Comparison

Pomodoro 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

Pomodoro Timer

Features
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A calm, minimalist Pomodoro timer that helps you concentrate in short, focused bursts with regular breaks. Start a 25-minute focus session, take a 5-minute break, and repeat. Durations are fully configurable to match your own rhythm. FOCUS, AT A GLANCE - Clean, distraction-free timer with no clutter or unnecessary screens - Live Activity and Dynamic Island support, so your session is visible without opening the app - Home Screen widget for a quick glance at your progress - Keep-screen-on option while a session is running TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Daily focus time, streaks, and completed sessions - Session history with a 7-day, 30-day, and all-time view APPLE WATCH COMPANION - A themed, phone-tethered Apple Watch app with haptics, so you can start, check, and control sessions from your wrist SYNCED ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - Stats, settings, and theme sync automatically via iCloud POMODORO PRO Unlock the full experience with an optional one-time Pro upgrade: - Unlimited session history and detailed trends - Streaks, goals, and weekly insights - Custom themes and matching alternate app icons - Ambient focus sounds to help you settle in No account or sign-in is required — everything works immediately. Pro is a single one-time purchase, not a subscription: buy it once and it's yours for good.

About

Roundi

This app helps you focus on one task at a time using a visual timer that drains color. It offers strict modes to prevent distractions and allows you to save custom rituals for meditation, study, or work. Integrates with Siri and Apple Watch for hands-free control and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Visual time draining with color
  • Strict mode to enforce single-tasking
  • Customizable rituals for different activities
  • Pomodoro sequence support
  • Siri integration for hands-free control
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-go use
  • Exportable PDF reports of focus time
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 unless you switch them on, no notifications pulling you back. Just time, visibly running out. THE ONE RULE In Strict mode, 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? Allow locking, so the round continues on the lock screen, or switch to 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. POMODORO, IN SEQUENCE A tag can hold rounds and breaks: four 25-minute rounds with 5-minute breaks, say. Roundi runs the whole sequence, fills a ring through each break and shows where you are. REMINDED, NOT NAGGED Give a tag up to three reminders: a time and the days you want it. Tap the notification and the round starts right away. A missed one doesn't repeat. 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. SOUND FOR THE ROUND Rain, a café, a ticking clock, a fan, a train, the sea: twelve sounds that loop for the whole round and fall silent for breaks. Pick one for a tag, or for rounds started from the dial, or play a file of your own. Set the volume from the speaker icon or on the running round, and tap the sound's name to mute it. EVERY ROUND, KEPT Finished rounds land as dots on your calendar, with your daily total and streak. Time becomes habit; habit becomes you. Did a round end by mistake while you kept going? Change its result; it's marked as edited. YOUR ROUNDS, AS A REPORT Pick a tag and a range of dates, and Roundi makes a PDF: focused time by day or week, rounds completed and rounds ended early, how you do by time of day, and every round listed. Keep it, or share it with a coach, a teacher or your doctor. ON EVERY DEVICE Your rounds, tags and settings follow you between iPhone, iPad and Mac through iCloud, end-to-end encrypted. Widgets put today's rounds and a one-tap start on your Home Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Only you can read your rounds. Set a time. Stay focused. One round at a time.

Screenshots

Pomodoro Timer4 screens
Roundi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundi at none against Pomodoro Timer's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Pomodoro Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pomodoro Timer ships an update daily, Roundi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pomodoro Timer versus Roundi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPomodoro TimerRoundi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanislav PavlovichevYakppal, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
None

Roundi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roundi free?
Roundi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pomodoro Timer or Roundi have ads?
Neither Pomodoro Timer nor Roundi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pomodoro Timer or Roundi?
Pomodoro Timer ships an update daily, and Roundi every 2 days. Most recently, Pomodoro Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Roundi on November 13, 2026.

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