Comparison

Focus Loop vs Roundi

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

Head to head
About

Focus Loop

Features
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Focus Loop is a simple system for consistency: run a Pomodoro focus session, then track the habit you just practiced. Whether you’re studying, coding, reading, writing, or training — Focus Loop helps you show up daily with less effort and more momentum. POMODORO FOCUS TIMER • Start a focus session in one tap • Work/break cycles that keep you moving • Clear progress and completion feedback LIVE ACTIVITIES (FOCUS AT A GLANCE) • Keep your timer visible while you work • Live Activity on the Lock Screen (and Dynamic Island where available) • See time remaining without constantly reopening the app HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Quick-start a session from your Home Screen • Glance at today’s progress and streaks • Stay consistent with less friction HABIT TRACKER • Track the habits you actually care about • Build streaks and keep your routines visible BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Minimal UI — no clutter • Great for students, remote work, and deep work • Designed for consistency Automatically sync your habits and focus sessions with Apple Watch and HealthKit, so your progress stays accurate without manual tracking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Roundi

This app encourages single-task focus by visualizing time as a disappearing color disc. It enforces focus by making leaving the app before a round ends costly. Users can create custom focus rituals and control it hands-free with voice commands.

Highlights
  • Visual time tracking
  • Single-task enforcement
  • Customizable focus rituals
  • Voice control with Siri
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Multiple visual themes
  • Focus streak tracking
Features
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One round, one thing. Roundi holds you to a single task and shows the time as color: focus you can see. Turn the dial, press start, and a disc of color begins to disappear — like a kitchen timer for your attention. No numbers counting down, no notifications pulling you back. Just time, visibly running out. THE ONE RULE Leave the app — or lock the screen — before the round ends, and the round is lost, instantly. That's the whole trick: Roundi doesn't block anything, it just makes leaving cost something. (Too strict? There's a Lenient mode.) MADE FOR YOUR RITUALS • Meditate — 15 quiet minutes, watching the color fade • Study — a 50-minute block with no pings • Work — deep work sessions up to 2 hours • Train — planks, dead hangs, rest between sets Save each ritual as a tag and it becomes a one-tap start button with its own duration. SAY IT, DON'T TAP IT "Start Plank in Roundi." Between rounds, Siri sets the length, starts a tag, adds another round, or tells you your streak. Hands free — and once a round starts, nothing interrupts you. ON YOUR WRIST Roundi runs on Apple Watch too. Turn the Digital Crown, tap START, and the color sweeps away on your wrist; a tap and a chime mark the end. Watch rounds land in your iPhone's calendar, Siri works on the watch, and one rule carries over: unlock your iPhone during a watch round and the round ends. A TIMER YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK AT Choose how time drains: a clockwise disc, a color that falls or rises across the whole screen, or a spiral coil that unwinds from the outside in. Six soft colors. A chime and a soft blink of color when the round completes. EVERY ROUND, KEPT Finished rounds land as dots on your calendar, with your daily total and streak. Time becomes habit; habit becomes you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your rounds stay on your device. Set a time. Stay focused. One round at a time.

Screenshots

Focus Loop4 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundi at none against Focus Loop's 3. Roundi also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focus Loop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Roundi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Loop ships an update fortnightly, Roundi daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Focus Loop versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus LoopRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS1716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuryakant SharmaYakppal, Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Loop

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • monthly subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • yearly subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Loop free?
Focus Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Loop or Roundi have ads?
Neither Focus Loop nor Roundi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Loop or Roundi?
Focus Loop ships an update fortnightly, and Roundi daily. Most recently, Focus Loop was updated on October 4, 2026 and Roundi on September 28, 2026.

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