Comparison

Tabata Timer vs BeatNow

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

BeatNow

This app provides a minimalist interval timer designed for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and Tabata workouts. It features clear voice alerts, a distraction-free interface, and customizable workout settings to help users focus on their training sessions.

Highlights
  • HIIT and Tabata timer
  • Customizable work/rest intervals
  • Clear voice alerts
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Dark Mode support
  • Minimalist design
Features
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BeatNow is the minimalist interval timer built for one purpose: helping you focus entirely on your training. Built for HIIT & Tabata Whether it's classic Tabata (20s work / 10s rest), EMOM, or custom HIIT sessions, BeatNow handles it all. Set your work time, rest time, and rounds – then press start and forget the rest. Distraction-Free Design No ads, no complex menus, no unnecessary features. Just a clean interface that shows you exactly what you need: the time remaining and your current round. Clear Voice Alerts Know when to push and when to recover without looking at your phone. Voice prompts announce every transition and count down the final seconds. Beautifully Simple Smooth animations, gentle colors, and full Dark Mode support. Easy on the eyes during those early morning or late night sessions. Who is BeatNow for? - HIIT, Tabata, and interval training enthusiasts - Home workout and bodyweight athletes - Coaches and trainers who value simplicity - Anyone who wants to train with rhythm, not distraction BeatNow believes: the best training tool should fade into the background, leaving only you and your effort. Find your rhythm. Train with BeatNow.

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
BeatNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tabata Timer at free against BeatNow's free with in-app purchases. Tabata Timer also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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 BeatNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update weekly, BeatNow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tabata Timer versus BeatNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerBeatNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇超 朱上海深维探索科技有限公司

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

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

BeatNow

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time1
  • UNLIMITED TABATA TIMER$2.99
1 purchases

BeatNow

One-time1
  • BeatNow Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeatNow free?
BeatNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tabata Timer or BeatNow have ads?
Neither Tabata Timer nor BeatNow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or BeatNow?
Tabata Timer ships an update weekly, and BeatNow every 6 days. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on October 3, 2026 and BeatNow on October 16, 2026.

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