Comparison

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch vs Stopwatch for hiit&tabata

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

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About

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch

This app allows you to create and manage multiple timers and stopwatches simultaneously. Build complex, multi-step routines for workouts, cooking, or focus sessions with customizable alerts and on-the-fly adjustments.

Highlights
  • Multiple timers and stopwatches
  • Customizable multi-step routines
  • On-the-fly time adjustments
  • Countdown to specific dates
  • Lap recording for stopwatches
  • Routine templates (Tabata, Pomodoro)
  • Home screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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Make a timer for anything, from a pasta timer to a talking interval timer. Save your timers once, then start any of them with one tap. Name each one and give it its own color and sound, so you know what’s done without looking. Timer+ is a simple timer and stopwatch app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, loved by parents, athletes, chefs, teachers, and students. TIMERS Great for laundry, cooking, naps, meetings, and study sessions. + Count down for up to 99 days and repeat up to 64 times + Add or remove time while a timer is running + Keep counting up after a timer ends + Choose from more than 30 sounds + Have your timer talk: hear its name, “Halfway,” or “10 seconds remaining” out loud + Set alerts for halfway, time remaining, or every few seconds or minutes + Keep hearing alerts when your iPhone is locked or Timer+ is closed + Mark a timer Urgent to ring as an alarm, even in Silent mode or a Focus (iOS 26 or later) + Try the Kids Timer: a colorful pie shrinks as time runs down to reveal a friendly bear + Tap Undo to bring back a timer you cancelled by mistake STOPWATCHES Great for workouts, speeches, meditation, and anything without a set end. + Record laps and label them so they’re easy to find in Timer History + Play a sound or hear the elapsed time out loud, once or every few minutes COUNTDOWNS Best for birthdays, deadlines, appointments, travel days, and other important events. + Count down to a specific date and time, then keep counting up ROUTINES & INTERVAL TIMERS Ideal for interval workouts, Tabata, HIIT, yoga flows, breathing exercises, baking bread, and other multi-step activities. + Build an interval timer with custom work times, rests, and repeats + Combine Timer and Stopwatch steps in Blocks with their own Repeats and rests + Give every step its own name, duration, color, sounds, and talking alerts + Hear each step’s name, what’s up next, or “Switch sides” for one-sided exercises + Add a Start Countdown, Warmup, Cooldown, and steps between repeats + Let a step wait for you to tap Done, or move on automatically + Skip or extend a step while your routine is running + Start with ready-made Tabata Workout, Pomodoro, and EMOM templates SHARING + Share a copy of a timer with a link (beta) + Anyone can add it to Timer+ or try it without installing the app. Links last 7 days. TIMER HISTORY + Review completed and cancelled runs, including routine steps and stopwatch laps + Turn Timer History off or clear it anytime WIDGETS, WATCH & SIRI + Start, pause, or cancel timers from Home Screen widgets + See all running and paused timers with the Active Timers widget + Follow timers on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island + View and control timers from Apple Watch + Create and start timers with Siri and Shortcuts + Use Timer+ in landscape on iPhone, or with a sidebar on iPad QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: Why use Timer+ instead of the built-in Clock app? A: Save reusable timers, run several timers and stopwatches at once, build multi-step routines, hear timers out loud, and adjust time while a timer is running. Q: Can Timer+ ring in Silent mode? A: Yes. On iOS 26 or later, urgent timers ring as an alarm, even in Silent mode or a Focus. Q: Can Timer+ say the time out loud? A: Yes. Timers and routines can speak their name and the time remaining, and stopwatches can speak the elapsed time, even when your iPhone is locked. Q: Is Timer+ a good interval timer? A: Yes. Use Timer+ as an interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, and EMOM workouts. Start from a template, or build a routine with timed steps, rests, and spoken alerts. Q: What is included in Timer+ Pro? A: Timer+ Pro removes ads and unlocks unlimited saved timers, full timer history, advanced routines, and advanced announcements. Choose a recurring subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. www.timerplusapp.com/privacy www.timerplusapp.com/terms

About

Stopwatch for hiit&tabata

This app provides highly accurate timing for athletes, featuring a minimalist design and background operation. It saves and shares training results, highlighting best lap times and differences.

Highlights
  • High accuracy timing (0.001s)
  • Lap result highlighting
  • Difference from best lap display
  • Measurement history saving
  • Share training results
  • Minimalist design
  • Background operation
Features
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Stopwatch Pro is an indispensable assistant to all athletes in regular training. Maximum accuracy - a special synchronization technology allows you to get results with an accuracy of one thousandth of a second (0.001). The application highlights the best lap result and displays the difference between the current and the best lap result. Measurement history - the application allows you to save training results or share them with trainers in one click. The minimalist design is specially designed by our UI/UX specialists so that nothing distracts you from your workout. Background - the application will continue to count down the time even if you have to be distracted by a call from a coach or other applications during a workout.

Screenshots

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch4 screens
Stopwatch for hiit&tabata3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch at Free against Stopwatch for hiit&tabata's $3.99. Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (41K vs 12). Stopwatch for hiit&tabata's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch is free to download; Stopwatch for hiit&tabata costs $3.99 up front. Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Stopwatch for hiit&tabata asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch has 41K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 75% of Stopwatch for hiit&tabata's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch ships an update weekly, Stopwatch for hiit&tabata every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch versus Stopwatch for hiit&tabata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer+ Countdown & StopwatchStopwatch for hiit&tabata
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (41K ratings) — better4.5 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41K — better12
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinima SoftwarePavel Ilin

Customer experience

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch

All ratings41,156 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews845 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative24.9%

Stopwatch for hiit&tabata

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timers not always triggering notifications
  • Issues with timer display when locked or in background
  • Ads reappearing after purchasing pro version

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to chain/sequence multiple timers
  • Improve sorting and organization of timers
  • Allow more customization options for timers
  • Implement sync across devices
  • Add a 'days' counter for long timers

Stopwatch for hiit&tabata

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch

Subscriptions8
  • Pro$0.997 Days
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Pro$9.991 Year
  • Pro1 Year trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Timer+ Pro$44.99
  • Pro$69.99
None

Stopwatch for hiit&tabata

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch free?
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stopwatch for hiit&tabata free?
Stopwatch for hiit&tabata costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch or Stopwatch for hiit&tabata?
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch is rated higher. Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while Stopwatch for hiit&tabata averages 4.5 from 12 ratings.
Do Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch or Stopwatch for hiit&tabata have ads?
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch shows ads; Stopwatch for hiit&tabata does not.
Which is updated more often, Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch or Stopwatch for hiit&tabata?
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch ships an update weekly, and Stopwatch for hiit&tabata every 3 months. Most recently, Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch was updated on November 7, 2026 and Stopwatch for hiit&tabata on November 7, 2026.

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