Comparison

Custom Fitness Timer vs Tabata Timer

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

Head to head
About

Custom Fitness Timer

Create and manage custom timers for various fitness activities like countdowns, intervals, and work/rest periods. Features include intuitive navigation, a press-and-hold stopwatch, and optional sound alerts. Personalize timers with custom names and colors to match different phases.

Highlights
  • Unlimited custom timer creation
  • Countdown timer
  • Interval timer
  • Work/Rest timer
  • Press and hold stopwatch
  • Optional timer sounds
  • Color-coded timer phases
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This custom fitness timer application offers: -Intuitive navigation -A Press and Hold Stop Watch -Free unlimited new timer creation -Three timer varieties: -Countdown -Interval -Work/Rest -Optional timer end and warning sounds -Color change to indicate timer phase -Customer timer naming

About

Tabata Timer

Features
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Tabata Timer is a simple timer for HIIT, Tabata, and interval training. Cardio, strength, yoga, boxing — whatever you train, keep your rhythm. Features: • Build your own workout – Set prepare, work, rest, round rest, and cooldown freely, with a name and duration for each exercise. • Save your workouts – Keep your regular routines and start one with a single tap. • See your progress at a glance – Color-coded phases, big numbers, and a next-phase preview you can read from across the room. • Sound and vibration – Countdown beeps, a finish bell, and haptics, so you never have to look at the screen. • Keeps running in the background – Time keeps flowing when you leave the app or the screen turns off, and you get a notification when your workout ends. • Focus timer – A dial timer that drains in color as time runs out. Use it for study, cooking, work, or meditation. • Keeps the screen awake • 7 languages – English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French Premium: • Remove ads • Unlock landscape mode Great for: HIIT and Tabata, CrossFit and circuits, home workouts, yoga and meditation, boxing and martial arts conditioning, study and work focus Download now and make every second count.

Screenshots

Custom Fitness Timer4 screens
Tabata Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Custom Fitness Timer at 13.0 against Tabata Timer's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Fitness Timer ships an update every 4 days, Tabata Timer weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Custom Fitness Timer versus Tabata Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Fitness TimerTabata Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared RosenthalSangwon Seo

In-app purchases

None

Custom Fitness Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Tabata Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Custom Fitness Timer free?
Custom Fitness Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Custom Fitness Timer or Tabata Timer have ads?
Both Custom Fitness Timer and Tabata Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Fitness Timer or Tabata Timer?
Custom Fitness Timer ships an update every 4 days, and Tabata Timer weekly. Most recently, Custom Fitness Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tabata Timer on October 24, 2026.

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