Tabby Timer vs Ares
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tabby Timer
This app provides a straightforward interval timer designed for the Tabata workout method. It guides you through preparation, exercise, and rest periods with clear voice prompts. The timer is designed for simplicity with no ads or complex settings.
- Tabata interval timing
- 10-second preparation time
- 20-second exercise intervals
- 10-second rest intervals
- Voice prompts for intervals
- Last 3-second countdown
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Start your timer and Tabby counts down your 10 second preparation time, followed by intervals of 20 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest. The voice prompts explain what interval you're about to start, and the last 3 seconds are ticked off. There are no configuration options, no ads, no fluff. Just a simple interval timer set up for the Tabata method.
Ares
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workouts like HIIT, Tabata, yoga, and stretching. It features real-time heart rate zone tracking with Apple Watch integration and allows users to create and save unlimited training sessions and workout sets. Voice cues guide users through workouts, ensuring focus remains on exercise.
- Customizable interval timer
- HIIT, Tabata, Yoga, Stretch modes
- Apple Watch control and heart rate zones
- Unlimited training session saving
- Workout set creation
- Voice and sound cues
- Training history tracking
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An interval timer that does the counting for you. Set rounds, work and rest in seconds, and Ares guides you by voice through the whole workout: HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, circuits, yoga, stretching and mobility. Heart rate zones on Apple Watch, your workout on the Lock Screen, no ads. INTERVAL TIMER • Work time, rest time and number of rounds, down to the second • Left/Right mode times each side for you. Perfect for stretching, yoga and exercises done one side at a time • Countdown before you start, the option to begin with a warmup and an optional final rest • Pin favorite workouts to the Home Screen and repeat your last one with a single tap WORKOUTS, SETS AND EXERCISES • Save as many workouts as you like, each with its own name and icon, and edit or duplicate them anytime • Combine several workouts into one set • Exercise library, expanded regularly • Exercise names read aloud during your workout APPLE WATCH AND HEART RATE ZONES • Control your workout from your wrist: pause, skip, resume • Live heart rate and heart rate zones on Apple Watch and iPhone • Calories tracked in every workout • Automatic sync with Apple Health ALWAYS AT HAND • Your workout on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a timer and a pause button, no unlocking needed • Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen • Keeps running with the screen locked and never stops your music, it just turns it down for voice cues • A big, clear timer on iPad that you can read from across the room PROGRESS AND HISTORY • Weekly trends for number of workouts and training time • Calendar, list and details of every workout • Weekly streak: one workout a week keeps it alive • A reminder when your streak is at risk, at most once a week Privacy Policy: https://ares.eris.one/privacy-policy/ License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ares at 5.0 against Tabby Timer's 3.0. Ares also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 2). Tabby Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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. Ares sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tabby Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ares holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ares has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tabby Timer ships an update every 3 days, Ares fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabby Timer | Ares |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenzie Campbell | Krzysztof Orlowski |
Customer experience
Tabby Timer
Ares
In-app purchases
Tabby Timer
No in-app purchases
Ares
- Ares Plus$1.991 Month
- Ares Plus$9.991 Year
- Ares Plus Forever$19.99









