Comparison

Rounds vs Corner

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

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About

Rounds

This interval timer is designed for combat sports and fitness enthusiasts. It offers customizable rounds, audio cues, and visual feedback to keep users focused during workouts. The app runs in the background, ensuring uninterrupted training sessions.

Highlights
  • Fully customizable rounds
  • Unlimited round support
  • Warm-up timer
  • Smart audio cues
  • Background operation
  • Visual phase indicators
  • Progress ring
Features
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ROUNDS - YOUR ULTIMATE BOXING TIMER Transform your training sessions with Rounds, the premier interval timer built specifically for boxers, fighters, and fitness enthusiasts who demand precision and reliability. DESIGNED FOR CHAMPIONS Rounds keeps you in the zone with an elegant, distraction-free interface that adapts to your workout. Clear visual feedback shows you exactly where you are in each round, while customizable audio cues ensure you never miss a transition—even when your phone is locked. KEY FEATURES - Fully Customizable Rounds - Set your perfect training rhythm with adjustable work and rest periods - Unlimited Rounds - From quick 3-round sessions to grueling 12-round marathons - Warm-Up Timer - Get mentally and physically prepared before the bell rings - Smart Audio Cues - Round start bells, end warnings, and voice announcements keep you informed - Background Operation - Timer continues running even with your screen locked - Visual Phase Indicators - Instantly recognize whether you're in warm-up, work, or rest mode with color-coded backgrounds - Smooth Progress Ring - Watch your time count down with a beautifully animated circular progress indicator PERFECT FOR - Muay Thai Training - Boxing & Kickboxing Training - MMA & Combat Sports - HIIT Workouts - Circuit Training - Sparring Sessions - Heavy Bag Workouts - Shadow Boxing - Personal Training INTUITIVE CONTROLS Rounds gives you complete control with simple, responsive buttons: - Play/Pause to control your workout flow - Reset to restart the current phase - Stop to return to the beginning CUSTOMIZABLE ALERTS Choose exactly which sounds you want to hear: - Round start bells to signal go-time - Round end warnings for that final push - Round end bells to mark completion - Voice announcements calling out round numbers BUILT FOR PERFORMANCE No subscriptions. No ads. No distractions. Just a pure training tool that works exactly when and how you need it. Rounds runs smoothly in the background, ensuring your timer keeps ticking whether you're checking your form in the mirror or your phone is tucked away in your gym bag. SLEEK & MODERN Experience training with a beautiful dark-mode interface featuring smooth animations, gradient accents, and a clean layout that puts your workout first. The large, bold timer display is easy to read at a glance, while the color-coded phases help you stay oriented without breaking focus. START TRAINING SMARTER Download Rounds today and take your training to the next level. Whether you're a professional fighter preparing for competition or a fitness enthusiast looking to level up your cardio, Rounds delivers the timing precision you need to maximize every session. Rounds - Train Hard. Time Smart.

About

Corner

Features
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CORNER — THE BOXING ROUND TIMER YOU CAN READ ACROSS THE GYM Corner is a round and interval timer built for combat sports and high-intensity training. Big, bold, readable — from the ring, the bag, or the far side of the gym. FREE — A COMPLETE BOXING TIMER Start training in seconds with the classic boxing preset: 3:00 rounds, 1:00 rest, with prep, a 10-second warning, and the bell. Full-bleed phase colors — green to fight, amber for the last ten, red to rest — so you always know where you are at a glance. Works in portrait and landscape, keeps the screen awake, and sounds the bell even on silent or with the phone locked in your pocket. CORNER PRO — ONE-TIME UNLOCK, NO SUBSCRIPTION - Custom schemes — set your own rounds, work, rest, warning and prep for boxing, MMA, HIIT, Tabata or circuits - Voice call-outs — hear the round, the warning and the rest without looking down - Apple Watch app — start, pause and feel every round buzz on your wrist - Gym Clock mode — a full-screen landscape wall clock you can read across the room BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU TRAIN Boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA, BJJ and wrestling — plus HIIT, Tabata, CrossFit and circuit training. Whether you're sparring, hitting the bag, shadowboxing or grinding conditioning rounds, Corner keeps the time so you can keep working. WHY CORNER - Read it from anywhere — giant digits, full-screen color - No ads, no subscription — Pro is a one-time purchase - Fully on-device — no account, no tracking, nothing collected - Accessible — color-blind mode adds words and patterns, VoiceOver announces every phase, Reduced Motion is respected Made for training. Not medical or professional-refereeing equipment. Terms of Use: https://arytec.ch/corner/terms Privacy Policy: https://arytec.ch/corner/privacy Support: https://arytec.ch/corner/support

Screenshots

Rounds4 screens
Corner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rounds at none against Corner's 1. Corner's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Corner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rounds asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rounds versus Corner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundsCorner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahed SalehianLiridon Tahiraj

In-app purchases

None

Rounds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Corner

One-time1
  • Corner Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corner free?
Corner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rounds or Corner have ads?
Neither Rounds nor Corner shows ads.

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