PhaseKit vs Rounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhaseKit
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Stop fumbling with a stopwatch mid-set. PhaseKit builds interval routines that hold their shape through an actual workout, breathwork session, mobility flow, or study block — then brings back the one you need in seconds. Create custom sequences, group steps into repeatable rounds, save routines you'll reuse, and jump straight into any saved timer without rebuilding it from scratch. Key features: • Ready-to-run templates: Tabata, 30/30 intervals, box breathing, and focus sessions • Build custom interval sequences with grouped steps • Save and reuse routines for workouts, breathwork, mobility, or study blocks • Start from any timer in a routine, not just the first • Spoken 3-2-1 countdown and a gong between steps • Timers from one second up to 24 hours • iCloud sync for saved routines across your devices • Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Hindi, and Thai • No account required • No third-party ads or analytics Core timer building, playback, grouping, and saved routines are completely free. An optional one-time Support Developer purchase unlocks cosmetic app color customization and helps fund ongoing development — it's not a subscription, and it never limits the free features. Customers who bought the paid version of PhaseKit before it became free keep the supporter unlock automatically. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://domtelier.com/apps/phasekit/privacy Support: https://domtelier.com/apps/phasekit/support
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rounds at none against PhaseKit's 1. Rounds also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. PhaseKit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
PhaseKit ships an update every 2 months, Rounds every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | PhaseKit | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Schmitt | Nightjar Labs LLC. |
In-app purchases
PhaseKit
- Unlock Custom Colors$0.99
Rounds
No in-app purchases









