Comparison

Pomotime vs Roundi

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

Head to head
About

Pomotime

Features
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Focus and rest, at your own pace. Pomotime is a simple Pomodoro timer for studying, working, and making time for what matters. Set your focus and break intervals, then find a rhythm that works for you. Key Features • Make It Your Timer Customize your focus time, break time, and number of repetitions. • See Your Session at a Glance A flame marks your focus time, while a leaf lets you know it’s time for a break. • Control It from Your Lock Screen Check the remaining time and play, pause, skip, or end your timer through Live Activities and the Dynamic Island on supported devices. • Stay on Track with Notifications Get notified when a focus or break interval ends. Choose whether to use push alerts and sound and vibration. Actual sound and vibration behavior depends on your device settings. • Review Your Session See your total time, focus time, break time, and completed cycles after a session. • Keep Things Comfortable Enjoy a clean interface with light and dark themes. Build your focus, one session at a time, with Pomotime.

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

Pomotime4 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Roundi at none against Pomotime's shown. Roundi also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomotime ships an update every 11 days, Roundi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pomotime versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomotimeRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINHO SHINYakppal, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Pomotime

No in-app purchases

None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomotime free?
Pomotime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomotime or Roundi have ads?
Pomotime shows ads; Roundi does not.
Which is updated more often, Pomotime or Roundi?
Pomotime ships an update every 11 days, and Roundi every 2 days. Most recently, Pomotime was updated on October 31, 2026 and Roundi on October 20, 2026.

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