Workout & Interval Timer vs TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout & Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable timer for fitness routines, including Tabata training. Easily set workout durations, intervals, and sets, with options for sound and vibration alerts. Save frequently used timers for quick access.
- Customizable workout intervals
- Set number of sets
- Save frequently used timers
- Sound and vibration alerts
- Read aloud function
- Simple and easy interface
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Workout & Interval Timer can be used for fitness or workouts, especially suitable for Tabata Training. You can configure workouts, intervals, and sets. As the interface is easy and simple, you can start it quickly. Functions ■ Timer ・ You can set duration for workouts or intervals from 5 seconds to 59 minutes 55 seconds. ・The number of sets can be set from 1 to 99 sets. ■ Menu ・You can easily register the timer you often use. ・Up to 100 lists can be registered. ■ Sound, Vibration ・You can set on and off respectively. ・In silent mode, sounds aren’t available. ■ Read aloud ・You can set on and off. ・When reading aloud, the workout time and break time that you set are read aloud. ・There is no sound in the silent mode. Sound material: OtoLogic(https://otologic.jp) Sound material: MaouDamashii Please use for simple training or fitness.
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for high-intensity workouts like Tabata. Easily set up custom workout routines with adjustable intervals, rest periods, and set counts. Personalize the timer with custom colors, sounds, and notifications for a tailored training experience.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Customizable intervals (warm-up, workout, rest, cool-down)
- Adjustable set counts
- Color and text customization
- Background notifications
- Dark mode support
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It's a timer app suitable for Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start-up and comfortable operability. Create unlimited timers. - Freely set warm-up, ready, workout, interval, cool-down seconds, and set counts. - Customize colors, texts, background notifications, sounds, speeches, vibrations, screen flashes and icon badges. - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: tabatatimer:// --- What is Tabata Training? The Tabata Training workout requires 8 intervals of 20 seconds-all-out intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Many of you might think how can one do 8 intervals in just 4 minutes? However, according to the research result by Professor Tabata, it is proven the best cardio workout as one can achieve both the aerobic and anaerobic exercises at the same time. Tabata training is a workout with high intensity and high efficiency. Quoted from: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/rs/category/tokushu/150715/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at none against Workout & Interval Timer's 1. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Workout & Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Workout & Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Workout & Interval Timer against 4.8 for TABATA Timer / Interval Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Workout & Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's.
Workout & Interval Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout & Interval Timer | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (29 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masafumi Negishi | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Workout & Interval Timer
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Workout & Interval Timer
- Hide Ads$3.99
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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