TABATA Timer / Interval Timer vs Gainiac
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/
Gainiac
Discover and plan trail running routes based on elevation gain. Compare course profiles to your race goals and explore local areas for suitable training paths. Train with confidence for your next trail running event.
- Find training routes by elevation gain
- Compare elevation profiles
- Discover local routes
- Prepare for trail running events
- Train with confidence
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Find training routes near you to prepare for your next trail running event. Make course elevation gain your guide to choosing your routes so you can train with confidence. Compare elevation profiles between your race goal and your training routes. Explore your local region for new routes which are a good match for your next event so you're sure to be ready for the distance and elevation gain of the event course.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gainiac at none against TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's shown. Gainiac also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, 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.
Gainiac 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, Gainiac every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer | Gainiac |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Stephen Haydu |
Customer experience
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Gainiac
In-app purchases
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
Gainiac
No in-app purchases
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