Comparison

Tabata Timer vs 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

Interval Timer

This versatile timer assists with various fitness routines, including HIIT, Tabata, and boxing. It also functions as a productivity timer for tasks like Pomodoro. Easily configure intervals, sets, and rest periods for personalized workouts.

Highlights
  • HIIT and Tabata workout timer
  • Boxing and martial arts round timer
  • Productivity and Pomodoro timer
  • Customizable interval and set configurations
  • Templates for quick setup
  • Supports various fitness exercises
Features
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Nice and simple Interval Timer for your Workouts. Perfect for HIIT, Tabata, Boxing, WOD, Crossfit and Fitness. Tabata Timer: Interval Timer for HIIT Workout Simple and convinient interval workout timer app for high intensity interval training (HIIT timer). Perfect stopwatch or countdown timer for your workouts. Fitness Timer for Interval Training This Tabata Timer is perfect for home workouts and daily workout routines for all your main muscle groups. You can use this circuit timer at gym and for home workout. In just a few minutes a day, you can build muscles and keep fitness with just your body weight. Use this hiit timer for fitness training for high intensity interval training at home or at gym. Boxing Timer - Round Timer for Martial Arts This workout timer can be used as Boxing Timer. You can set the number of boxing rounds, length of each round and rest interval. Use boxing timer for martial arts. Boxing timer can save templates for different fighting sports: Boxing, MMA, Kickboxing, Karate, Judo, Taekwondo, Jujutsu, Muay Thai, Aikido, Krav Maga, Capoeira, Wrestling etc. Productivity Timer - Pomodoro Timer You can even use this timer as a productivity timer or pomodoro timer to focus on your work tasks. Stay focused and productive with pomodoro timer. Configure and save pomodoro preset to use this productivity timer as pomodoro timer. Home Workout Timer - 7 Minute Workout Looking for home workout timer? This interval timer is perfect for 7 minute workout. Do you like 7 minute abs workout, abs workout at home, home workout with no equipment? This tabata timer will be useful for home exercises, home training and fitness at home. Warmup Timer - Round timer for Stretching and Morning Exercises Warmup and stretching is an important part of workout. If you do stretching and morning exercises every day, use this Warmup timer. This fitness timer for morning exercises has templates feature that allows you to start morning exercises in 1 click. Kitchen timer - Steak Timer, Egg Timer, Cooking Timer Going to cook a steak? Have a lot of cooking recipes in your kitchen book? Use this timer as kitchen timer. Kitchen timer can be used as steam timer, egg timer. Egg timer is perfect for egg cooking, steak timer will help to cook a steak. You can use this cooking timer for any cooking recipes in your kitchen book. Easy configuration - fast timer setup - Set warmup seconds time - Configure seconds timer for workout interval - Configure rest interval seconds - Enter amount of workout sets - Click start button Perfect for all exercises This timer can be uses as: workout timer, interval timer, tabata timer, hiit timer or circuit timer for your workouts. Timer is perfect for all kinds of exercises, including: - Tabata workouts - Boxing rounds - HIIT workouts (High Intensity Inverval Training) - Home Workout - Gym Workout - Training with weights - Bodyweight exercises - 7 minute abs workout - Weight loss workout - 5K Run - Interval Running - Six pack abs workout - Yoga and Meditation - WOD - TRX - Cardio exercises - Calisthenics - Stretching exercises - Kettlebells - Crossfit - Cycling or Exercise bike - Circuit workout - or any other high intensity interval training MAIN FEATURES: - Nice and simple ui - Fast timer setup - Templates to save your settings Try Tabata Timer: Interval Timer for HIIT Workout now!

Screenshots

Tabata Timer4 screens
Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tabata Timer at 5.0 against Interval Timer's 4.5. Tabata Timer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (150 vs 6). 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. Tabata Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Interval Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 150 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Tabata Timer's written reviews are positive against 29% of Interval Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, Interval Timer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tabata Timer versus Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabata TimerInterval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.5 (150 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews — better29.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6150 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMain Street Code LLCDMYTRO DOLOTOV

Customer experience

Tabata Timer

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

Interval Timer

All ratings149 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative64.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tabata Timer

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

Interval Timer

Subscriptions1
  • 1 Month Access$1.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access -50%$4.99
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is Tabata Timer free?
Tabata Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabata Timer or Interval Timer?
Tabata Timer is rated higher. Tabata Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Interval Timer averages 4.5 from 150 ratings.
Do Tabata Timer or Interval Timer have ads?
Neither Tabata Timer nor Interval Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabata Timer or Interval Timer?
Tabata Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Interval Timer every 5 months. Most recently, Tabata Timer was updated on October 9, 2026 and Interval Timer on October 22, 2026.

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