Comparison

Ares vs TabataBro

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

Head to head
About

Ares

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various workouts like HIIT, Tabata, yoga, and stretching. It features real-time heart rate zone tracking with Apple Watch integration and allows users to create and save unlimited training sessions and workout sets. Voice cues guide users through workouts, ensuring focus remains on exercise.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timer
  • HIIT, Tabata, Yoga, Stretch modes
  • Apple Watch control and heart rate zones
  • Unlimited training session saving
  • Workout set creation
  • Voice and sound cues
  • Training history tracking
Features
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Ares is an interval timer you don't have to keep looking at. A voice coach counts down the time, tells you which exercise is up and when to rest, so you can stay focused on your workout. Great for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, circuit training, yoga and stretching—at home, at the gym or outdoors. No ads and no account needed. TRAIN WITHOUT WATCHING THE SCREEN • The voice counts down the final seconds and tells you what's next, so your phone can stay on the floor • Your music keeps playing, and if you want, Ares turns it down while the voice speaks • Work and rest have different colors, and the big numbers are easy to read from across the room • Keeps running with the screen locked: the timer shows on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and you can pause without unlocking your phone START IN SECONDS • Pick a ready-made workout, like Tabata, HIIT 40/20 or stretching, and go. Choose from 16 workouts and 6 sets, each with instructions on how to do it • Set up your own workout once: rounds, work time and rest time. Then start it with a single tap • With workout sets, chain your warm-up, main workout and stretching into one session that runs by itself from start to finish • Got a workout from your coach or a friend? Add it from a link or QR code ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO • 116 exercises with photos and how-to instructions, including dumbbell, kettlebell, resistance band and pull-up bar moves • Mid-workout, tap the exercise name to see how it's done • Add a note to your workout, like tips from your coach, and see it while you train • Working each side separately, like in yoga? Sides mode times the left and right side for you WITH OR WITHOUT APPLE WATCH • Control any workout from your wrist: see your heart rate, heart rate zones and calories live on your watch and iPhone • Pause and skip right from your watch, even with a double tap • No watch? AirPods Pro 3 and Powerbeats Pro 2 can show your heart rate too (iOS 26) • Workouts are saved to Apple Health SEE YOUR PROGRESS • After every workout, a chart shows your heart rate and heart rate zones during work and rest • Weekly summaries and a weekly streak help you make training a habit. One workout a week keeps your streak alive • Show off your result: a ready-made card with your own photo for a story or post MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark or automatic appearance • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch ARES PLUS—EVEN MORE • Workouts that change as you go: set the shortest and longest time, and Ares lays out the intervals for you—getting longer, getting shorter, or with shorter and shorter rests. No need to set each one by hand • A different exercise in every interval, like squats, then push-ups, then a plank. The voice announces each one, so you don't have to remember the order • Train without your iPhone: save your workouts to Apple Watch and leave your phone at home or in your locker • Record exercise names or cues in your own voice and hear them during your workout • Extra themes, coach voices and sounds, including the Calm voice for yoga and stretching • Access for your whole family with Family Sharing Privacy Policy: https://ares.eris.one/privacy-policy/ License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TabataBro

Features
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Tabata Bro is a clean, focused interval timer built for real workouts — no clutter, no accounts, no nonsense. THREE MODES, ONE TAP TO START - TABATA — Classic high-intensity intervals. Set your work time, rest time, and rounds. - EMOM — Every Minute On the Minute. Pick your interval and total rounds. - AMRAP — As Many Rounds As Possible. Set a time cap and push. DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY - Giant countdown digits readable from across the room - Audio cues: 3-2-1 ticks, phase-change bell, and a completion fanfare - Tap to pause, hold to stop — no buttons to hunt for - Swipe right to skip to the next round mid-workout - Works in portrait and landscape FEATURES - Adjustable prep countdown before each session - Segmented round progress bar so you always know where you are - Display time as seconds or MIN:SEC — your choice - No sign-up. No data collection. Just a timer. Whether you're training at home, in a box, or at the park — Tabata Bro gets you moving in seconds.

Screenshots

Ares4 screens
TabataBro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TabataBro at none against Ares's 3. TabataBro also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Ares's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Ares sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. TabataBro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ares ships an update every 2 weeks, TabataBro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ares versus TabataBro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAresTabataBro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrzysztof OrlowskiJakub Borkowski

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ares

Subscriptions2
  • Ares Plus$1.991 Month
  • Ares Plus$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ares Plus Forever$24.99
None

TabataBro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ares free?
Ares is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TabataBro free?
TabataBro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ares or TabataBro have ads?
TabataBro shows ads; Ares does not.
Which is updated more often, Ares or TabataBro?
Ares ships an update every 2 weeks, and TabataBro every 5 days. Most recently, Ares was updated on October 28, 2026 and TabataBro on October 25, 2026.

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