Comparison

Tomodoro vs Roundi

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

Head to head
About

Tomodoro

Features
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Focus on one thing at a time. PomoTimer splits your day into short focused sessions with real breaks in between. Start the timer, do one thing until it rings, then step away. That is the whole method, and it works. WHAT YOU GET - Classic 25 / 5 / 15 minute intervals, or set your own from 1 to 120 minutes - A long break automatically after every fourth session - Live Activity and Lock Screen countdown, so you can check the time without opening the app - Notifications and haptic feedback when a session ends - Light and dark themes that follow your system setting - A calm animated timer you can switch on or off - Works offline. No account, no sign-up MADE FOR Studying and exam revision, deep work, writing, coding, practising an instrument, chores, and time boxing for ADHD. Anything that goes better against a clock. REMOVE ADS ONCE PomoTimer is free with a small banner. A single in-app purchase removes every ad for good. No subscription, no trial. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Translated into more than 30 languages, including notifications and the Lock Screen timer.

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

Tomodoro4 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundi at none against Tomodoro's 1. Roundi also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price 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. Tomodoro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tomodoro ships an update every 6 months, Roundi daily. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tomodoro versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTomodoroRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Gerardo Palma DuranYakppal, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tomodoro

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tomodoro free?
Tomodoro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tomodoro or Roundi have ads?
Tomodoro shows ads; Roundi does not.
Which is updated more often, Tomodoro or Roundi?
Tomodoro ships an update every 6 months, and Roundi daily. Most recently, Tomodoro was updated on September 28, 2026 and Roundi on September 28, 2026.

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