Tabata Pro HIIT Interval Timer App Reviews

Already paid. I already paid for this app, and now they are switching to a paid subscription model and expecting me to pay again, so here's your 1 star. You should have considered your legacy users. "Oh, but we need to support ongoing development costs!" I've developed many apps myself, and I know exactly how very little maintenance an app like this requires. The developer could spend a couple hours per year maintaining this app and be just fine.

Unethical business practice. Bought your timer tests ago, now it won’t work unless I pay a subscription. Hope woof you like to get into your car one day and it doesn’t start unless you pay a subscription for the car you bought 8 years ago? Off you gas stated a subscription fee before I had bought it then ok, out if you want to charge a fee now do so only to new clientele, but honor your original date never you introduced the subscriptions c’mon!!

Stuck in an upgrade loop. I have loved this app in the past but recently the app started defaulting to an “upgrade” window before each use. This morning it will not allow me to use the Tabata screen. Just keeps looping back to upgrade. I’ve tried restarting phone, deleting app and reinstalling but nothing fixes it. So, I’m going to delete the app and find something else.

Buy this NOW. This is the best workout partner! It’s the best Tabata timer out there. You can customize all the timers, it works with whatever music you have going on. It’s literally the best. I’ve been using it for around 4 years now and it is still one of the Best Purchases I’ve made for my at home workouts.

Great app until they added an annual plan.. This timer was perfect for me. I paid for the pro model, and couldn’t have been happier. The last three or four weeks, an “upgrade” button appeared on the app. It was later followed by a message to pay an annual fee for features I don’t need. This message appears every time I open the app or make changes. It’s annoying and I’m looking for alternatives. Too bad b/c otherwise it’s great.

Excellent workout app which meets my needs. This adjustable app has some some great features. The music from my library can be played in the background, and the fact it has four time settings means I can preset my workout times and adjust my workouts according to the needs of the moment. This app fits my busy lifestyle...

Most Excellent!. I’ve had this App for years and used it for many different types of exercises. Perfect every time. I’m using it presently for interval running on my treadmill with my iFit Tours. This way I keep my pace and still see the beautiful worldwide tours. Extremely easy to use!

Music bug. Starts at the beginning of the song after rest period and never continues the song each time. So, all we’re hearing is the beginning of the song and it never completes the song and go on to the next one. Frustrating as an instructor, because it used to work just fine before. I now have to purchase a different timer so I can teach my class and enjoy the different songs, instead of the first 20seconds of the same song for 20 minutes. Ugh!

Good. It would have been better if they added a calendar to show the days you worked out, and also the voice at the end of an exercise that tells you how many minutes was spent during the workout

Forcing me to buy subscription. I bought the tabata app for $1 or $2 a couple of years ago. It has worked well up until recently. Now they have hijacked my app asking me to join a subscription based service. I don’t need it. I just the tabata I bought from them. However, every time I start the app for a workout I have to deny signing up for the extra service. It used to be i had to deny it 3-4 times before being allowed to use my app. Now it’s not letting me use it at all. These developers are crooks. Don’t buy this tabata. There are plenty of substitutes.

Developers have made almost useless. I got this app so long ago that I don’t remember whether it was free or paid. I think that I paid for it and got a good set of features. I didn’t use it for a while, and now that I started using it again in the last year, it has become almost useless. Every time I try to start it for the first time, I get an ad for the subscription version. I don’t want the subscription. It doesn’t offer anything that I’m interested in. So, when the ad would pop up, I would have to hit the “Not Now” to use the timer. (There was no option for “Not Ever”.) More recently, though, that doesn’t do it. I hit “not now”, then the start button and the ad comes back. I hit “not now” again, then the start button, then the ad comes back. At this point, I have to dismiss the ad at least 4x before hitting the start button actually starts the timer. It has gotten so frustrating that I found another timer app, Timer Plus, that I bought years ago and now I’m using that. It’s much less frustrating. I will be deleting this app from my phone now.

Developers is Not Loyal. I have be using this app since 2021, and now the developers start changing to a annual subscription and refuses to honor my original purchase. I have been using this app every other day of the week and just like that I am unable to use it again unless I repurchase again but for under an annual subscription. I cannot even restore it, the app does not even recognize my purchase, I do not recommend this app, if this is how they are going to do people. I have also heard that the developers limit the current loyal customers access so know customers do not have the same access to the entire app anymore. I will just go look for another alternative. I’m sure there are better options out there

Love the new features. I'm in a 28 day workout group and this Tabata clock is perfect! Workout 1 has seven lower body exercises at 20 seconds each with a 30 sec circuit break. I practiced using the Tabata clock and giving myself 5 sec rest to adjust for next exercise made for smooth transitions without skipping a beat! Thanks!

Forcing me to buy subscription. Worked great for awhile but it won’t let me use for free anymore and tried to force me to pay using sneaky tactics. I had the free version but a screen pops up and continues to block me from starting my workout, I continue to press the “not now” button to work around it but it continues to pop up. (I screen recorded and will publish on google review) it tried to force me to upgrade and sneakily pay for a subscription by being the only other option. Very disappointed

Great timer!. Love this timer! The only thing that would make it better would be an alarm that sounded the half way point during the work sessions.

Continuously asked me to subscribe. I purchased this app years after. I am finally back to using it with the update it is constantly asking me to subscribe. It’s very annoying. You would think that just saying no or you didn’t want it would go away, but it gets stuck in a circle and it makes it difficult to use.

Years of use. I have used this app since the beginning for our at home CrossFit Wods and many other EMOM workouts. Never fails me! Easy to use and I love the 3 beep countdown so you know when to prep and when times up!

Newest update. I’ve used this app for 3-4 years now. The latest update literally fix every issue I’ve ever had with the app (that wasn’t many). Added a recovery period along with the prepare period. After the last cycle instead of saying rest, it says tabata complete, and they added the work siren back. Best app ever. I have lost over 130 pounds, and this app (plus weight training)is every bit responsible for it.

Very bad business practice.. I like many other people leaving reviews have paid for this app back when it first came out. When this app transitioned to subscription base it took away the stuff that I had paid for in the pro version and locked them behind the subscription. Okay the developer fixed that “issue” and now I still have a upgrade button on the upper right screen of my phone. If I hit it I get taken to a subscription screen with a free 7 day trial. It’s in hopes that you accidentally hit that button. People who purchased this app outright should not be seeing any of this. It shouldn’t have a upgrade button at all. The developer went years without touching the app and now it seem they’re trying to get me on their subscription plan.

Amazing!. Honestly and seriously what an amazing app! U do not have to go to the gym! Close your bedroom door, get a kettle bell and work out on 1 Tabata doing kettlebells swings then wait one minute turn it back to one Tabata and do kettlebell snatches. This equals 10 minutes. In three weeks of doing this I will add 1 Tabata for swings and one for snatches which would equal 20 minutes of high intensity exercise. Then try to walk 1 mile to 3 a day and watch the weight drop!

Different way to use the app.. I don’t use the Tabata Pro the way most people do. I was trained by Fred Haan who wrote the book “the slowburn – the fitness revolution“. I was trained to use a metronome but I didn’t find that very helpful but by using the Tabata app working for a count of six or eight and then instead of resting I do the opposite movement either flexion or extension. It’s really great because I don’t have to concentrate on the number of repetitions that I’m doing and so I don’t lose count.

Hands Free/No Stress Workout!. I love this app! I can turn on my tunes, plan my workout, set how many cycles and number of exercises per cycle, rest period and just go. No second guessing how long if I’ve gone or if I’ve rested too long. The Pro is worth the couple bucks for sure.

Was great now not working. I have had this app for a while and use it twice a week- latest release added great new features but crashes all time. I set for 3 Tabatas and each time it stops during recovery period after 1st one and I have to reset. Am running latest iOS on iPhone X. Now just use one Tabata at a time but that is not the point surely. Hoping for a new update to address this. Update : all working great again

DJ option is awful. I like the timer and all of the customizable options. The DJ needs a lot of work. Even after trying all of the possible variations, it still plays the same song, from the same spot, every cycle. I’ve had to start using two devices. One for timing and one for music. It kinda defeats the purpose of this app and it’s also cumbersome. If I find an app that works better I’m ditching this one.

Great Quick Workout!!. I do four minute sessions of Tabata and usually do anywhere from 3 to 5 sessions in a row. Tabata is a great way to get in shape because it only takes a few minutes and you can always mix up what you’re doing just as long as you’re getting your heart rate up!!

Tabata Pro. I've been looking for something like this for a long time to synchronize my workouts. Tabata pro is perfect. I would definitely buy it again and definitely recommend it to a friend. Combine Tabata training with weights and it is a perfect fat burning routine.

Tabata Beast Mode. I’ve been using this tabata app for years now. It’s great!! I run competitive masters track and field, and as a 60+ sprinter these 3 and 4 cycle, 8 tabata sessions have got me in world class shape without the beat on my legs that intervals on the track would have put me through. I can build strength and get an aerobic workout in at the same time.

Works well. Coming back to the gym after years away I was I introduced to the whole Tabata thing. I needed an app to help manage the time and picked this one based on the 5-star rating. I like it. The DJ feature is nice but appears limited to Apple Music rather than other streaming accounts. I end up just playing music in a different app. All in all I like it, but I have a few suggestions (their feedback page is “temporarily unavailable”): 1. Make the button for stopping a workout a slider like the power off confirmation on the iPhone. It’s really easy to accidentally hit the stop button and then you can’t get back into where you were in your Tabata cycle. For example, if I accidentally hit the button on cycle six of eight I can’t restart it. I think the slider control makes the most sense but even a confirm dialog would be helpful. 2. I chose this app because it also had an app for the watch. However, the watch app and the iPhone app are not in sync. In other words if I start a Tabata on the phone and then I open the app on the watch app on the watch knows nothing about the Tabata already in progress . The watch app, and the iPhone app should be in sync. 3. I’d like the option to cut the recovery time short if I don’t need it. At certain times during the work out where I don’t need the full recovery time and I’m waiting for recovery time to expire I’d like to have a button that skips to the last 10 seconds of recovery so I can speed things up.

Good but..... I like everything about this app - except that it sometimes skips the rest period after a set. At first, I thought it was me; that I zoned out and missed the rest at the end of the set. But the last time I used it, I watched carefully and sure enough it went from “work” to “work” with no rest between. Also, I’m home doing workouts posted by my boot camp class and sometimes our coach breaks up a set with 2 exercises - for example, 1 minute set with one exercise for 40 seconds and the other for 20 seconds. There is no way to set the timer to account for this - which requires me to hold my phone or put it somewhere that I can see it which isn’t always practical depending upon the exercise.

Good.. App works as intended. The only two tings I would like to see changed would be to add full screen support for iPhoneX and above where then green background takes up the whole screen and also I would like to have different voice options.

Great App for Timers. This app is absolutely amazing for timers. Part of me wishes there was a way to do a lifetime subscription but the $10 a year that it cost is completely worth it. The only things that I would love to be added to the app would be the ability to name your timers rather than just having T1, T2, etc and the ability to have all devices sync via iCloud.

No longer Broken. UPDATE Seems like the app has been fixed since my review. Thank you. Used to be a useful app, even when free. Now hitting the START button just brings up the option to upgrade to the paid version, completely bricking the app. 👎

Developers Recently Ruined the App. Like many others I paid to purchase this app years ago. Recently the developers have moved to a subscription model. Now, whenever I try to start a timer there is a pop-up message that asks me to pay for the subscription. This message used to appear 4-5 times before they would finally let me start the timer. Now this ad will continue reappearing endlessly. I just tried to start a timer and closed out of the ad at least 10 times. It’s still continuing to pop-up. Don’t waste your time here. And to the developers: shame on you and your greed.

Great for Abs. I use this for my abs and push ups workout so that I don't have to look at a clock. So helpful! Like the improved sounds and appreciate that you can turn down just the app volume--not your full phone volume. Love that this plays through my music! Also looks great via airplay on the TV. Highly recommend!

Tabata review. Awesome apt. Saw a instructor using this for her training class and decided to try out. Love that I get to listen to music while training. The prompt is awesome to to where it tells me to start work and notifies me the last 3 seconds without having to look at time.

No access anymore. I’ve used this app for YEARS-for all forms of training from strength to cardio to real Tabata. When it came out, I paid for Pro access. Now I cannot access until I upgrade for $10/yr. It seems like some accounts should have loyalty standing. I’d rather pay for an interval timer that’s more flexible. If you’re looking for a good Tabata app, this one’s for you, but don’t expect loyalty in return. I’m so sad…

Perfect Timer. This is the best of the best in my opinion. I've used it daily for years for my spinner HIIT workouts and hearing the voice count me down is like listening to an old friend. It's user friendly and performs perfectly without a hitch. I highly recommend it.

Once great app that is now useless garbage. I used this app religiously for my 3x week full body routine since late 2018. This last year they recently when to a paid model. Which is fine, but it requires you to dismiss a pop up ad for premium whenever opening the app for the first time or starting any timer. It was annoying, but it was one extra click before hitting start on your timer. Not too much of a problem. Now they want a yearly SUBSCRIPTION for this timer app, and said premium pop up has to be dismissed 4 times+ before you can start a timer. I wouldve done a one-time payment for this app easily. $10 a year for a timer app? I would've paid $60 for this app had this been the case since I started. Do not use this app. It's useless now. Get the "Seconds" app. One time payment, and dope features.

Needs a halfway sound indicator. Bought this app for interval training it has a simple interface. However; the lack of an option that would indicating the user of the midpoint of an interval makes this app less useful than others. Often times interval training requires you to switch sides or movements during the prescribed work interval. To be honest a free version of similar Tabata apps have more customization. Looks for another free option before you purchase this.

awesome!!!. I use this to workout every single day and have been for around a year. There's 4 different settings of timers so you can customize it for different workouts. It really is exactly what I was looking for. Very easy to use and continues to work even if you've left the app.

Cash grab FIXED. The developers have acknowledged their mistake and given those who purchased the app originally access again. Paid for the app a few years ago and now I can’t use the timer unless I pay for a subscription.

Don’t be fooled!. Don’t be fooled by the “raving” reviews. Look at the most recent ones. I agree with those…shame on the developer for wanting to charge customers who already bought the pro version years ago! Why should we all of a sudden pay an annual subscription for something we already own?!!! Do yourself a favor and use a different timer app, and leave this one a 1 star while you’re at it.

Low time customer reward by being blocked out of any real features. I purchased this app and have used it for years. Now they’ve gone to a subscription model and I’m blocked out of any features in the app. I get it. I’m a software engineer and we all need to make money. This however, is a very scummy business move. Deliver value. Don’t shake down long time users who paid for the app outright. I would not recommend anything by this developer.

Already paid. I already paid for this app, and now they are switching to a paid subscription model and expecting me to pay again, so here's your 1 star. You should have considered your legacy users. "Oh, but we need to support ongoing development costs!" I've developed many apps myself, and I know exactly how very little maintenance an app like this requires. The developer could spend a couple hours per year maintaining this app and be just fine.

Needs update. Great app until now. For some reason on the iPhone X the app locks up. When you start the Tabata it’s smooth but if you end it then try to start it up again too quick it freezes for a few seconds and then starts. On my 6s it never did this. I think the app isn’t up to speed with the new technology of the phones. Fix this please by sending out an update!

Revolutionized home workout. I used to hate working out at home. After buying some at-home stuff when Covid came, I decided to find a Tabata timer. This one was highly recommended by a colleague of mine. I haven’t looked back. I love it.

Awesome tool. I use the Tabata app every day for various types of workouts it helps keep me on track and it helps keep track of the time I put in doing my physical training and helps me achieve my goals

Wrongfully downgraded. I used to really enjoy this app for the longest time since my purchase in 2018. This was long before the subscription service was available. Now I cannot enjoy the same features I had before when I first purchased the app. Tabata Pro keeps asking me to upgrade when to my understanding I already purchased all of those features in 2018 when it was a stand alone app.

Paid for it. Used this for almost a decade, first paid app I ever bought. Stopped running 5k twice a week and did my 4 minutes of jump rope instead and got abs for the first time in my life!

Excellent asset. This has been an excellent tool for timing my workouts. This allows me to set my timing once without wasting effort resetting each increment. My friend put me onto the concept of Tabatas and I’d have to say I can squeeze in a great HIT workout into my busy day. I’m getting back on track into a fitness routine and glad I have this in my toolbox. Highly recommend to people who already know what sets of exercises they want to do.

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Love it. The best tabata app there is

I want more for the money I paid. I’m disappointed because the app doesn’t show you total time of your workout, once you select no. of cycles and no. of tabata’s. I would have thought total time was a simple ask for such a simple app that cost me 7.99. Also, it will only let me link to Apple Music - so after spending 7.99 for the app, I need to spend more on an Apple Music subscription if I want to add music. How stupid is that? Advice: Buyer beware!

Doesn’t work without paying for subscription. Paid for the app many years ago and now it’s unusable - 100% of the functionality is locked behind a pay wall. Dead app on my phone now and screwed me up in the gym class i was teaching.

Fabulous. Tabata Pro is an essiential tool in many parts of my fitness activities including hold handstands for time, skipping with breaks, as well as helping to hold stretches for given periods of time. Pierre Le Count Ballina NSW Australia

Strava integration. If this app had Strava integration it would become perfect I’d like to see the kms I do contributed to my Strava fitness plus seeing the geolocation of my run could be cool

Simple. Easy to set up. Need to see a total timer somewhere. Please add this.

There's better out there. This app doesn’t show you the total time of your work out, which is major flaw for me. Also there's no fast forward option to help move through the cycles if needed. Unless you're good at maths or use a calculator use something else.

Great app. Used this for years - timer notifications everything spot on

Great app for Fitness Professionals. As Fitness Professional I love using Tabata Pro in my personal training individual sessions as well as in circuit training. I do wish it had memory to store 2 or 3 different timing sets for warmup, conditioning, and cool down (without having to set it up after each set of x repetitions). So you can run a session with all preset timing, that is.

Ore-some. This app is easily the best interval timer I've trialled. Works perfectly whether you're following HIIT, EDT, Tabata, boxing, circuits or whatever. The Workout DJ allows you to have your fav tunes motivate you thru the tough times, every time. On screen display is easy to follow even when you're f@&led. I couldn't recommend the app enough to anyone looking for an effective, easy to use timer that will play your tunes while you workout.

Tabata pro2017. Great app would definitely recommend this app to anyone that is just starting out there fitness journey or even looking for a better timer for training! easy to use adjustable to your workout overall very happy with it I've also been using this app for the past 2 years while I train! 👍🏾

Perfection!. Amazing app! Simple and effective, makes my workout regime highly structured now. Major plus with its incorporated music option!

Love it and hate it.. I bought this app as I'd been trying to do effective workouts at home with little success. This app keeps me honest so I maximise my time and kill myself working out. I love it for its effectiveness. I hate it for its effectiveness, it smashes me.

Perfect. Does exactly what it is supposed to do perfectly!

🙏🙏. Good apps

The perfect tabata app. Having my playlists play in the back going is great. Also love the judgemental voice when you stop a session. Awesome.

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Tabata pro is awesome. I love my tabata pro. So easy to use. It’s perfect

Pro nothing. Purchased the PRO version of this app a a few years ago, now it requires an annual fee to use and restore option no longer works. DELETE. Trust broken.

Easy to use. Great, free tabata app. Let’s you play music throughout and has an easy set up and countdown system. Works great for me!

Update required urgently. Since doing the latest iPhone update this app no longer saves settings and I can no longer access my music playlists etc to play while using this app. Prior to this issue I loved Tabata Pro and you would have gotten a 5 rating had it not been for this problem....Please fix!!!

Sound Stopped. I've asked support for help to resolve this. The sound was ok when I first used it 3x in a row…then a few hours later I got it out again….no sound….I've checked everything…..nothing indicates the sound shouldn't work…if the sound comes back and stays, this app is a winner, else its pretty useless….I'll change this if support fixes it

Workout Aid. So many uses, a great variety of workouts can be done with this simple timer.

Worth getting. Very useful. Use it all the time. Saves time. Because you are using concentrated bursts. I get a good sweat up after only two Tabata rounds. Do yourself a favour and try it. The body gets use to the same exercises being done all the time. This is why walking only produces results for about three months, then its effectiveness diminishes.

Awesome Circuit Timer App. It helped me with my exercise routing since I was recovering from a back pain.

The best timer for personal trainers. I have tried a lot of timers out from the portable to desk top computers and watches for myself and my clients. This one is the best. It is very clear to read and understand. I have a whole new level of connection with my clients now because they know exactly where they are in their session right down to the second and set. Well done!

Great for tabata. Easy to adjust time and reps if you want to make your workout tougher. Only problem is if you listening to itunes when you kick off your workout itunes kinda crashes and you have to go back in and re start the music.

Was a great app. Was a great app and now constantly comes up with an advertisement to buy a subscription. Very frustrating.

Very basic not worth paying, ok for free. It’s a good app, just limited in timers, your locked in to using a specific format and unable to do any creative or lore complex interval timing Also, can only save 4 presets Unable to label it name them so your stuck with 1/2/3/4 Better of using an app called Seconds - it’s worth the money unlike Tabata Pro

Great App. I have been using this app on my phone for over 18 months and now have it on my iPad. Of all the other tabata apps I have tried this by far the best.

Trading next level. One of the best interval training apps available, no more looking at the clock just head down and train hard. Think of a number now double it is the general rule. Then think why when halfway through and relies you could have been finished by now. Then you push knowing it will make you stronger, faster and then your done.

Mr. Brilliant! Interval training isn't complicated and neither is this app. You can customise time, cycles, tabatas....everything you need to get you super fit, provided you put in the time!!

So easy to use. Have been using this app for many years. Both for in the gym use, HIIT and soccer training. So good! Highly recommend.

Completely inaccurate.. Always completes the workout prematurely. Surely I’m not the only person to realise this.

Great product.. I use it for workouts as well as for other timed events

Awesome. Best app for training !!! 😊🚴‍♂️💪

Awesome. I would love to see a list of timers that was not limited to three. I do standard Tabatas (8 x 20s on 10s off) intervals (4 x 30s on 2mins off) eccentric (Jonathan Bailor-esque 6 x 10s lowering 2s to get back onto position) and Tomatas... well, pomodoro (25mins focus 5mins break)

Excellent. Easy to use, plays music from my iTunes playlists and easy to program with my preferred cycles. Only problem is it won't do the exercises for me.

Perfect tool. No matter if I'm training clients or myself this is a great tool, no need to lose focus watching the clock easy count downs and count ins so you can make the most of every single repetition!

I can not attaché the music with this app.. I can set up timer but I tried to set up the work out music but I can’t do it.

Best of them all. Been using this app for years. It’s the best of them all.

Tabata pro!. Perfect app! Easy to use and adjust to my workout needs. Definitely recommend 🙌🏽

Awesome app. The best timer by far and tried several others

Wow. I love this App it gets my whole family excited about working out we love it, especially on long road trips we get out of the car and go hard then we jump back in the car and head off pumped! Thanks

Tabata. It’s awsome

Top Tabata. Easy to use and customise - enough said when you’re exercising! Love the DJ music update!

Good app but problem with latest update. Love using this app but the recent update means that the app doesn’t stay on. That is the phone autolock kicks in when it didn’t used to?! Very annoying when working out as can’t see the app (although sound continues). Please fix!!

Love this app!. Makes out workouts so easy! Easy to use! 5 stars plus!!!!

Fantastic. Love this app have tried a few workout timers and this without doubt the best one I have found. So easy to use highly recommend

Personal Trainer Recommendation. My personal trainer used this app when training me before isolation. I downloaded it to use myself at home and it is by far the best app for functional HITT based workouts. Pushes you through the sets to keep you accountable

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Update terrible but you need it for os 10.3.3. I just updated my iphone to os 10.3.3 and I had to update the tabata timer for it to be compatible with the new os. The sound has changed and it's now like an alarm from outer space... really annoying. The lettering has also been changed for something uglier. That's not so bad, but the new sound is a reason to look for another app.

Upgrade. You need to upgrade the App to go with the new iPhone 6 and iPod touch new generation as the music function is dysfunctional.

The perfect workout app!. Tabata Pro means you never have a reason not to work out -- you've always got it with you. So simple, but highly customizable and I love that it can sync to your playlists keeping you motivated! Plus, if you have it on your home screen, it's a quick reminder to work out every time you look at your phone. The least amount of money I've ever spent on a workout regimen but definitely the one I use the most. You won't regret it!

Super app. I use it for most workouts! Convenient and really enjoy the portability anywhere I workout.

Excellent. Very easy to configure. Excellent app.

What happened?. This app used to be amazing but i can no longer use any music during the tabata work or rest.

Making me stronger. I started working with a trainer a few weeks ago and found that I always collapse when he starts counting me down. I love this app because I can see that I can last longer with my sets on my own. I will wow the pants off my trainer in a few weeks with my new found stamina!! This app is perfect!

Best tabata ap imho. I use to feel guilty whenever i opened up the 'trial' version: use it so much i kept meaning to buy it, but whever i try & do anything on the Ap Store i have to change passwords for my Apple account, which then involves changing other passwords ... takes hours ... hate Apple. This ap, tho, is perfect ... get it, but don't b like me & wait 3 or 4 years before u buy: it's a gd product & deserves support.

Love This App. Probably one of my fav apps. I use it everyday as a teacher and for my workouts. I love how it easily connects to my Apple Music. Super user friendly.

Useful!. Simple and easy to use. Love the improvements too. Very thoughtful work.

Awesome App!. Makes work out and timing my work outs easier!!👍👍

Love it. Love that you can adjust times for work and rest! It's simple and very easy to set up.

Sanaz. Loving it.. it rocks my exercise sessions! Thank you! ^ — ^

DJ. The DJ is the most confusing thing ever, songs restart, resume, or stop. Where’s the play throughout button!!

User friendly!. I was looking for an easy to use Tabata timer that can be altered as I see fit. This app delivered exactly what I wanted. I use it for all of my kettle bell and elliptical training. It works great with a pair of Bluetooth headphones and workout playlist. It's a great little app.

Does it all!!. Anything which way you set up your intervals or tabatas, this is the app. In also integrates your music library. Cool!

Update needed. Please update to be compatible with new Ios... Shouldn't have to write app support for this one... It's necessary for the program to work.

The update was dissapointing !. Frustrated with the update and the change in settings. I used to love this app but now it just frustrates me. I wish there was an option for the old version. It didn’t need another set of timers, it was awesome !

Was good now they are charging a subscription. This was an app that I had bought and used a few time a year or month depending on need. Now they want to charge a monthly subscription. They have the right to charge what they want. I have a right not to buy/pay for a subscription. So I WILL NOT. Goodbye SIMPLETOUCH LLC.

expensive for so little. Buggy ....why can I not shut off the alarm and just hear the voice? also issues with the volume when listening to music...

What is the purpose of orange?. I used to love this app but it became very confusing when the orange recovery option was included. Not to mention it’s not easy and quick to access. It worked fine with yellow, green, red! Whyyyy!!!

Purchased and now a subscription. I purchased this app years ago and used it a ton. Went to do a different workout routine today and use the app, now they charge a subscription fee. Delete.

Wish there was a programmable warning. Like the simplicity of the app, however, would be the best app available if had programable warnings / motivations. Would like the ability to set so voice say ie. 30 secs remaining in interval, cycle number x, last cycle, last 30 secs etc. Hope to see it in a soon to come Update!

Review. Pretty good app, but some features are not user friendly - namely how to delete an interval timer once it has been created. Would also be great if you could give them names and have the timers count up, rather than just down. I like the display and it's easy to see even from a distance at the gym.

Can not use app without paying for upgrade!. This is silly- I cannot use the app without paying for the upgraded version

Bad App. While this does its stated function pretty well, this app is a ridiculous battery hog that somehow has background processes that run constantly if you don't close the app outright. I am deleting this app.

Use it for 21 Day Fix Extreme. Works great for hotel gyms.

Does the trick. Simple and good. Would like to see an option for preset workouts or a memory function.

Used to be good. This app was great before the update. You can no longer pause a workout, and you can’t have multiple programmed timer settings. Wish there was an option to use an older version.

Meilleur Apps pour l’entraînement HIIT. Depuis plus de quatre ans. PARFAIT!!!!

Use it all the time. Awesome timer

Love it!!. EDIT: I purchased the pro but I guess they weren’t happy with that and they wanted more money. Basically my pro purchase was revoked and I now need to pay a subscription if I want pro. Guess what the incentive is, an annoying pop up every time I use the app. I do wish there was some more flexibility with features. I just did a cardio run where we run 3 mins with 90s jog, 2 mins with a faster run and then another 90s jog. Lastly 1 min sprint with a 1 min fast walk. We did this twice. Tabata Pro works great but trying to remember your place when your settings are 1 min work 1 min rest is quite difficult. Lots of math lol Also the ability to use on Apple Watch but mute it, as well as hear it in headphones while listening to music would be amazing Hopefully this reaches someone, thanks!

tabata. excellent for workout! but would love it if you could sync your music to it.

Great app. I really mean it. The rest aren’t even close. Only missing watch app to become the best app ever

Paid model. I bought the app years ago now they have a subscription model and I can’t use it anymore.

Parfait pour se motiver!. J’adore utiliser cette appli avec ma musique.

Ms.. When I downloaded this app, my phone sent me a warning message that the app was going to make my phone run slower. Have others found this to be the case? I don't want my phone to run slower b/c of this app.

swim coach. Awesome app!

Easy & works great!!. Easy to navigate, countdowns are loud & precise. Recommend to my buddies all the time.

Good tool but integration with music needs work. I don’t use Apple Music so it’s frustrating that I have to turn on my music app in the background and then can’t hear the stop/start alerts

Tabata Pro. I purchased this app several years ago and use it as a simple timer. It works great or at least it did. Unfortunately this company’s business model seems to be harassment. They want me to purchase their yearly subscription so every time I push “start” their ad pops up and I have to tap “not now” and start again. Sometimes it keeps popping up and disrupts my work out. I don’t need their advanced features and can’t afford them but there seems to be no way to get rid of this constant annoyance.

Good, but could be improved.. Hello all, This is a fantastic product that offers the end user everything they need to setup their interval training program. It is Adjustable, flexable, easy to use and easy to navigate. It is the best program i've found out there, and I've tested quite a few. Things that could be improved, -different sounds for the starting and stopping of the cycles? Clearly the people that wrote the program don't use their product because they would have fixed this before releasing it. The buzzer and voice are enough to make you swallow a fork. -an improved music selection system? Great Product for interval training, a MUST.

Was a great app. Was a great app before the last update. You cannot use it as three separate sets any longer. The old timer was great for Spin drills but the new program doesn’t work in the same way. For example 1 prepare and then 2 cycles of Work/Rest then repeat from the Prepare cycle. Was a 5 star app prior to the update!

The best!!! A couple additions though..... Simple. Accurate. Tabata perfection. It does what it says without the annoying sounds like other timers. It says, "Rest" when it's time to rest and "work" when its time to workout. It also works with your iPod running in the BG. Add an option to record your own sound for each interval so that one can name the next exercise by recording their own voice or add ability to name each Tabata cycle.

Changed business model wrecked this app. I bought the pro version of this app years ago. Great functionality, excellent visuals, easy to use. Well worth the purchase. A year ago, the company changed to a subscription model for their app, but it didn’t seem to apply for a good long while. Then, the “Buy now” pop-ups started. One pop-up, easily dismissed and I could use the app. Now it cycles the pop-up 4 times before I can use it, happening every time I hit the start button. It’s become ridiculous. Time to look for other options and move on. Thanks for wrecking a good thing.

Best app on my phone - and its free!. Easy to set up, adjust workout to my schedule, and great push when I need it. The only fitness app I’ll ever need 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Essential - downgraded. The app owners changed their business model and asked existing customers who purchased the app to now subscribe to what they had already purchased. Changing the model leaving previous customers behind. Arrogant business practices. I leave my original review for reference. This is an essential and flexible app for programming all kinds of custom Timings for your workouts while you get clear signals and stay in the zone listening to your own music or soundtrack! Amazing.

Supported by science, perfect cardio. Unfortunately the app lost the feature to keep music playing at a lower volume for rest, I liked that. Still my favorite exercise app.

Great App. this app is awwsome, it helps my workouts go a lot smoother.

Great App. It does what it's supposed to do, is easy to use while you're working out. What more could you ask?

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My go-to for intervals. I use this app for many instances. When I train for my long distance runs, for my morning calisthenics, and many more applications. It’s been super reliable and I use it on a daily basis.

So very USEFUL!!. This is my go to app whenever I am doing a workout of Circuits or Tabatas. It is so useful. I’ve even used it when timing different activities. It’s a great timer. Thank you!!

Kinda Works But Not Really. Set up the tabatas with eight activities. Nothing too fancy. The onscreen timer freezes on and off. And the counter is off through most of the workout. How hard can it be to get that to work? I’d stay away from this until they get this cleaned up.

So good, so improved.. I’ve had this app for years. It used to be real clunky. But now it is fabulous. I use it all the time for so many things. You will be very happy. Thanks for updating this a while back.

Saving my life during the coronavirus. I’ve always done both home and gym workouts. So grateful to have this app at home during this time. It helps me not get bored.

Greedy developer. This app used have a one-time paid version. It seems like the app developer doesn’t want to honor the buyers of the paid. The app keeps showing popups for subscription purchases. This has gotten increasingly annoying by showing three pop-ups in a row from one a few months back.

Greedy Developers. I paid for the “Pro” version over a decade ago and have used it seasonally over the years. I opened the app recently and it wants me now to pay a monthly fee. I have selected “restore purchases” and it’s worked until today. Now I get the spinning wheel of death. Greedy developers moved to a subscription model.

Interval training timer. Has easy interval setting. With rests between sets. Loud easy to hear while working out.

Pushing paid subscription. Paid for this app years ago and have used it almost daily ever since. Loved it, but now can’t stand to use it. I’m being constantly harassed to upgrade to a subscription. Sent email to developer a few days ago. No response. Actively looking for another app to use. Extremely disappointed.

Stuck in an upgrade loop. I have loved this app in the past but recently the app started defaulting to an “upgrade” window before each use. This morning it will not allow me to use the Tabata screen. Just keeps looping back to upgrade. I’ve tried restarting phone, deleting app and reinstalling but nothing fixes it. So, I’m going to delete the app and find something else.

What happened!?. I have used this app for many many years and always thought it was pretty decent, but now every time I try to use it I have to delete the app first.. now it says “ starting session “ then freezes...every time I have to re up load it before it will unfreeze and start and play the music and not freeze up when I start the work out

Upgrade. I don’t like the upgraded version. It doesn’t let you change the recovery time like the old one did and at the end of each round it doesn’t beep, it just says “Tabata complete “, but if you have the music on, or not watching the screen you can’t hear it Mila

Things have changed. I’ve been using this for several years after I thought purchasing it. All of the sudden it started asking to subscribe and I would ignore it and continue to use it. Now I can’t access it without subscribing.

Awesome for Kettlebell and Heavy Bag Rounds. This app is perfect and so easy to use, I just input my time for work and rest set my music and go... Great for Kettlebell Swings 45sec/15sec 10 Rounds. And Finish with a d heavy bag boxing workout 1:00min/30 sec. I’ve used other timers in past not even close!!!!!👊👊

Best App! Need I watch compatibility!. I love this app! Well worth the $. Although I need it on my I watch . Please make it Apple Watch compatible, so I don’t have to use another app that has it.

Love this App. Best app for my workouts that I have found. Has always been a 5 Star for me, until now. I recently purchased an Apple Watch which is not supported by the app (yet?). Still the best tabata timer on the market in my opinion, 5th Star is reserced for Apple Watch comparability.

I have had this app for many years.. I usually like using it but since I too miss the total time when setting the Tabata. Also cannot for the life of me get the Recovery period to start at end of workout. Please fix these items.

Bought the app years ago, now it’s behind an additional paywall?!?!?. Super disappointed to be forced to pay for this app AGAIN after being an early supporter. Restore doesn’t work, as this app has gone subscription and is failing to honor the original purchase price. Is this the way life works now? I regret downloading the update

Stopped working. I have used and loved this app for years. Tried to start my work out today and it refused to start without me subscribing to extra features I don’t want or need. Very disappointed!

Awesome timer. This is the best workout timer, works great and I have tried many other timers and nothing comes close to this one.

Love this timer!. I almost bought a timer-watch...so glad I didn’t spend the extra money. I use this timer at home for a variety of workouts and it’s perfect!

Ducking Option. Almost perfect. Let me name my workouts. Maybe add notes for each tabata within a workout Also need a music ducking option so my music volume dampens a bit when the voice prompts s and alerts sound.

Flawless simplicity. This App has just what you need and nothing you don’t. Set it, stop thinking, workout.

Bad Business. Like many others, I bought this app years ago for a one-time fee. Suddenly they wanted a subscription and had an annoying ad that popped up every few times I used it, but I just cleared it and went about my business. Now I can’t even use the app because I refuse to pay again for something I already bought. Terrible business practice.

Used to be good. I loved my little timer, but the latest update has ruined it. Every time I try to use it now I have to navigate through multiple screens trying to force sell me into further upgrading. I will never upgrade! I would rather count than pay ransom to manipulative blackmailers who stoop to such manipulative tactics. You can take my tabata timer but you will never take my freedom!!!

Tabata Pro. At 60yo, my vision isn't what it used to be. I love the structure of the screen - the size of the characters, the colors/color changes and auditory cues. Very simple looking and simple to operate. Looking forward to loading music for the DJ option.

Great timer app. I know that I don’t use it as intended but this works great for circuits. You can have preset timers for different levels and it plays your music in the background.

Exactly what it says it is. This app does exactly what it says it is supposed to do. Nothing more nothing less. Clean and straight forward interface, great app.

Looking for an interval timer. Had hoped this would work for me but the one thing I require most is the thing that will not work for me. I like haptics but want it to be augmented with sounds for begin, work, rest, and end. The sounds that one has to choose from are absolutely not for me. They are all harsh and not compatible for mediation, stretching or any other activity I may want to use it for… My suggestion is have a better range of sounds to choose from, until then I will look else where for more soothing sounds.

Poor Business. I PURCHASED this app a few years to use in elementary PE classes. This thing was awesome. Now it is virtually useless unless I pay a subscription fee. I will never go back. How can you buy something then be charged for again? Just bad business. Just beware when you download. They will probably double the cost.

Awesome motivation. I enjoy group fitness classes but they don’t always fit into my schedule. I use the Tabata Pro App to keep me honest and focused. It offers great flexibility and I cannot miss the buzzer.

Well pleased. Helps me keep track of my time and you can adjust as needed would highly recommend

Pretty good. Not many Tabata apps on the market that are free and work as well as this. Would love some new features, though no requests atm. Definitely would love an Apple Watch version of the app!

Watch counters don’t keep pace…. On the watch app: Counters for cycles don’t keep pace… so have to keep track in your head. Also, the timer does not count down properly, and gets stuck on a single number.

Subscription for this? Are you serious?. Paid for the app a while ago and recently the app has added a subscription for a years worth of access to a timer. No thanks if you want to pay $10/year for a timer more power to you but I do not recommend it even based off of what the app offers.

Useless. What happened to my purchase? I bought this app many years ago and now it won’t let me use it unless I subscribe to a yearly plan? How is this legal? I purchased something and I should be able to use it. Now it’s a useless app. Will now look for an alternative timer to use. This is bad business.

Awesome App!!. I have used this app since it first appeared in ITunes!! Love it just used it today!! Love how you can turn the phone sideways and it shows you the total time!! Love it!! Highly recommended!!!

Great basic app. Love this timer. Have used it for many years. My only wish is that the timer could be set with variable intervals inside one Tabata. Or if doing more than one Tabata the ability to set each Tabata at variable intervals.

Easy to use. I am a fitness professional and use this app for workouts and find it easy to use and accurate

Work out timer. Love this timer helps me with my workouts keeps track of my time perfect

Best Tabata App out there. I use this app for my own workouts as well as with my clients. Easy to use and understand. Doesn’t have the bells and whistles of some others, but really doesn’t need them either.

Missing voice. A previous version I had used to indicate half way using a voice. I enjoyed it. This version only gives you a sound option.

Love it!. I have been using this app for years and recommend it to all my clients to use. Love that you can change the work/rest time and prep time too!

The best fitness/exercise mobile app there is. 6 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The best fitness app out there. Use for a quick run, at home exercise, kick boxing, yoga. No limits on what you can do.

Does exactly what you want. Great app that does exactly what you expect it to do. I’ve been using this for years.

No longer works. This used to work great. It no longer works at all. It freezes every time. I delete and reinstalled. It’s now useless.

Easy to read hear and set up. Bold fonts and colors. Good sounds. Flashing helps in peripheral vision. Been using another one for months. Switched to this one.

Bait and switch - No longer works as purchased. I paid for this app previously, and recently came back to start using again. Even though I purchased it, the app keeps nagging me to upgrade and features that were part of the purchased app and now inaccessible and behind a subscription.

So easy!. I write out my TABATA workouts depending on what I’m in the mood for and how long I want to work out, take 10 seconds to get the app set up with my desired cycles and TABATAs and off I go. So easy. Love it. Use it several times a week.

I purchased the full version of Tabata Pro and now they want to charge subscription!. I purchased the full version of Tabata Pro years ago and now they want to charge a yearly subscription today as I’m using it as I normally do!! They basically took away the music feature I use daily! I want my money back this is not what I paid for!!!!!