H-I-I-T-Timer App Reviews

Update: 08/23/15 I loved the simplicity of the original design. Now it is just way too cluttered and confusing. Also, the 3 second countdown to your first set when you press go is also gone, so the clock starts immediately. Settings for colors and design disappear each time the app goes into the background as well. I appreciate the effort, but sometimes it is better to just leave well enough alone. --- Original Does what it is supposed to do with no complaints. A few thoughts: 1.) Dont understand people complaining about no sound. Just turn the silent mode off! 2.) Also, the ones saying there is no option to change the time settings obviously have NO IDEA what Tabata is all about. 3. If there is one flaw, it would be the inability to play in the background in order to save battery. You must leave the app turn on the entire time rather than just allowing it to beep. It is not always necessary to watch the timer, especially when you are busy working out.

I loved loved loved the old version! It was all that I needed, a simple Tabata timer. I HATE the new version. I dont need bells and whistles, just a simple go, rest, stop timer. Please, re-release the old version! I would pay for it!

Terrible update, no countdown between sets, too many extras and who is this person softly talking in my ear?!? Horrible...I liked the old version because it was simple and easy to use. I used it as an example of the perfect tabata app and now its gone. Gee thanks

Please bring back the old format that was perfectly simple and easy to use. At least when you make updates, keep the original format that brought so many people to you. Can you update the app to include the original format as an option?

I can get used to the new version, but one of the things they took away was a prep countdown. It was just three seconds, but that was just enough time to get into position. Now, its just GO and you miss a few reps just picking up weights or getting into whatever position you start in. I also like the old view for the original 4:00 minute, 20/10 set-up. That view was easy to see from a ways away. Seems to me, when you make an improvement, you improve, not completely erase that last version and start from scratch like they did here.

The recent update on this ap is horrible! I wish I could go back to the old version. Told my girlfriend not to update hers. The sound is lower and you cannot hear it and there are more features but if you just want it basic how it was, that is gone. I am looking for another since I used this ap at least twice a week. Very upset!

Old version was clear + simple. Easy to read, usable from first moment installed, no need for instructions. I cant figure out the new version at all! Too many options and circles and nonsense. Such a bummer. At least you could have kept the simple timer as part of this new version. Lame.

This was my favorite workout time app for a reason - so quick and simple to use and all the info I wanted in one screen. Upgrade has ruined it. New version isnt as intuitive and has far too many options. I thought I had accidentally deleted the old version and spent ages looking for it before realizing the change...killed my workout this morning!

A very simple useful and effective tool has been ruined by trying to add bells and whistles. I hope that you, the developers listen to your reviewers and users and bring back the old app. Suggestion: If you insist on adding other things and change it to a HIIT then by all means try it but keep the beautiful simplicity of the Tabada Timer please. I would even be willing to pay a dollar or two for the old untouched simple app. Am speaking for myself but maybe others sentiments are similar.

What happened to my awesome Tabata timer? This new one is useless. Lacks clear intervals and breaks along with missing the 3sec prep. Time to search for a new one.

I couldnt agree more with the bad reviews on the update. The app was perfect before—elegant, simple interface, straightforward functionality, incredibly usable. Now? Honestly, this is really bad. Would the developers please (please) heed this feedback and roll things back to how it worked before? It was so much better.

This timer was so easy to use, but this recent update made it very complicated to use. I will be deleting this app from my phone and find another one to use.

I really like variations they added. The ascending and descending intervals are just the thing I needed to get out of my tabata rut. Its challenging but not impossible. I like the sound variations, and its almost too loud, but nothing my volume toggle cant handle. I like the visualizer too: great when youre doing tabata plank and you need something to distract you!

Why change a good thing?? I used this app daily with clients- and now Im deleting it. The sounds are horrible and distorted, and make the tabatas barely tolerable. Let me know if you ever go back to the original version-- Ill be using something else in the meantime.

This was my simple, go to Tabata timer for years that I used teaching HIIT classes. It is useless now. Last time I used it it got stuck on round 2. Why did you ruin a perfectly good Ap?

This was my favorite app for years. Now it is terrible: - Default sounds are not the original loud beeps but instead are voice prompts that arent loud enough to hear over music - Settings (like changing the voice to beeps) are not saved upon exiting - Visually hard to see round numbers during rest (the time you actually want to see them) because they become greyed out - The "fixed" countdown timer at the start confusingly beeps 2 times low and 2 times high (seems like a quickly thrown in fix) An upscale of the original would have been perfect. I have deleted this app in favor of another simpler one.

The app was great. After the update its worthless. Will be deleting it. Dont waste your time. 0 stars

As a busy Personal Trainer and Fitness instructor I have to say I am NOT AMPED about the newer version of THE BEST TABATA APP EVER. The new version is too confusing and frankly..... it is AWFUL. The older version was user friendly, you could hear it over the music and it was easier to see from far away. I use this older version on the daily because it ROCKS. Thank goodness I havent updated my phone yet because the older version is still there. I was blindsided with this new POS version when I set up my iPad for class and it was like reading Greek. I am further dismayed because it just switched without my knowledge...not cool. I can see Im not alone in my thoughts on this matter. Be well and have a nice day.

What used to be easily my most favorite fitness app, and one that Ive used for years has fallen victim to the trying to the "make better what was already perfect" syndrome. Its baffling how a developer could look at this new version of the app and think that it was better than the old version. The old version was beauty in simplicity. I will be deleting this app in finding another Tabata app. I cant understand why you guys did this.

Usually an update improves on what was there before. Why not keep what was working and add the additional stuff you want to add. Dont throw out the product that people are actually using.