Comparison

TABATA Timer / Interval Timer vs Plank

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Unlimited timer creation
  • Customizable intervals (warm-up, workout, rest, cool-down)
  • Adjustable set counts
  • Color and text customization
  • Background notifications
  • Dark mode support
Features
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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/

About

Plank

Features
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Thirty seconds today, a little more tomorrow. Plank takes you from a 0:30 hold to five minutes in thirty days — then keeps going with harder plank shapes instead of ever-longer holds. Every target comes with its reason. Hold it clean and tomorrow moves up. Mark a hold as hard and it repeats. Stop early and the app records what you held and starts from there — stopping honestly is part of the plan, not a failure. - Today: your target in a ring, the line explaining it, and one button to start - The hold: near-black and eyes-off, with a voice coach, haptics, and tap twice to stop - After day 30: five shapes, from long-lever to side plank, each starting lower and climbing again - Record: the 30 days, every day since, and the shape ladder - Streaks that count prescribed rest days, with one earned mend a week for a missed day - Widgets and Live Activity: today's target, your streak, and the hold on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - A daily reminder that names your target No account, no tracking, no data collected. Everything stays on your iPhone.

Screenshots

TABATA Timer / Interval Timer4 screens
Plank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plank at none against TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's shown. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TABATA Timer / Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, Plank every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer versus Plank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTABATA Timer / Interval TimerPlank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.OcuNecu

In-app purchases

None

TABATA Timer / Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Plank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TABATA Timer / Interval Timer free?
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plank free?
Plank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TABATA Timer / Interval Timer or Plank have ads?
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer shows ads; Plank does not.
Which is updated more often, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer or Plank?
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Plank every 12 months. Most recently, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer was updated on October 4, 2026 and Plank on October 11, 2026.

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