TABATA Timer / Interval Timer vs Plank
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/
Plank
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer | Plank |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | OcuNecu |
In-app purchases
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Plank
No in-app purchases
Questions
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