Comparison

Fit Timer/Counter vs Roundbell

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fit Timer/Counter

Features
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Build a small exercise habit, one day at a time. Fit Timer helps you keep track of the movement you want to do every day: push-ups, squats, crunches, sit-ups, or your own exercises. Choose a manageable daily rep goal, do a few reps when it suits you, and record what you finished. A SIMPLE DAILY ROUTINE Start with three exercises or choose your own. Add 5 or 10 reps with a tap, or enter any amount. Made a mistake? Undo your last entry. REMINDERS THAT FIT YOUR DAY Daily reminders are enabled when you create an exercise, with a time you can change. Exercises at the same time share one notification. Finish a goal and its remaining reminders for today are skipped. Notification permission is required. SEE YOUR CONSISTENCY Follow your daily progress, active days, and current and best streaks. Any completed reps count as showing up. Browse your history to see what you have done. TIMED ROUTINES WHEN YOU WANT THEM Create a sequence of exercises with exercise and rest times. Pause, resume, or skip a step at your own pace. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, ads, tracking, or analytics. Your exercises and history are stored on your device. Export and import CSV backups when you need them. Designed for iPhone and iPad, with dark mode and support for larger text.

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Roundbell

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Roundbell is a timer for people who hold a room. It was built for men's circles, and it suits anything run on shared time: sharing rounds, meditation sittings, workshops, supervision groups. Set the length, choose where the bells fall, and put the phone down. THE BELLS Two recorded Tibetan singing bowls, one deeper and one lit. Pick which one opens the session and which one closes it. Tap either bowl to hear it before you commit. Or open in silence. A facilitator has usually just finished speaking, and a gong across that is the last thing the room needs, so starting without one is a single tap. BELLS ALONG THE WAY Place bells inside the session without watching the clock: • Midpoint: one bell at the halfway mark • 20 seconds to end: a gentle warning before time is up • By participants: enter how many people are in the circle and the session divides evenly between them, with a bell at each handover • Any moment you choose: type it in, and the bell lands there Bells hold what you asked for, not a number of seconds. Change the length of the session and the midpoint is still the midpoint. SETTING THE TIME Tap the clock and type a duration. Press and hold plus or minus to run through the minutes. Or take one of six lengths facilitators actually use. SAVED SETUPS Build a session once and save it under a name: check-in, focus, closing round. Load it with a tap. Mark one and the app opens on it every time. WHILE IT RUNS • The bells ring even when the phone is on silent. The bell is the point • The screen stays awake, so the time is always visible • The clock keeps correct time even if the phone locks mid-session • Add time without stopping, for a round that was interrupted • Restart from the timer screen, not from the settings • Turn the phone on its side for a clock the far side of the circle can read • When the session ends, one button rings the closing bowl again, for as long as the circle needs LIGHT AND DARK A dark theme for a dim room, a light one for daylight, or follow the phone and let it change at dusk on its own. QUIET BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking of any kind. Roundbell collects nothing at all. Your settings never leave your device. It works offline. Free, with no purchases inside. Made with love for the community, by Daniel Lerner, men's circle facilitator.

Screenshots

Fit Timer/Counter3 screens
Roundbell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Roundbell at every 5 days against Fit Timer/Counter's every 17 months. Roundbell also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fit Timer/Counter ships an update every 17 months, Roundbell every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Fit Timer/Counter versus Roundbell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFit Timer/CounterRoundbell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGian SinghDaniel Lerner

In-app purchases

None

Fit Timer/Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Roundbell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fit Timer/Counter free?
Fit Timer/Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roundbell free?
Roundbell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fit Timer/Counter or Roundbell have ads?
Neither Fit Timer/Counter nor Roundbell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fit Timer/Counter or Roundbell?
Fit Timer/Counter ships an update every 17 months, and Roundbell every 5 days. Most recently, Fit Timer/Counter was updated on November 8, 2026 and Roundbell on November 10, 2026.

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