workout Timer?
Tabata Timer is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Workout Timer averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Workout Timer have ads?
Neither Tabata Timer nor Workout Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Workout Timer?
Tabata Timer ships an update weekly, and Workout Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on November 8, 2026 and Workout Timer on November 4, 2026.

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