Comparison

Pomodoro Timer vs Rounds

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

Head to head
About

Pomodoro Timer

Enhance your concentration and manage your time effectively with a customizable timer. Track your progress, utilize ambient sounds, and enjoy a distraction-free interface to build better focus habits.

Highlights
  • Adjustable focus and rest durations
  • Session analytics and insights
  • Ambient focus sounds
  • Productivity tracker with custom tags
  • Minimal, distraction-free interface
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Pomidor is a calm, simple pomodoro timer for studying and deep work. Plan your day, focus in timed sessions, take real breaks, and watch the hours add up. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Set your own focus and rest lengths, or count up with Timeless mode and stop when you're done • Name your sessions and organize them with tags • The screen stays awake while you focus, and sessions can pause automatically when you leave the app • A gentle notification tells you when a session or a break is over PLAN THE DAY, THEN WORK THE PLAN • Daily Focus Planner: list today's tasks and estimate how many pomodoros each one needs • Start a focus session straight from a task and watch its progress fill in • Move unfinished tasks to the next day with one tap • Task History: look back at any day and pull a past task into today SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Calendar, charts and a full session history, filtered by tag • A heatmap of your focus days • Insights: focus score, your best focus hours, weekly trends and session quality STAY IN THE ZONE • Ambient sounds that keep playing when your phone is locked • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island keeps your timer in view • A home screen widget with your focus time, sessions and streaks MAKE IT YOURS • Themes and alternate app icons • Your sessions, tags and plan sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud, and everything works offline Made for students, ADHD-friendly routines, writing, coding, homework and deep work: anyone who does their best work in focused sprints with real breaks. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT IS PRO Free: the focus and rest timer with your own lengths, the Live Activity, quick stats, one planned task a day, the piano ambient sound and iCloud sync. Pomidor Pro adds unlimited daily tasks with one-tap carry-over, Timeless mode, full analytics and insights, your own tags, every ambient and end sound, all themes and app icons, and the home screen widget's stats. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy. Subscription payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pomidor-privacy-policy/24e82531-5536-4894-9bae-fdfa1228b0d9/privacy

About

Rounds

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Know what needs care. Record what you did. Rounds helps you look after a home, property, workshop, garden, boat, or the equipment that matters to you. See what needs attention today, move through a round without losing your place, and leave a useful history at every checkpoint. CARE FOR THE REAL THINGS • Start with a named checkpoint. Add a place or round only when it helps. • Group checkpoints into an ordered round for a regular walk. • Give each round its own schedule and optional personal reminder. • Scan a QR label when you are there, or choose the checkpoint manually. RECORD WHAT HAPPENED • Mark a checkpoint OK or report an issue in seconds. • Add optional notes and photos to checks, issues, repairs, and other work. • Keep an issue open until it is repaired. • Return to one clear history for every checkpoint. STAY ON TOP OF TODAY • See active, due, overdue, and unresolved care in one calm list. • Resume a round after an interruption. • Add Rounds Today or Rounds Schedule to your Home Screen. Rounds Pro widgets show what needs attention and the next scheduled rounds. • Work offline; when iCloud is enabled, your care records can sync privately across your own Apple devices. FREE AND PRO Free includes up to five active checkpoints, one round with its schedule and reminder, checks, issues, repairs, work, notes, photos, history, iCloud sync, and standard QR labels. Rounds Pro adds unlimited checkpoints and rounds, two Home Screen widgets, PDF care reports, and premium print formats. Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices, eligibility, and terms are shown before purchase and vary by region. The monthly subscription renews automatically until cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Existing history stays readable after Pro ends. Rounds does not use GPS, employee tracking, advertising SDKs, or a separate Rounds account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Rounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pomodoro Timer at 16.2 against Rounds's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Rounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Rounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerRounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTigran MuradyanMIŁOSZ CHODKOWSKI

Bugs and requests

Pomodoro Timer

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust timer duration from main screen
  • Sync focus sessions to calendar
  • Integration with action button to start/pause session
  • Option to bypass session title screen

Rounds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Pomidor Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pomidor Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • One Coffee$0.99
  • Three Coffees$2.99
  • Five Coffees$4.99
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  • Lifetime Pro Access$24.99
2 purchases

Rounds

Subscriptions1
  • Rounds Pro1 Month trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Rounds Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Rounds have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Rounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Rounds?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update every 2 days, and Rounds every 2 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rounds on October 9, 2026.

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