GymImpulse vs Rounds Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GymImpulse
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GymImpulse is a comprehensive workout tracking application that helps you build better fitness habits through structured routine planning and detailed progress monitoring. Key Features: Flexible Routine Management - Create custom workout routines tailored to your fitness goals - Build routines from a library of system exercises or create your own - Organize exercises with configurable sets, reps, weight, and duration tracking Intelligent Workout Logging - Start workouts from your saved routines with one tap - Auto-fill feature remembers your last workout values for quick logging - Built-in timers and stopwatches to track rest periods and exercise duration - Add notes to individual sets for detailed progress tracking Exercise History & Progress - Track improvements over time with detailed set-by-set history - Customizable logging parameters per exercise (reps/weight, duration, etc.) Whether you're a beginner starting your fitness journey or an experienced athlete tracking complex training programs, GymImpulse provides the tools you need to stay organized and motivated.
Rounds Coach
This interval timer app provides a real coach's voice to guide you through workouts, offering customizable timers for HIIT, Tabata, and circuits. It integrates with music apps, Apple Watch, and Apple Health, with widgets for quick access.
- Real coach voice for interval guidance
- Customizable HIIT, Tabata, and circuit timers
- Music integration with Spotify and Apple Music
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch and Apple Health integration
- Workout history and streaks tracking
- Share timers via link or QR code
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Rounds is an interval timer that doesn't hold features back. Everything is free — unlimited timers, compound timers, the coach voice, music, widgets, Apple Watch and Apple Health. A REAL COACH Liam calls every round, every interval and what's next — 400+ exercises, from burpees to the Pilates hundred — "Round 3 of 8! Work!", "Next up: squats!" — over your music, with the screen locked. BUILD ANY WORKOUT • HIIT, Tabata and circuit builders • Custom timers with repeating groups inside groups • Change every work or rest interval at once • Folders and search — drag timers to rearrange them, or drop one on a folder to file it • Starter workouts: Tabata, HIIT, the 7-Minute Workout, a Pilates mat class, EMOM, boxing rounds and focus sessions IN CONTROL MID-WORKOUT Jump straight to any interval from the list on the workout screen — handy when a class runs long or short. Pause, skip back or skip ahead any time. START WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets start a timer in one tap • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Tabata in Rounds", "Start a 5 minute countdown in Rounds" YOUR MUSIC Works with whatever you're playing — Spotify, Apple Music, podcasts. The music dips while the coach talks, can pause on every rest, and pauses with the workout. Or pick an Apple Music playlist for any timer. ACTIVITY AND STREAKS Every workout lands in your history: your day streak, this week's minutes and a month calendar in your timers' colours. Workouts from your Apple Watch count too. SHARE A TIMER Send any timer as a link or a QR code. Friends open it and add it to Rounds in one tap. WITH THE PHONE IN YOUR POCKET The timer keeps running, beeping and talking with the screen off. The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left and where you are in the workout. APPLE WATCH Run any timer from your wrist with haptics, Liam's voice and live heart rate. Tap the next interval to skip ahead. APPLE HEALTH Finished workouts are saved to Health with the workout type you choose. ALSO A one-tap countdown for rest between sets, and a stopwatch with laps. No subscription. No ads. No account. Your timers stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rounds Coach at none against GymImpulse's shown. Rounds Coach also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GymImpulse ships an update weekly, Rounds Coach daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GymImpulse | Rounds Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igor Malaes | Aryaman Ravi |
In-app purchases
GymImpulse
No in-app purchases
Rounds Coach
No in-app purchases









