Rounds vs UBT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
UBT
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UBT is a round timer built for jiu-jitsu, readable from across the mat, and quiet about everything that isn't the clock. OFFICIAL IBJJF TIMES Every belt's match time is ready to go: white 5 min, blue 6, purple 7, brown 8, black 10. Train at the exact pace you'll compete at. TRAINING FORMATS Drill, warm-up, sparring, long roll, shark tank and single match, the sessions your academy already runs, one tap away. YOUR OWN WORKOUTS Set rounds, round length and rest. The app shows how the total breaks down: how many minutes rolling, how many resting. Save it and it's waiting for you next time. BUILT TO READ AT A GLANCE A dark screen with a huge countdown and a ring that changes color as the round moves: green while you roll, amber in the final stretch, red in the last seconds, blue on rest. You'll know where you are without walking over to the phone. SOUNDS THAT CUT THROUGH Eight tones, including gong, air horn, whistle, bell and buzzer, plus recorded voice calls for each moment of the session. Pick a different one for round start, rest and the end of the workout. Alerts play over your music instead of stopping it, and work with the phone on silent. MADE FOR TRAINING Screen stays awake while the round runs. Works in portrait and landscape. English, Portuguese and Spanish, following your phone's language. Free, with a single ad when you open the app, never during a round.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rounds at none against UBT's shown. UBT's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Rounds | UBT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nightjar Labs LLC. | Matheus Tonelotto |
In-app purchases
Rounds
No in-app purchases
UBT
No in-app purchases









