Comparison

Rounds vs Flow

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

Head to head
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.

About

Flow

This app provides a customizable round timer for combat sports training, allowing users to set work, rest, and warm-up intervals. It also records training sessions simultaneously, enabling users to review their form and progress.

Highlights
  • Customizable rounds, rest, and warm-up intervals
  • High-visibility display
  • Automatic video save to photo library
  • Simultaneous timer and recording
  • Clean, minimalist design
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Flow is the round timer built for fighters. Whether you're boxing, training MMA, or working combat sports drills, Flow gives you a clean, distraction-free timer that keeps up with your training. And records it! The Timer: Fully customizable round timer with work, rest, and warm-up intervals. Set your rounds, your rest, your pace. The Camera: Flow runs your timer and records your session at the same time. Review your form, track your progress, and save your rounds directly to your camera roll. Without taking off your gloves. Features: -Customizable rounds, rest periods, and warm-up intervals -High-visibility display readable across the gym -Automatic video save to your photo library -Clean & minimalist design that gets out of your way Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rounds3 screens
Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rounds at none against Flow's 2. Flow's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Rounds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rounds against 5.0 for Flow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Rounds versus Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundsFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNightjar Labs LLC.Pivot Point Labs

In-app purchases

None

Rounds

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flow

Subscriptions2
  • Flow Pro$4.991 Month
  • Flow Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Rounds free?
Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flow free?
Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rounds or Flow?
Rounds and Flow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Rounds or Flow have ads?
Neither Rounds nor Flow shows ads.

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