Comparison

Rounds vs RoundBell

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

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About

Rounds

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Rounds is a precision interval timer built for boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and high-intensity training. Designed to stay out of your way so you can focus on your training. Built for the ring - Configure rounds, rest periods, warm-up time, and end-of-round warnings. Save unlimited presets for different training styles โ€” from classic 3-minute boxing rounds to quick HIIT circuits. Hear every transition - Choose from bell, gong, whistle, and digital beep sounds for round starts, endings, and warnings. Enable haptic feedback so you never miss a cue, even in a loud gym. Voice announcements call out each round number so you always know where you are. Stay focused, screen off - Live Activities put your countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Notifications fire on every phase change, even when the app is in the background. Your screen stays awake during sessions - no tapping to check the clock. Track your sessions - Every completed and interrupted session is logged with date, duration, and rounds completed. Review your training history at a glance. Clean, minimal design - Color-coded phases โ€” warm-up, round, rest โ€” with customizable theme colors. Dark mode by default. Designed with Liquid Glass for iOS 26.

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RoundBell

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RoundBell is a gym-grade round and interval timer for boxing, HIIT, and everything with a work and rest rhythm. Big numbers, loud bells, and a warning before every round ends, so your hands stay up and your eyes stay off the clock. Start in seconds with a real built-in library: - Classic boxing, 12 rounds of 3:00 work and 1:00 rest, plus amateur, speed, and heavy-bag variants - HIIT intervals like 40/20 and 30/30 - Tabata, the classic 20/10 by eight, and a double round - EMOM, every minute on the minute - Bodyweight and core circuits, plus mobility and cooldown flows Build your own timer: - Set prepare, rounds, work and rest phases, cooldown, and the bell - Add as many phases per round as you want for real circuits - Pick from six bells and a configurable end-of-round warning During a workout: - A full-bleed display that scales up on iPad and Mac - Bell at every change, a warning beep before work ends, and a 3 2 1 countdown - Haptics and a keep-awake screen, so it works from across the room Keep going and it adds up: - Every session is logged with your day streak, totals, and a weekly-minutes chart - Personal records for best rounds and longest session - A boxing combo of the day with a coaching tip Free and Lifetime: - Free includes the whole built-in library, the full timer, every cue, the log, and up to three saved custom timers - Lifetime is a one-time $9.99 USD purchase that lifts the cap to unlimited custom timers and unlocks training-log exports to CSV and PDF Your custom timers and workout history sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with your private iCloud. No account to create, no ads, and no tracking.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rounds at none against RoundBell's 1. RoundBell's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Rounds versus RoundBell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundsRoundBell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.218.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon LuoInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

None

Rounds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RoundBell

One-time1
  • RoundBell Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoundBell free?
RoundBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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