Comparison

Tabata Timer vs Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer

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

Head to head
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

About

Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer

This app functions as a versatile timer for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and Tabata workouts. It guides users through structured exercise and rest periods, making it easy to follow popular interval training methods for effective, short-duration fitness sessions.

Highlights
  • Tabata timer
  • Interval timer
  • HIIT workout guidance
  • Structured exercise/rest periods
  • Customizable training
Features
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A dead simple interval timer. Open it, press play, train. Set your ready, work and rest times and the number of sets — that is the whole setup. A voice counts you in and calls every interval, so you never have to look at the screen while you train. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR • HIIT and Tabata • Strength sets and weight circuits • Burpees, planks, mountain climbers, sprints • Stretching and mobility work • Anything that runs on a clock KEEPS GOING WHEN YOU LOOK AWAY Watch a video, change the music, lock your phone — the timer keeps counting and keeps talking. Glance at your Lock Screen to see how much is left. PLAYS WITH YOUR MUSIC Your music keeps going at its own volume. The announcements come over the top. FREE No account. No subscription. No full-screen ads. ABOUT TABATA Twenty seconds of work, ten seconds of rest, eight rounds, after a short warm-up. Devised by Professor Izumi Tabata at Ritsumeikan University, and used for squats, exercise bikes, running and much else. Maximum effort in each round is the point: a few minutes is said to do the work of far longer. Every duration is adjustable, so it does a great deal more than Tabata.

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer at 78% against Tabata Timer's 38%. Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (239 vs 6). Tabata Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. Tabata Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabata Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer has 239 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 78% of Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Tabata Timer versus Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerTabata & HIIT Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (239 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6239 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMain Street Code LLCTakahiro Torii

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

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

Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer

All ratings239 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.4%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative18.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tabata Timer

One-time2
  • Unlimited Workout Routines$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer free?
Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer?
Tabata Timer is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer averages 4.8 from 239 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer have ads?
Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer shows ads; Tabata Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer every 4 months. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on August 15, 2026 and Tabata & HIIT Interval Timer on September 30, 2026.

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