Interval Timer vs Tabata Interval Stopwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various fitness activities like HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training. Easily set up preparation, work, and rest periods, then save and share your custom workouts. Track your progress with detailed statistics and history.
- Customizable intervals
- HIIT and Tabata timer
- Workout planning
- Save and share workouts
- Workout statistics
- Workout history
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The Interval Timer is a simple and easy to use workout interval timer (HIIT timer, Stopwatch & Countdown) for your daily fitness training and workout at home, gym and everywhere else. This workout timer is suitable for fitness interval training HIIT/Tabata, interval running (jogging) and other time dependent activities (boxing, circuit training, meditation, breathing exercises, yoga...). it possible to carry out training sessions with preparation time, work time, rest time and number of repetitions. Features: - Intuitive and clear user interface. - Configure exercises with preparation time, work time, rest and number of repetitions - Create your own custom intervals - Group multiple exercises as a plan - Save, load and edit workouts - Share your workouts with friends - Create and load backups of your workouts - Track your progress with the workout statistics - Perfect timer for high intensity interval training (hiit, tabata) - Detailed history and statistics pages to track your progress. - Repeat a previous workout from your history, so you don't need to set it again. Subscription Details: - Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. you will not able to cancel subscriptions once activated. -Privacy policy: http://iglobalapp.com/privacy-policy -Terms of use: http://iglobalapp.com/terms-condition
Tabata Interval Stopwatch
This app helps you manage exercise intervals with a simple and precise timer. Create custom exercise lists with countdowns, repeat patterns, and descriptions. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to use at the gym or home.
- Customizable interval timer
- Create exercise lists
- Repeat patterns
- Add descriptions
- Intuitive interface
- Countdown timer
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Simple and precise timer app will help keep track of the exercise time and create your own exercise list. It allows you to set a countdown timer for specific intervals of time, add repeat patterns and description. The app's interface is simple, intuitive, and easy to use, making it ideal for quick use, whether at gym or at home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tabata Interval Stopwatch at 100% against Interval Timer's 10%. Tabata Interval Stopwatch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (402 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tabata Interval Stopwatch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tabata Interval Stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 402 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabata Interval Stopwatch's.
Interval Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Tabata Interval Stopwatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interval Timer | Tabata Interval Stopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (402 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 402 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jyoti Virani | Maksims Puskels |
Customer experience
Interval Timer
Tabata Interval Stopwatch
In-app purchases
Interval Timer
- Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly$9.991 Year
Tabata Interval Stopwatch
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$24.991 Year
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