Tabata and EMOM Timer vs DadLift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tabata and EMOM Timer
This free application provides a customizable timer for Tabata and EMOM workouts. Easily set your intervals and save multiple timer configurations for quick access during your training sessions.
- Customizable intervals
- Save multiple timers
- Tabata workout support
- EMOM workout support
- Free to use
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Free Tabata and EMOM Timer Easily adjust intervals (and advanced settings). Save as many Tabata timers as you'd like!
DadLift
This app provides a structured fitness system designed for busy parents, focusing on strength, muscular endurance, Zone 2 cardio, and peak VO2max. It offers over 50 pre-built workouts and custom options, requiring only three hours per week for long-term health and capability.
- Four-pillar fitness system (strength, endurance, Zone 2, VO2max)
- Over 50 pre-built workouts
- Customizable workouts
- Progress tracking
- Monthly workout rotation
- Form video links and modification options
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You don't need to be a commando. You need the energy to keep up with your kids, the strength to help the people who count on you, and the kind of capability that doesn't disappear by Tuesday afternoon. And you need it for the long haul — long enough to watch your kids grow up, long enough to be the person they call when they need help. That kind of capability doesn't come from one workout type. It comes from a system. And the system the research keeps pointing at is the same four things: strength, muscular endurance, Zone 2 cardio, and peak VO2max. Most fitness apps cover one of them. DadLift covers all four. Three hours a week, four workouts. Plug-and-play. THE FOUR-PILLAR WEEK • Two strength sessions — full-body, covering both strength-endurance and hypertrophy • One Zone 2 session — the aerobic base the research keeps coming back to • One VO2max session — peak cardio capacity, one of the strongest signals of long-term health in the literature WHAT'S IN THE APP • 50+ pre-built workouts with step-by-step instructions for every exercise • Workouts for every setup — bodyweight, kettlebell, dumbbell, household items, or a full gym • Built-in tracking so you can see your progress over time • Monthly workout rotation to keep your body adapting • Form video links for every exercise • Warm-up instructions and modification options for every workout • Build your own custom workouts No complicated programming. No confusing terminology. No 90-minute sessions. Just the system the research agrees on, executable in three hours a week — for the next 30 years. Built by a dad, for dads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabata and EMOM Timer at none against DadLift's 2. Tabata and EMOM Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. DadLift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tabata and EMOM Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tabata and EMOM Timer against 5.0 for DadLift. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tabata and EMOM Timer ships an update weekly, DadLift every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tabata and EMOM Timer | DadLift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evan Winograd | Robert Vagi |
Customer experience
Tabata and EMOM Timer
DadLift
In-app purchases
Tabata and EMOM Timer
No in-app purchases
DadLift
- DadLift Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- DadLift Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
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