Workout Timer vs Tabata/Boxing Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Timer
This versatile timer supports various training styles including HIIT, Tabata, and circuit workouts. Customize your work and rest intervals, track sets, and adjust sound and vibration settings for a personalized fitness experience. It's suitable for gym sessions, home stretching, yoga, and even non-fitness activities like studying and meditation.
- Customizable workout and rest intervals
- HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training support
- Set number of sets and cycles
- Easy time and round adjustment
- Adjustable sound and vibration settings
- Track remaining time at a glance
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This timer is designed for workout, stretch and high-intensity interval training, such as HIIT, Tabata workout and circuit training. You can set your own workout times, rest times, and rest times between cycles. So you can train at your favorite intervals. The remaining time is shown at a glance, and the number of sets can be easily checked. The setup is simple and you can easily change the time and the round you want to work out. You can also change the sound and vibration settings. It can be used for training at the gym, stretching and yoga at home, boxing, cardio, studying, meditation, and much more! The sound source was borrowed from Otologic (CC BY 4.0).
Tabata/Boxing Timer
This application offers a straightforward timer designed for high-intensity interval training routines like Tabata and boxing workouts. It aims to provide a seamless experience for users looking to enhance their training sessions.
- Tabata interval training
- Boxing workout timer
- Easy-to-use interface
- High-intensity interval training support
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If you're looking for a new program to add to your routine, you may want to give Tabata try. Tabata/Boxing timer is here to provide an easy experience when working out!! Get out there and train hard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tabata/Boxing Timer at none against Workout Timer's shown. Tabata/Boxing Timer also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Workout Timer's advantage is ratings volume (527 vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 30 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Workout Timer against 5.0 for Tabata/Boxing Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Timer has 527 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, Tabata/Boxing Timer every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Tabata/Boxing Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (527 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 527 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shogo Yoshida | Megulo Abebe |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Tabata/Boxing Timer
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Tabata/Boxing Timer
No in-app purchases
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