Comparison

IntervalKit vs Rounds

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

Head to head
About

IntervalKit

Features
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IntervalKit is a simple and powerful interval training app for runners. Set your intervals, work and rest durations, and let IntervalKit guide you through your workout with voice prompts and live countdowns. FEATURES • Time-based or distance-based intervals • Voice guidance — spoken phase announcements and countdown • Live Activity on Dynamic Island and Lock Screen • Optional warmup and cooldown phases • Step counting and cadence tracking • Works indoors — no GPS required for time mode • Slovak and English language support

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

IntervalKit3 screens
Rounds3 screens

Verdict

The call

IntervalKit and Rounds are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
IntervalKit versus Rounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervalKitRounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDusan Baranyieli dangerfield

In-app purchases

None

IntervalKit

No in-app purchases

None

Rounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IntervalKit free?
IntervalKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IntervalKit or Rounds have ads?
Neither IntervalKit nor Rounds shows ads.

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