Comparison

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite 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

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite

This app provides a customizable timer for various training styles, allowing users to focus on their workouts. It offers advanced features like location tracking and heart rate monitoring for detailed performance analysis. Enjoy voice coaching and background music to enhance your training experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Location tracking for routes and stats
  • Bluetooth heart rate monitor support
  • Voice coaching for tempo adjustment
  • Background music and sound notifications
  • Workout history and iCloud sync
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. Features: - 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 Full Version InApp Purchase. If you have enable Track Location option please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Tabata Timer

This app helps you track high-intensity interval training sessions, including Tabata, HIIT, and circuit training. It provides visual and audible cues for workout and rest periods, allowing for customized routines and background music playback.

Highlights
  • Workout/rest tracking
  • Visual progress rings
  • Audible interval cues
  • Customizable workout settings
  • Save custom routines
  • Background music support
Features
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Get fit with Tabata Timer - HIIT, the perfect app for Tabata, HIIT, Circuit Training, or CrossFit. Easily keep track of your workouts, how long to workout/rest, which interval you’re on, with this simple and easy to use app. Features: • You can listen to your music in the background from iTunes or another app • The outer ring displays your workout/rest progression • The inner ring is broken up into sections, which show which cycle you’re on • Beeps provide audible cues when to start working out and when to stop • Customize workout time, rest time, and number of intervals • Create and save workout routines/timer settings

Screenshots

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite4 screens
Tabata Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite at 82% against Tabata Timer's 38%. HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite also leads on ratings volume (357 vs 6). Tabata Timer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and 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

Both are free to download. HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tabata Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabata Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite has 357 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite's written reviews are positive against 38% of Tabata Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, Tabata Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite versus Tabata Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIIT & Tabata Timer LiteTabata Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (357 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings357 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenciSoft s.r.o.Main Street Code LLC

Customer experience

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite

All ratings357 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative14.1%

Tabata Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

Bugs and requests

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Paid version 'piramide mode' does not work
  • App freezes when initiating timer settings on iOS 11.2.2
  • Audio cues stop working when phone screen is locked
  • Music for intervals not working correctly
  • Frequent full-screen ads interrupting setup and usage
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  • App abruptly freezes when initiating a workout timer setting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow starting song at a certain point
  • Loop a song for the entire workout
  • Volume of music drops when voice cue plays
  • More advanced timer customization options
  • Improved handling of music playback with voice cues

Tabata Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlimited Timers$1.99
  • Full Version$2.99
2 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time2
  • Unlimited Workout Routines$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite free?
HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite or Tabata Timer?
Tabata Timer is rated higher. HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 357 ratings, while Tabata Timer averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite or Tabata Timer have ads?
Neither HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite nor Tabata Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite or Tabata Timer?
HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tabata Timer every 10 days. Most recently, HIIT & Tabata Timer Lite was updated on October 16, 2026 and Tabata Timer on October 9, 2026.

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