Comparison

Interval Timer Tabata Workout vs Workout Interval Timer Lite

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

Head to head
About

Interval Timer Tabata Workout

This app guides you through science-backed interval training for effective workouts at home or on the go. Choose from pre-made routines or create your own, with voice cues and visual feedback to keep you motivated. Track your progress and integrate with other health apps.

Highlights
  • 40+ ready-to-go workouts
  • Voice coaching in 22 languages
  • Apple Watch support
  • Apple Health integration
  • Create custom workouts
  • Workout history tracking
  • Live Activity widget
Features
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Get fit with science-backed interval training—no gym required. Intensity makes interval training simple and effective. Whether you're walking around the block, running your first 5K, cycling to work, or doing bodyweight exercises at home, we'll guide you through proven workouts that get results in less time. Choose from 40+ ready-to-go workouts or create your own. Just press start and let the app coach you with voice cues, countdown beeps, and visual feedback. WHAT YOU GET: • 40+ Ready-to-Go Workouts – From beginner-friendly walks to advanced HIIT, running, cycling, rowing, and strength training • Voice Coaching – Real-time announcements guide you through every interval in 22 languages • Apple Watch Support – Full app on your wrist with heart rate tracking and haptic feedback • Apple Health Integration – Automatically records calories, distance, steps, and heart rate • Live Activity Widget – See your workout progress on your lock screen • Create Custom Workouts – Build unlimited interval sequences that match your fitness level • Workout History – Track every session with detailed metrics • Smart Audio – Countdown beeps and cues that automatically lower your music • Background Mode – Keep your screen off while the workout runs • Cloud Sync – Your workouts and settings stay in sync across all your devices • Export to Apple Workouts – One-tap transfer to Apple's native Workout app WORKOUTS FOR EVERYONE: Beginners: Start with gentle intervals like Couch-Lite or Japanese Interval Walking Runners: Build speed with Yasso 800s, 10-20-30, or Norwegian 4×4 Cyclists: Boost power with Seiler 4×8 or Little 60/75 HIIT Fans: Crush Tabata, Scientific 7-Minute, or Sprint 8 Anywhere Training: Rowing, boxing rounds, stair climbs, jump rope, and more Every workout is based on exercise science research. No guesswork—just proven protocols that deliver results. Download Intensity and discover how effective your workouts can be. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://velocityraptor.co/app-privacy

About

Workout Interval Timer Lite

This app coaches your workouts with customizable timers, allowing you to focus on training. It supports advanced features like location tracking and heart rate monitoring, with voice and audio cues for seamless interval management.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple)
  • Location tracking for route and distance statistics
  • Heart rate training with Bluetooth LE monitor support
  • Voice and audio cues for interval notifications
  • Workout history and iCloud synchronization
  • Music integration for timers and intervals
Features
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Let our timer to coach your workouts so you can focus on actual training without staring at the watch. This timer meets the needs of amateurs as well as professionals. It was designed to be flexible and highly customisable so it can be used for all kinds of trainings. There is one important difference between this app and other apps on the App Store. No need to change timer configuration when switching exercises all the time. Create and configure timers once and use them multiple times. For more demanding users timers can be composed into entire workouts. All timers and workouts can be categorized into groups. For each timer can be enabled location tracking. With enabled location tracking you can seethe route and location based statistics like distance, speed, pace and altitude. Another great feature is support for heart rate training using a Bluetooth LE heart rate monitor. User can create multiple profiles and switch between them. Heart rate training profile contains all settings for your training like heart rate zones and notification options. During exercising user can be notified about current heart rate and zone. One heart rate zone can be selected as target zone. Voice coaching can notify the user to adjust tempo to stay in current zone. The user interface is designed to be clear and readable from a distance. For notification can be used vibrations, sounds and also text to speech voice. No more looking at the screen to know the current interval. Each timer is composed from intervals. Each interval has a configurable name, duration, color and music. Music can be set also for whole timer. Your workout sessions can be saved into history where you can see how you performed during exercising. All your timers and workout history can be synchronized into iCloud. This app integrates with the Health app. Workout metrics can be exported to Apple Health app. Features: - Four timer types (HIIT, Circuit, Custom, Simple). - Support for Apple Health (only for Full Version) - Synchronization to iCloud (only for Full Version) - Heart rate training feature. - Location tracking feature. - Timer sounds: last seconds, every second, interval end, timer finish and metronome. - Timer vibrations: last seconds, interval end and timer finish. - Timer text to speech voice: interval name, next interval name, duration at beginning of interval, current interval time, counting down for last seconds and timer finish. - Timers can be easily shared and duplicated. - Timers can be categorised into groups. - Timer music (playlist, album or song). - Multiple screens for running timer with different stats: Map, Location, Heart Rate, Timer, Intervals and Music - User can configure visual style for timer screens. - Screens for running timer can be locked. - Each interval has configurable duration, name, color and music. - Runs and plays music on background. - Universal app, works on iPhone and iPad. - Max interval duration is 99 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds. - Max number of sets is 999. Free version includes ads and other restrictions that can be removed with InApp Purchases. If you have enable Track Location option please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Interval Timer Tabata Workout4 screens
Workout Interval Timer Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Workout Interval Timer Lite at 89% against Interval Timer Tabata Workout's 72%. Workout Interval Timer Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Interval Timer Tabata Workout's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (974 vs 247). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Interval Timer Tabata Workout sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Workout Interval Timer Lite sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Interval Timer Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 974 and 247 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Interval Timer Tabata Workout's written reviews are positive against 89% of Workout Interval Timer Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer Tabata Workout ships an update fortnightly, Workout Interval Timer Lite every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Interval Timer Tabata Workout versus Workout Interval Timer Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval Timer Tabata WorkoutWorkout Interval Timer Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (974 ratings)4.7 (247 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews89.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings974 — better247
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVelocity Raptor IncorporatedDenciSoft s.r.o.

Customer experience

Interval Timer Tabata Workout

All ratings974 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.9%

Workout Interval Timer Lite

All ratings247 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.6%

User reviews

Interval Timer Tabata Workout

From 974 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Customizable workouts
  • 🎵 Ability to use own music
  • ⏱️ Helpful interval timer
  • 🔥 Effective for HIIT training
  • 📚 Good selection of pre-loaded workouts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy music playback
  • 💰 Expensive premium version
  • 🔒 Limited free features
  • 🔁 Erased custom workouts after update
  • 📱 Requires phone to be open during use

Workout Interval Timer Lite

From 247 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and easy to use
  • 💡 Highly customizable workouts
  • 🚀 Efficient interval timers
  • 🌟 Great sound effects and cues
  • 🎨 Visually appealing design and color schemes

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Deceptive free version limitations
  • 💸 App feels expensive to some
  • 🚫 Ads in paid version (reported by one user)
  • 🎶 Music playback issues (stops randomly, restarts after pause)
  • 🔊 Interval sounds not working consistently

Bugs and requests

Interval Timer Tabata Workout

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Music stops playing during intervals
  • Timer freezes or pauses unexpectedly
  • Incompatibility issues with iOS updates
  • Inability to add music from Spotify

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to set intervals in minutes and seconds
  • Ability to save and load custom workouts
  • Background music playback while app is closed
  • More pre-loaded workout options
  • Syncing workouts to Apple Watch

Workout Interval Timer Lite

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Music stops during workouts randomly
  • Interval sounds don't work half the time
  • Ads appear in the paid no-ad version
  • Music restarts after a pause even when 'play through pauses' is selected
  • Asking to save workout after every timer use can be burdensome

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a "for time" timer option
  • Add lock screen notifications after each interval
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Add a function to flash at the last 5 or 3 seconds of an interval
  • Option to turn off workout saving after each timer use
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  • Allow songs to start at a random point

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Interval Timer Tabata Workout

Subscriptions3
  • Plus Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly (Secret Discount)$14.991 Year
  • Plus Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • The 7-Minute Workout$0.99
  • Tabata & Gibala Workouts$0.99
  • Dr. Oz Quick Workouts$0.99
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  • Premium Upgrade$0.99
  • Premium Upgrade$1.99
  • Mega Pack$3.99
  • Intensity Pro Upgrade$4.99
6 purchases

Workout Interval Timer Lite

One-time6
  • Unlimited Custom Timers$0.99
  • Unlimited Simple Timers$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Unlimited Circuit Timers$1.99
  • Unlimited HIIT Timers$1.99
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is Interval Timer Tabata Workout free?
Interval Timer Tabata Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Interval Timer Lite free?
Workout Interval Timer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer Tabata Workout or Workout Interval Timer Lite?
Workout Interval Timer Lite is rated higher. Interval Timer Tabata Workout averages 4.5 out of 5 from 974 ratings, while Workout Interval Timer Lite averages 4.7 from 247 ratings.
Do Interval Timer Tabata Workout or Workout Interval Timer Lite have ads?
Neither Interval Timer Tabata Workout nor Workout Interval Timer Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer Tabata Workout or Workout Interval Timer Lite?
Interval Timer Tabata Workout ships an update fortnightly, and Workout Interval Timer Lite every 5 weeks. Most recently, Interval Timer Tabata Workout was updated on October 5, 2026 and Workout Interval Timer Lite on October 3, 2026.

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