Comparison

Tabata Interval Stopwatch vs Oarsum

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

Head to head
About

Tabata Interval Stopwatch

This app helps you manage exercise intervals with a simple and precise timer. Create custom exercise lists with countdowns, repeat patterns, and descriptions. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to use at the gym or home.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timer
  • Create exercise lists
  • Repeat patterns
  • Add descriptions
  • Intuitive interface
  • Countdown timer
Features
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Simple and precise timer app will help keep track of the exercise time and create your own exercise list. It allows you to set a countdown timer for specific intervals of time, add repeat patterns and description.  The app's interface is simple, intuitive, and easy to use, making it ideal for quick use, whether at gym or at home.

About

Oarsum

This app helps kayakers, canoeists, and rowers track their time on the water. Record live sessions, view distance and pace on Apple Watch, and get detailed trip summaries. It offers on-device analytics, water body identification, and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Live paddle session recording
  • Apple Watch companion display
  • Detailed trip summaries
  • HealthKit workout support
  • On-device analytics
  • Water body identification
  • Private route logging
Features
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Oarsum is a GPS paddle tracker and logbook for kayaking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) and rowing. You did the paddling. Give yourself something to show for it: routes to replay, records to beat, and a whole year of water worth revisiting. RECORDING — Wrist or phone. Your call. Record on iPhone or independently on Apple Watch. Track your route, distance, duration, speed and pace. See heart rate, calories and stroke rate when available. Pause, resume, check weather conditions, and follow your Watch session on iPhone when connected. HISTORY — Run that paddle back Replay a saved route and see where you picked up speed. Browse trips in your logbook or on the map, show past routes together, and choose their colors. Pin favorite paddles and waters. Less digging. More finding. WATERS — Put a name to the place That lake has a name. So does the river you keep going back to. Search lakes and rivers worldwide, explore water shapes and available facts, and connect trips to named waters. Confirm where you paddled, check repeat visits, and find your regular spots. CALENDAR — Your year. Accounted for. See your year on the water, open a month, and revisit its paddles. Follow streaks, compare activity across days, months and years, and see your most active days and favorite times to paddle. INSIGHTS — Settle it with the numbers Your fastest paddle? Your longest? Open your personal records and the trips behind them. Explore pace trends, heart-rate zones and stroke efficiency from your recorded data. Deep Detail compares individual paddles with your history, so you can see how they stack up. INTELLIGENCE — Go ahead. Ask. "How far did I paddle this month?" "Which water do I visit most?" Paddle Intelligence turns questions about your paddling into answers from your saved trips and available Insights. It uses Apple Intelligence on supported devices. IMPORT, EXPORT & SYNC — Your old paddles count, too Import paddle workouts from Apple Health and trips from GPX files. Save Oarsum workouts to Apple Health, export routes as GPX, and sync your logbook across devices with iCloud. IPAD & MAC — Spread out a little Explore Oarsum Atlas on iPad: your map, water search and logbook in one workspace, with adjustable panels. Bring the same iPad experience to compatible Apple silicon Macs. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS — Keep it handy Follow a session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities. Reach Oarsum through widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, or find a saved paddle with Spotlight. Designed and built by an independent developer who paddles. Oarsum is for recreational tracking, not navigation or emergency use. Support: https://oarsum.com/contact Terms of Use: https://oarsum.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://oarsum.com/privacy

Screenshots

Tabata Interval Stopwatch4 screens
Oarsum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Oarsum at none against Tabata Interval Stopwatch's shown. Oarsum also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). Tabata Interval Stopwatch's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Tabata Interval Stopwatch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Oarsum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tabata Interval Stopwatch against 5.0 for Oarsum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Interval Stopwatch ships an update fortnightly, Oarsum every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tabata Interval Stopwatch versus Oarsum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata Interval StopwatchOarsum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaksims PuskelsOddsplash LLC

Customer experience

Tabata Interval Stopwatch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Oarsum

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tabata Interval Stopwatch

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Oarsum

Subscriptions2
  • Seasonal Pass$2.993 Months
  • Annual Pass$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Tabata Interval Stopwatch free?
Tabata Interval Stopwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oarsum free?
Oarsum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Interval Stopwatch or Oarsum?
Tabata Interval Stopwatch and Oarsum are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Tabata Interval Stopwatch or Oarsum have ads?
Tabata Interval Stopwatch shows ads; Oarsum does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Interval Stopwatch or Oarsum?
Tabata Interval Stopwatch ships an update fortnightly, and Oarsum every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tabata Interval Stopwatch was updated on October 27, 2026 and Oarsum on October 28, 2026.

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