Comparison

Roundwork vs BUSHIDO Timer

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

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Roundwork

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Roundwork is a clean, focused interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM and circuit training. Set up a workout with four values: lead-in, work time, rest time and number of rounds. The timer guides you through each phase with clear on-screen colors and audio cues, so you always know whether to push or recover. FEATURES • Four-parameter setup: lead-in, work, rest, rounds • Five ready-made presets — Classic, Tabata, EMOM, Boxing, Sprint — plus your own • Clear phase colors and audio signals for every transition • Live heart rate during your workout • Standalone Apple Watch app: start a preset on your wrist, no iPhone needed • Haptics you feel at every change, with a 3-2-1 countdown • Complication for your watch face and the Smart Stack • Saves your session to Apple Health as a workout • Week overview with last week to compare — tap a day to see what you trained • Choose from a wide range of activity types • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Simple, distraction-free design No accounts, no clutter. Open the app, set your intervals and train.

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BUSHIDO Timer

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A training timer with its own war drums. Interval timer for Tabata, HIIT, boxing rounds and strength sets — plus a 25/5 focus timer — scored with original Japanese-style music built right in. No ads. No subscription. Works offline. BUSHIDO Timer counts your rounds with taiko, bell and gong, and plays original war-drum and phonk tracks made for training. Prefer your own playlist? Keep Spotify or Apple Music playing — BUSHIDO only adds the cues on top. FIVE WAYS TO TRAIN • ē–¾ TABATA — 20 sec all-out, 10 sec rest, 8 rounds • 烈 HIIT — 40 sec work, 20 sec rest, 10 rounds • 闘 ROUNDS — 3-minute rounds with 1 minute between, for boxing, kickboxing, MMA and sparring • 鍛 SETS — no clock on the lift: tap when your set is done, then a 60-sec rest, 5 sets • 禅 ZEN — 25 min focus, 5 min break, 4 rounds, with calm deep-focus music for work or study Change the seconds, rounds and get-ready time of each one. Each workout remembers its own settings, and you can reset to the defaults any time. MUSIC THAT FIGHTS WITH YOU • 40 original tracks free: 32 war-drum & phonk tracks for training, 8 deep-focus tracks for ZEN • BUILT-IN plays our tracks. MY MUSIC keeps your Spotify or Apple Music playing and lays the cues on top. OFF gives you cues only • Taiko starts the round, the bell calls rest, beeps count the last 3 seconds, the gong ends it • Music dips for a moment on each cue so you always hear it — adjust cue and music volume separately CUES YOU CAN'T MISS • Keeps counting with the screen locked • Live Activity on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island shows the round and the countdown • Big controls that are easy to hit with sweaty hands: START, PAUSE, SKIP, RESET APPLE WATCH • Runs on its own on your wrist • Haptics: a strong double tap for GO, a soft tap for rest, clicks in the last 3 seconds • Heart rate on screen, keeps running with your wrist down, saves each session as a workout in Apple Health • Uses the numbers you set on your iPhone and keeps its own streak RECORD & STREAK • Calendar marks each day with the kanji of what you trained • Day streak, sessions and minutes at a glance • Home Screen widgets: streak and today (small), this week plus one-tap TABATA / HIIT / ROUNDS (medium) MUSIC PACKS — BUY ONCE Every feature and 40 tracks are free. Want more music? • TRAINING PACK Vol.1 — 20 more war-drum & phonk tracks for TABATA, HIIT, ROUNDS and SETS • FOCUS PACK Vol.1 — 5 more deep-focus tracks for ZEN Buy once and it's yours forever. Every track is bundled in the app and plays offline. No ads. No subscription. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in. Your records and settings stay on your device. We don't collect any data, and there are no ads or tracking. On Apple Watch, heart rate is shown on screen and workouts are saved to Apple Health only — never sent to us. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Apple Watch app requires watchOS 11 or later. Live Activity in the Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. The way of the warrior starts with round one.

Screenshots

Roundwork4 screens
BUSHIDO Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundwork at none against BUSHIDO Timer's 2. BUSHIDO Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. BUSHIDO Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Roundwork asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roundwork ships an update every 2 weeks, BUSHIDO Timer every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Roundwork versus BUSHIDO Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundworkBUSHIDO Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominik MeierhoferMASAHIRO YAMAMOTO

In-app purchases

None

Roundwork

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BUSHIDO Timer

One-time2
  • FOCUS PACK Vol.1$1.99
  • TRAINING PACK Vol.1$2.99

Questions

Is Roundwork free?
Roundwork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BUSHIDO Timer free?
BUSHIDO Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Roundwork or BUSHIDO Timer have ads?
Neither Roundwork nor BUSHIDO Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roundwork or BUSHIDO Timer?
Roundwork ships an update every 2 weeks, and BUSHIDO Timer every 3 days. Most recently, Roundwork was updated on October 10, 2026 and BUSHIDO Timer on October 10, 2026.

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