One More Round vs Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One More Round
This interval training timer app offers a highly customizable user interface for various workout types like HIIT, MMA, and Crossfit. Create, share, and discover advanced workout routines with multiple timer views and integrated music options.
- Customizable interval routines
- Multiple timer views (numeric, minimalist, graphic)
- Workout template creation
- Routine sharing and online publishing
- Preloaded workout routines
- Customizable global settings
- Speech and music integration
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The Interval Timer has just been reinvented. One More Round goes above and beyond the conventions of a standard Interval Training Round Timer by offering an amazing user interface that has been designed for iOS 7 from the ground up. Interval training is a proven way to improve your cardio exercises to reach your goals. This is a perfect app for interval-based training workouts including HIIT, MMA, Tabata, Boxing, Yoga, Crossfit and more! One More Round offers several timer views which can be changed with a simple swipe, including: - a full screen, numeric based timer. - a minimalist timer. - a graphic timer. - a workout overview timer. - a music oriented timer. - An Exercise centric timer. One More Round offers the ability to create the most advanced, customizable routines you can think of. Workout templates let you build your routines as simply and quickly as ever. Share the amazing workout routines with your friends via email or publish your routines directly online. Users may browse routines that other users have created and rate them. One More Round comes with several great workout routines preloaded including HIIT routines, circuits, a tabata routine, and B.J. Penn’s classic Crossfit routine “Fight Gone Bad”. One More Round offers an extensive set of global settings that let you tailor the app to fit your exact needs, including customized speech and music integration. Fitness Trainers everywhere, rejoice!
Core
This app helps you stay focused during workouts by managing intervals, work times, and rest periods with clear visual and audio cues. Save custom routines for HIIT, Tabata, or boxing, and track your training history to monitor progress.
- Customizable interval timers
- Audio cues for work/rest phases
- Save and reuse workout routines
- Visual countdown and color coding
- Workout history and trend tracking
- Optional Pro features via in-app purchase
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Keep your focus on the workout Core takes care of the intervals, so you can stay with your training. Set your work time, rest time and sets, then follow a clear countdown and audio cues from the first round to the last. Made for your routine Build a timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training or boxing rounds. Save your usual workouts and have them ready when it is time to train again. Know when to move and when to recover A large countdown and distinct work and rest colors make each phase easy to recognize at a glance. Choose audio cues that suit the way you train. See the work you have put in Revisit completed sessions and see your weekly training trends. Your training history gives every session a place beyond the final countdown. Go further with Core Pro Unlock unlimited timers and duplicates, full workout history, monthly and yearly trends, and CSV export. These features require an in-app purchase. Core Pro is optional. Available plans and prices are shown before purchase. If you choose an auto-renewable subscription, payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://yating-900.github.io/core-timer-site/privacy.html Terms of use: https://yating-900.github.io/core-timer-site/terms.html If you have any ideas to improve the App, please contact us via coretimerapp@gmail.com. Your feedback is highly valued!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Core at 5.0 against One More Round's 3.8. Core also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). One More Round's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 33 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Core sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. One More Round asks for nothing beyond the download.
Core holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of One More Round's written reviews are positive against 100% of Core's.
One More Round ships an update every 3 weeks, Core every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | One More Round | Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | logan sease | Yating Lu |
Customer experience
One More Round
Core
Bugs and requests
One More Round
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when adding exercises
- Can't scroll down when searching
- Counts up instead of down despite settings
- Overrides other sound on the phone
- Doesn't save custom workouts
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to create intervals within a round
- Allow deleting of recorded sounds
- Add delay start option
- Separate volume control for timer sounds and music
- Add option to keep screen active
Core
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One More Round
No in-app purchases
Core
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99









