Workout Timer vs Tabata Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for HIIT and Tabata workouts. It offers unlimited timer creation with extensive sound and voice reading options, background notifications, and dark mode. All features are free to use.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Folder classification
- High timer setting freedom
- Variety of sounds and voice readings
- Favorite color and reading text
- Background notifications
- Dark mode
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It's a workout timer app suitable for HIIT and Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited timer creation, folder classification is also possible - High degree of freedom in timer setting (supports rep and unlimited time) - A wide variety of sounds and voice readings (about 100 types of sounds) - Favorite color, reading text - Background notifications - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: workouttimer://
Tabata Timer
This interval training app offers customizable timers for various workouts like Tabata, HIIT, and boxing. It features voice guidance, workout history, and the ability to save presets. Some advanced features require a one-time purchase.
- Customizable work and rest timers
- Adjustable number of rounds
- Pause, skip, and go back options
- Workout history and saved presets
- Customizable audio cues with voice guidance
- Initial countdown timer
- Final seconds alert
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A beautiful and easy-to-use interval timer for Tabata, HIIT, Boxing, CrossFit or any exercise that involves interval training. The best-designed timer for interval training includes: ↳ Customizable work, rest timer settings, and number of rounds ↳ Ability to pause, skip, and go back between rounds ↳ View workout history and save as preset ↳ Customizable audio cues with voice guidance and chimes ↳ Customizable initial countdown timer ↳ Customizable final seconds alert ↳ Compatible with both iPhone and iPad Some features require a one-time purchase to upgrade to Pro: - Unlimited workouts - Workout history and saved presets - Voice guidance and additional sounds - Countdown timer - Final seconds alert
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workout Timer at 4.7 against Tabata Timer's 3.8. Workout Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tabata Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume 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. Tabata Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Workout Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabata Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Workout Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Tabata Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Tabata Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 3.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Polybit Studio Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Tabata Timer
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
Tabata Timer
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
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