Comparison

Tabata training vs GymUp

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tabata training

This app offers quick, 4-minute HIIT interval workouts for home. It features a customizable timer, an exercise library, and progress tracking to help you burn calories and build endurance efficiently.

Highlights
  • 4-minute HIIT interval workouts
  • Customizable Tabata timer
  • Extensive exercise library
  • Create custom workouts
  • Weight and progress tracking
  • Workout statistics
  • Integrated workout music
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Tabata — HIIT interval workouts at home in just 4 minutes a day. A convenient Tabata timer helps you burn calories, build endurance, and stay in shape without long workouts. In the app: • Tabata / HIIT timer with interval settings (work/rest/rounds) • Large exercise library and the ability to create your own workout • Auto exercise selection — a new routine every time • Repeat your favorite days/workouts • Weight tracking and a clear progress chart • Workout and activity statistics • Multiple themes • Workout music: choose from options or play your own from your library Set a goal and train with Tabata together with us — fast, simple, and consistent.

About

GymUp

Log your gym and home workouts with this comprehensive training journal. Track exercise results, plan routines for various fitness goals, and visualize your progress with detailed graphs. Access pre-made routines or create your own.

Highlights
  • Workout log and routine collection
  • Pre-made routines from coaches
  • Create custom workout programs
  • Track exercise results and progress
  • Workout planning for fitness goals
  • Exercise graphs and body measurement journal
  • Workout rest timer
Features
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GymUp is a workout log for people who train with a goal in mind and want to get more out of every session. Pick a program, log your results, and watch your progress unfold. • 60+ curated programs from top coaches — more than half are free • 500+ exercises with step-by-step technique • Discuss programs and exercises, ask the community for advice • Training plans for any goal — weight loss, muscle gain, strength • Filter workouts for men or women, at the gym, at home, or outdoors • Build your own programs or customize the built-in ones • Supersets, triple sets, and other advanced training techniques • Quick, convenient logging right during your workout • See your exercise history and track progress instantly • Rest timer between sets • Clear progress charts to measure your training effectiveness • Body measurement log (weight, muscle size, etc.) with progress charts • Handy fitness calculators for serious training Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tabata training4 screens
GymUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GymUp at none against Tabata training's shown. GymUp also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 2). Tabata training's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 49%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GymUp sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tabata training against 4.4 for GymUp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GymUp has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Tabata training's written reviews are positive against 49% of GymUp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata training ships an update every 5 months, GymUp monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tabata training versus GymUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata trainingGymUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better48.8% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEwgeniy IsurovAndrey Filatov

Customer experience

Tabata training

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

GymUp

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive48.8%
Neutral19.0%
Negative32.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabata training

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99
10 purchases

GymUp

Subscriptions3
  • 1-Month Pro$4.991 Month
  • 3-Month Pro$12.993 Months
  • 1-Year Pro$24.991 Year
One-time7
  • All programs$1.99
  • Supersets$1.99
  • Measurements progress$1.99
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  • Workout progress$1.99
  • Workout planning$1.99
  • Year Full Subscription$9.99
  • Full Access forever$99.99

Questions

Is Tabata training free?
Tabata training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GymUp free?
GymUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata training or GymUp?
Tabata training is rated higher. Tabata training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GymUp averages 4.4 from 26 ratings.
Do Tabata training or GymUp have ads?
Tabata training shows ads; GymUp does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata training or GymUp?
Tabata training ships an update every 5 months, and GymUp monthly. Most recently, Tabata training was updated on November 3, 2026 and GymUp on November 7, 2026.

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