Comparison

Tabula Rasa vs Roll Timer

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

Head to head
About

Tabula Rasa

Features
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Tabula Rasa is a blank slate: a minimalist timer for yoga, pranayama and meditation. No feeds, no streaks pressure, no noise. Paper, ink, and your practice. THE APP BREATHES WITH YOU Guided breath cues stretch to match your settings — a 4-second inhale sounds like a 4-second inhale, an 8-second exhale lasts exactly 8 seconds. Choose from 9 sound packs: singing bowls, bells, tabla, woodblocks, water, or a real human breath recorded for each phase. SIX PRANAYAMAS Box Breathing, Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril), Kapalabhati (breath of fire), Bhramari, Ujjayi, Sitali — each with precise phase timing and a calm ambient bed underneath. SIX MEDITATIONS Zen, Vipassana, Peaceful, Energy Rising, Buddha Inside, Sleep & Balance — each with its own ambient soundscape. Set your duration, sit, listen. 42 ASANAS, READY-MADE FLOWS A full asana library with Sanskrit names, side-switch prompts and rest phases. Start with built-in sequences — Sun Salutation, Morning Wake, Hip Reset, Wind Down — or compose your own. APPLE WATCH, TRULY STANDALONE Every practice runs on the Watch by itself: sounds, haptic guidance for each breath and pose change, no iPhone required. Your custom sessions sync over automatically, and completed practices land in your history and Apple Health. BUILT TO DISAPPEAR One tap starts your practice. The interface fades away and leaves you with your breath. Your own music from Apple Music can play underneath. Mindful minutes are written to Apple Health. PREMIUM Unlock every sound pack, all meditations, unlimited custom compositions, session history with streaks, and iCloud sync. Subscriptions: monthly with 7-day free trial, annual, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Roll Timer

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A round and interval timer built for the mat. "6 rounds of 5:00, 1:00 rest" takes two taps, the countdown is readable from three metres away, and the timer keeps running when you lock the phone and drop it in your bag. ONE TAP TO START • Ready on first launch: Sparring 6 × 5:00, Drilling 8 × 3:00, Circuit 3 × 5 × 0:40. • Tap ▶ on any timer for a 3-2-1 countdown. Your last-used timer waits at the top. READ IT FROM ACROSS THE MAT • Huge digits, with nothing competing for the screen. • The whole screen floods with the colour of the phase: lime for work, blue for rest, violet for the long rest between circuits. You can tell the phase without reading anything. • The next interval is always shown, so you know what's coming. ROUNDS, RESTS AND CIRCUITS • Rounds from 0:05 to 60:00, rests up to 30:00, up to 20 circuits of 50 rounds. • Every round is the same by default. Switch to Custom to change any single round or rest: a longer last round, a shorter rest, an extra round at the end. • The total session time is shown before you start. A SOUND FOR EVERY CUE • 38 original sounds in six sets: classic gym, loud & long, coach voice, calm, dynamic and fun. • Pick a sound and volume for each moment: round start, rest, long rest, halfway, last 10 seconds, the 3-2-1 countdown and workout done. • Halfway and Last 10 seconds can be switched on for each timer. • Long, loud defaults you hear in the middle of a roll: the bell means go, the train horn means rest, the ship horn means long rest, the horn means done. • A 3-2-1 before the end of every round and rest. • Music from another app pauses for each cue and carries on right after (with the iPhone locked, it dips instead). • Optional voice callouts ("Round 3", "Rest", "Ten seconds") and haptics. KEEPS RUNNING ON THE LOCK SCREEN • Lock the phone or switch apps. The session keeps time and keeps playing its cues. • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with Pause, Resume and Skip. • Pause, skip a round, or keep going exactly where you left off. ON YOUR WRIST • Roll Timer for Apple Watch shows the running timer full screen in the colour of the phase, with Pause, Skip and End. • Start any of your timers from the watch. The iPhone plays the cues out loud, so the whole mat hears them. • A tap on the wrist at every round, every rest and the end of the workout while the app is open on the watch. • With iOS 18 and watchOS 11, the Live Activity also appears in the Smart Stack on your Apple Watch. MADE FOR THE GYM • The screen stays on and bright during a session, at the brightness you choose. • Works offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. • In 9 languages: English, Português, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Polski, Русский and 日本語. For Brazilian jiu-jitsu, grappling, wrestling, judo, sambo, MMA, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, HIIT, Tabata, circuit training and open mat.

Screenshots

Tabula Rasa4 screens
Roll Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Roll Timer at every 2 days against Tabula Rasa's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabula Rasa ships an update every 2 months, Roll Timer every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Tabula Rasa versus Roll Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabula RasaRoll Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeo ChernyakGrigoriy Shimichev

In-app purchases

None

Tabula Rasa

No in-app purchases

None

Roll Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabula Rasa free?
Tabula Rasa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roll Timer free?
Roll Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tabula Rasa or Roll Timer have ads?
Neither Tabula Rasa nor Roll Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabula Rasa or Roll Timer?
Tabula Rasa ships an update every 2 months, and Roll Timer every 2 days. Most recently, Tabula Rasa was updated on November 10, 2026 and Roll Timer on November 10, 2026.

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