Round Timer vs RestBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Round Timer
This app provides a simple and clear interval timer for various workout types like HIIT, Tabata, and boxing. It offers quick start options, large visual cues, and voice prompts to keep you focused during your training sessions.
- Quick start for last workout
- Built-in workout presets
- Custom workout builder
- Large visual countdown
- Voice cues
- Lock Screen and Live Activity support
- Workout history tracking
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Stop fumbling with complicated timers and start your workout in seconds. Get clear interval cues, a big easy-to-read countdown, and a round timer that keeps pace without breaking your flow. Round Timer: HIIT & Tabata helps you start, run, and track interval workouts on iPhone. Built for people who want to drop the phone, glance once, and keep moving, this HIIT timer focuses on quick starts and clear feedback. The GO card always launches your most recent workout, so your usual Tabata timer or interval timer is never more than one tap away. When a workout is running, the Live Activity and Lock Screen card keep the current phase, time left, and controls in view, and you can pause, skip, or stop from there. If you train with music, voice cues speak over your audio and then your music returns to normal volume. That makes it handy for Tabata abs while watching TV, sprint repeats at the track, or boxing rounds in the gym. • Start your last workout instantly from the GO card on Quick Start. • Pick from built-in presets including Classic Tabata, Beginner HIIT, EMOM 10, AMRAP 20, Boxing Rounds, and Sprint Intervals. • Build custom workouts with your own work, rest, rounds, get ready, and cooldown times. • Choose a protocol like Tabata, HIIT, EMOM, AMRAP, Circuit, Rounds, Sprint, or Custom. • Add per-round labels so voice cues can say Burpees or Push-ups instead of a generic work prompt. • See a giant full-screen countdown with color changes for work, rest, prep, cooldown, and finish. • Keep the next step in view with the UP NEXT preview and the round counter. • Control a session with large Restart, Play or Pause, and Skip buttons. • Let a saved workout start a playlist from your music library automatically and stop it when the workout ends. • Keep cues going when the screen locks, with optional haptics on every phase change. • Check History for this week, total time, streak, and session details, then share or delete a session. • Start from Home Screen, Lock Screen, Control Center, or a shortcut for even faster access. It fits real training moments. Start Classic Tabata for a quick core set, throw together a Circuit for class, run EMOM 10 in a garage gym, use Sprint Intervals for repeats, or keep Boxing Rounds visible from across the room. If you want one clean workout record instead of a pile of tiny entries, Pro can save each completed session to Apple Health as a single workout. The free version lets you save up to 3 custom workouts. Pro removes that limit and adds Apple Health saving for completed sessions. Music access is only needed if you want to play a playlist from your library, and Health access is only needed if you choose to save workouts there. Pick a preset, tap GO, and turn your iPhone into a clear, dependable HIIT timer for Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, boxing rounds, and more. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
RestBeat
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RestBeat is the focused rest timer built for the gym. Finish your set, glance once, and let the countdown, beeps, and haptics tell you exactly when to lift again — no fumbling, no guessing your rest between sets. Whether you train for strength, hypertrophy, HIIT, or CrossFit-style conditioning, RestBeat keeps every set on schedule so you can train with purpose. WHY LIFTERS CHOOSE RESTBEAT - Instant rest timer — tap a preset (30/45/60/90/120/180s) or dial a custom time on the wheel - Big, animated countdown you can read across the room - Audio beeps on the final 3 seconds and at finish, plus haptics and a vibration-only mode - +15s / −15s on the fly without losing your place - Set counter — always know "Set 3 of 5" and your total session time - Keep-screen-awake so the timer never sleeps mid-rest BUILD YOUR OWN ROUTINES - Create custom interval routines: EMOM, Tabata-style, straight sets, supersets, circuits - Order work and rest blocks with reps, duplicate, and drag to reorder - Run a routine and RestBeat steps you through every block automatically TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Automatic history log: date, duration, total rest, sets completed - Weekly volume and total-rest charts - Training-day streak to keep you consistent MADE TO BE SIMPLE - Works fully offline — no account, no sign-up required - Clean, modern design with smooth animations - Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese - Light, distraction-free interface PERFECT FOR - Weightlifting and powerlifting rest between sets - Bodybuilding and progressive overload - HIIT, Tabata, EMOM and circuit training - Anyone who wants to stop staring at the clock and start training Download RestBeat and make every rest count. Privacy Policy: https://silvervalleyprintco.com/privacy_policies.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RestBeat at none against Round Timer's 3. RestBeat also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Round Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. RestBeat asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Round Timer | RestBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sandeep Bhandari | Ferran Espuna |
In-app purchases
Round Timer
- Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Forever Pro$99.99
RestBeat
No in-app purchases
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