Routine Timer vs Roundi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Routine Timer
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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.
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.
- Visual time tracking
- Single-task enforcement
- Customizable focus rituals
- Voice control with Siri
- Apple Watch integration
- Multiple visual themes
- Focus streak tracking
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Routine Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Routine Timer ships an update every 9 days, Roundi daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Routine Timer | Roundi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ihor Romanenko | Yakppal, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Routine Timer
- Unlock Forever$12.99
Roundi
No in-app purchases





