Exercise 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.
Exercise Interval Timer
Create and manage custom workout intervals with a user-friendly editor. Choose from pre-set routines or build your own for any fitness activity. This app is completely free with no ads or premium features.
- Custom interval timer editor
- Preset workout routines
- Ad-free experience
- No premium features
- Free to use
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Organise your workout using our simple to use interval timer editor. You can use one of our preset workouts (e.g. classic or extended fingerboard dead-hangs) or create your own. Absolutely no adverts, no premium paid features, always free and available. Got a feature request? Let us know!
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 review sentiment: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at 100% against Exercise Interval Timer's 50%. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). Exercise Interval Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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.
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Exercise Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's.
Exercise Interval Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Exercise Interval Timer | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vigilant Applications Limited | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Exercise Interval Timer
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Exercise Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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