TABATA Timer / Interval Timer vs Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Interval Timer
Easily set custom intervals for workouts and rest periods with this intuitive timer. Enjoy beep guides and seamless music playback during your sessions. Track your progress with detailed history and statistics.
- Customizable intervals
- Workout and rest timers
- Beep guides
- Music playback compatibility
- Workout history
- Progress statistics
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A simple and beautiful interval timer. 1. Drag to set your custom intervals for workout, rest, rounds, etc 2. Tap to start. Interval Timer doesn't interfere with your music or other apps: ∙ Listen to your music apps while you workout. ∙ Beep guides for every workout. And no need to manually record your workouts: ∙ Detailed history and statistics pages to track your progress. ∙ Repeat a workout from your preset, so you don't need to recreate it again. This is a free app and your support means a lot. If you have any ideas for how to improve the app, just tap "Request Feature' inside the app and let us know! We are always trying to improve Interval Timer. Privacy Policy: https://robzapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://robzapps.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at every 2 months against Interval Timer's every 17 months. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1). Interval Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, 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.
Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, Interval Timer every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer | Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Vignesh Viswanathan |
Customer experience
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Interval Timer
In-app purchases
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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