Comparison

BoxRound vs Rounds

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

Head to head
About

BoxRound

This app provides a customizable timer for boxing and HIIT workouts, featuring clear visual cues, authentic bell sounds, and haptic feedback. It automatically tracks your workout history with detailed stats and streaks, and includes a built-in stopwatch for freestyle timing. Train effectively with its intuitive interface and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable round and rest timers
  • Authentic boxing bell and warning sounds
  • Haptic feedback for alerts
  • Workout history and stats tracking
  • Built-in stopwatch
  • Offline functionality
  • Dark UI mode
Features
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BoxRound is a modern boxing round timer and workout tracker built for fighters and fitness fans. Pick a preset or dial-in your own rounds, rest, prep, and warning times—then tap Start and focus on training while BoxRound handles the bell, haptics, and countdowns. Why you’ll love it • One-tap presets: Amateur, Professional, Championship • Fully customizable round, rest, prep, warning, and total-round settings • Clear visual timer with animated bell and easy-to-read digits • Authentic boxing-bell + 10-second warning sound with haptic feedback • Skip, pause, and reset controls at your fingertips • Automatic workout history with charts, stats, and streak tracking • Built-in stopwatch for free-style timing • Clean dark UI that looks great in the gym and saves battery • Works offline and plays nicely with your music or podcasts Train smarter, push harder, and step into every round with confidence—download BoxRound today!

About

Rounds

This interval timer app simplifies workout creation for various training styles like HIIT, Tabata, and circuits. Build custom routines by stacking work, rest, and prep blocks, grouping them into rounds, and saving them as presets for quick access. It's designed for gym use, ensuring it won't interrupt your music.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout builder
  • Stackable work, rest, and prep blocks
  • Round grouping and repetition
  • Save and launch preset workouts
  • Music interruption-free design
  • Customizable sound profiles
Features
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Rounds is an interval timer that does what you tell it to. Wether its HIIT, Tabata, boxing 3s and 1s, a 20 minute EMOM with a finisheror kettlebell circuits, a mobility flow Rounds make it easy. No ads. No accounts. No upsells mid workout. Build the workout you want • Stack work, rest, and prep blocks in any order • Group blocks into rounds and repeat them as many times as you need • Save any workout as a preset and launch it with one tap from the home screen • Start from a handful of starter timers if you don't feel like building from scratch Rounds is made to actually be used in a gym. It doesn't interrupt your music, and we allow for a highly customizable sound profile so you can stay in the zone.

Screenshots

BoxRound4 screens
Rounds3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BoxRound at every 4 days against Rounds's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BoxRound against 5.0 for Rounds. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoxRound ships an update every 4 days, Rounds every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
BoxRound versus Rounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxRoundRounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNomadic Spaces Inc.eli dangerfield

Customer experience

BoxRound

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rounds

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BoxRound

No in-app purchases

None

Rounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoxRound free?
BoxRound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BoxRound or Rounds?
BoxRound and Rounds are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BoxRound or Rounds have ads?
Neither BoxRound nor Rounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoxRound or Rounds?
BoxRound ships an update every 4 days, and Rounds every 2 weeks. Most recently, BoxRound was updated on September 7, 2026 and Rounds on June 26, 2026.

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