Comparison

Routine Timer vs Roundi

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

Head to head
About

Routine Timer

Features
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Big friendly timers. One step at a time. No pressure. Routine Timer turns any routine — morning, homework, cleanup, bedtime — into a sequence of visual steps. Each step gets a full-screen timer with a big color ring, and a gentle tap tells you when to move on. MADE FOR REAL LIFE • Build routines from steps: icon + duration, nothing to overthink • One giant full-screen timer per step — impossible to lose track • Haptic nudge on every transition • Pause, skip, or restart any step — no streaks, no guilt, no failure stats PERFECT FOR • Morning and bedtime routines • Homework and focus sprints • Kids getting ready for school • Cleanup bursts and chore blocks PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. SIMPLE PRICING Your first routine is free — full featured, forever. One purchase unlocks unlimited routines. No subscription.

About

Roundi

This app encourages single-task focus by visualizing time as a disappearing color disc. It enforces focus by making leaving the app before a round ends costly. Users can create custom focus rituals and control it hands-free with voice commands.

Highlights
  • Visual time tracking
  • Single-task enforcement
  • Customizable focus rituals
  • Voice control with Siri
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Multiple visual themes
  • Focus streak tracking
Features
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One round, one thing. Roundi holds you to a single task and shows the time as color: focus you can see. Turn the dial, press start, and a disc of color begins to disappear — like a kitchen timer for your attention. No numbers counting down, no notifications pulling you back. Just time, visibly running out. THE ONE RULE Leave the app — or lock the screen — before the round ends, and the round is lost, instantly. That's the whole trick: Roundi doesn't block anything, it just makes leaving cost something. (Too strict? There's a Lenient mode.) MADE FOR YOUR RITUALS • Meditate — 15 quiet minutes, watching the color fade • Study — a 50-minute block with no pings • Work — deep work sessions up to 2 hours • Train — planks, dead hangs, rest between sets Save each ritual as a tag and it becomes a one-tap start button with its own duration. SAY IT, DON'T TAP IT "Start Plank in Roundi." Between rounds, Siri sets the length, starts a tag, adds another round, or tells you your streak. Hands free — and once a round starts, nothing interrupts you. ON YOUR WRIST Roundi runs on Apple Watch too. Turn the Digital Crown, tap START, and the color sweeps away on your wrist; a tap and a chime mark the end. Watch rounds land in your iPhone's calendar, Siri works on the watch, and one rule carries over: unlock your iPhone during a watch round and the round ends. A TIMER YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK AT Choose how time drains: a clockwise disc, a color that falls or rises across the whole screen, or a spiral coil that unwinds from the outside in. Six soft colors. A chime and a soft blink of color when the round completes. EVERY ROUND, KEPT Finished rounds land as dots on your calendar, with your daily total and streak. Time becomes habit; habit becomes you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your rounds stay on your device. Set a time. Stay focused. One round at a time.

Screenshots

Routine Timer2 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundi at none against Routine Timer's 1. Roundi also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Routine Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine Timer ships an update every 9 days, Roundi daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Routine Timer versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TimerRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihor RomanenkoYakppal, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Routine Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$12.99
None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Routine Timer or Roundi have ads?
Neither Routine Timer nor Roundi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Timer or Roundi?
Routine Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Roundi daily. Most recently, Routine Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Roundi on September 28, 2026.

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