Workout Timer vs Round
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Timer
This interval timer app helps you achieve fitness goals with precision timing and detailed stats. Customize timers for any workout, track progress, and receive smart reminders to stay consistent. Upgrade for advanced features like unlimited timers and scheduling.
- Customizable interval timers
- Progress tracking and detailed stats
- Smart workout reminders
- Countdown and completion sounds
- Side-by-side timer comparison
- Advanced scheduling options (Premium)
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Achieve your fitness goals with a powerful and intuitive interval timer designed for all types of workouts. Whether you're training for strength, endurance, or flexibility, this app helps you stay on track with precision timing, detailed stats, and smart reminders. With a simple and customizable interface, you can create interval timers tailored to your routines, track your progress over time, and make adjustments to improve performance. Whether you're doing high-intensity interval training, weightlifting, yoga, or cardio, this app ensures you stay focused and efficient. Track your workout history and analyze detailed statistics to measure your progress over time. While editing, you can compare timers side by side to fine-tune your training and optimize your performance. To help you stay consistent, set personalized reminders so you never miss a session. Plus, with built-in countdown and completion sounds, you’ll always stay on track—even when you can’t look at your phone. Upgrade to Premium and unlock unlimited interval timers, advanced scheduling options to receive reminders on specific days and times, and the ability to compare timers while editing to fine-tune your progress. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.qkygames.com/privacy-policy
Round
This interval timer is designed for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), Tabata, and circuit workouts. It allows users to create custom routines with multiple exercises and track their progress. The app offers haptic alerts and can be controlled from an Apple Watch.
- Customizable interval routines
- HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training support
- Apple Watch control
- Haptic alerts for round changes
- Visual arc timer
- Workout progress tracking
- Apple Health integration
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Round is a visual interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, strength workouts, mobility, and stretching. TRAIN WITH 3D MOVEMENT GUIDES Choose from 71 exercises and see each movement in 3D while building your routine and while the timer runs. Side-specific and alternating exercises are handled clearly, so you always know what comes next. BUILD A ROUTINE IN SECONDS • Start with a ready-made template or build from the exercise catalog • Reorder, duplicate, edit, and delete steps directly • Add custom exercises with your own name and emoji • Set work, step rest, set rest, preparation, and number of sets STAY FOCUSED • Follow the 3D animation or switch to a larger remaining-time display • See your current step, progress, and upcoming lineup at a glance • Audio and haptic cues announce every transition WORKS WITH WATCH Control your workout from your wrist and receive haptic cues without reaching for your iPhone. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Sessions are logged automatically • Review total training time, streaks, and your most-used routines • Save workouts to Apple Health • Delete individual history entries whenever needed No account. No ads. Fully offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workout Timer at 5.0 against Round's 4.0. Round's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 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. Workout Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Round asks for nothing beyond the download.
Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Workout Timer ships an update every 7 months, Round weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Timer | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maximiliano Julio Demonte | Ryosuke Nakayama |
Customer experience
Workout Timer
Round
In-app purchases
Workout Timer
- Week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Year$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
Round
No in-app purchases









