Custom Workout Timer vs TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Workout Timer
Design custom workout routines with timed exercises. This app provides spoken prompts for each exercise and countdowns for remaining time. Enjoy your music without interruption during your training sessions.
- Create custom workout routines
- Timed exercises
- Spoken exercise prompts
- Countdown timer
- Music player integration
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With this app, you create your own workouts of timed exercises. The app will speak to remind you which exercise to do next, and count down how much time you have left. It doesn't interfere with the music player, so you can listen to your music at the same time.
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
This app provides a customizable interval timer for high-intensity workouts like Tabata. Easily set up custom workout routines with adjustable intervals, rest periods, and set counts. Personalize the timer with custom colors, sounds, and notifications for a tailored training experience.
- Unlimited timer creation
- Customizable intervals (warm-up, workout, rest, cool-down)
- Adjustable set counts
- Color and text customization
- Background notifications
- Dark mode support
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It's a timer app suitable for Tabata training. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start-up and comfortable operability. Create unlimited timers. - Freely set warm-up, ready, workout, interval, cool-down seconds, and set counts. - Customize colors, texts, background notifications, sounds, speeches, vibrations, screen flashes and icon badges. - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: tabatatimer:// --- What is Tabata Training? The Tabata Training workout requires 8 intervals of 20 seconds-all-out intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Many of you might think how can one do 8 intervals in just 4 minutes? However, according to the research result by Professor Tabata, it is proven the best cardio workout as one can achieve both the aerobic and anaerobic exercises at the same time. Tabata training is a workout with high intensity and high efficiency. Quoted from: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/rs/category/tokushu/150715/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TABATA Timer / Interval Timer at 4.8 against Custom Workout Timer's 3.7. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Custom Workout Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Custom Workout Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TABATA Timer / Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Custom Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of TABATA Timer / Interval Timer's.
Custom Workout Timer ships an update every 6 months, TABATA Timer / Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Workout Timer | TABATA Timer / Interval Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Encodia, LLC | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Custom Workout Timer
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
In-app purchases
Custom Workout Timer
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$1.99
TABATA Timer / Interval Timer
No in-app purchases
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