Comparison

Rounds Coach vs Control

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

Head to head
About

Rounds Coach

This interval timer app provides a real coach's voice to guide you through workouts, offering customizable timers for HIIT, Tabata, and circuits. It integrates with music apps, Apple Watch, and Apple Health, with widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Real coach voice for interval guidance
  • Customizable HIIT, Tabata, and circuit timers
  • Music integration with Spotify and Apple Music
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch and Apple Health integration
  • Workout history and streaks tracking
  • Share timers via link or QR code
Features
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Rounds is an interval timer that doesn't hold features back. Everything is free — unlimited timers, compound timers, the coach voice, music, widgets, Apple Watch and Apple Health. A REAL COACH Liam calls every round, every interval and what's next — 400+ exercises, from burpees to the Pilates hundred — "Round 3 of 8! Work!", "Next up: squats!" — over your music, with the screen locked. BUILD ANY WORKOUT • HIIT, Tabata and circuit builders • Custom timers with repeating groups inside groups • Change every work or rest interval at once • Folders and search — drag timers to rearrange them, or drop one on a folder to file it • Starter workouts: Tabata, HIIT, the 7-Minute Workout, a Pilates mat class, EMOM, boxing rounds and focus sessions IN CONTROL MID-WORKOUT Jump straight to any interval from the list on the workout screen — handy when a class runs long or short. Pause, skip back or skip ahead any time. START WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets start a timer in one tap • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Tabata in Rounds", "Start a 5 minute countdown in Rounds" YOUR MUSIC Works with whatever you're playing — Spotify, Apple Music, podcasts. The music dips while the coach talks, can pause on every rest, and pauses with the workout. Or pick an Apple Music playlist for any timer. ACTIVITY AND STREAKS Every workout lands in your history: your day streak, this week's minutes and a month calendar in your timers' colours. Workouts from your Apple Watch count too. SHARE A TIMER Send any timer as a link or a QR code. Friends open it and add it to Rounds in one tap. WITH THE PHONE IN YOUR POCKET The timer keeps running, beeping and talking with the screen off. The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left and where you are in the workout. APPLE WATCH Run any timer from your wrist with haptics, Liam's voice and live heart rate. Tap the next interval to skip ahead. APPLE HEALTH Finished workouts are saved to Health with the workout type you choose. ALSO A one-tap countdown for rest between sets, and a stopwatch with laps. No subscription. No ads. No account. Your timers stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

About

Control

Features
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Control is one place to run your life: a habit tracker, tasks and priorities, projects, a daily planner and focus timer — and your workouts, with a real kettlebell program for training at home. Build a routine that sticks and see the whole day in one app. No account needed. DAILY PLANNER AND HABIT TRACKER — RUN YOUR DAY AND FOLLOW THE PLAN • Day follows the clock: priorities and habits in the morning, calendar and next steps during the day, habits in the evening • “Now” card: the block you’re in and the next thing to do, with one tap to start focus • Reminders that follow your plan: your top three in the morning, each calendar block as it starts, close the day in the evening • Close the day: move what you didn’t finish to tomorrow or let it go on purpose • Top-3 priorities for the day — with one-tap suggestions from yesterday and your projects • Time-blocking calendar with a week view and repeating blocks — your workout shows up there too • Home-screen widget: tick off priorities without opening the app • Lock screen widgets: habits, your next priority and the workout at a glance • Habit reminders with a Done button right in the notification • Add a calendar block in one line: “Gym 6–7pm tomorrow” • Last night’s sleep from Apple Health on iPhone • Share your workout or your week as a picture • Habits with schedules, courses and no-break streaks • Focus timer with notifications • Next step for every project • Bill reminders before they’re due • Quick notes • Practices library: 21 habits and “when you’re stuck” exercises, each with the research or experience behind it KETTLEBELL WORKOUTS AT HOME THAT KNOW WHAT’S NEXT • 14 programs inspired by renowned kettlebell coaches — daily 100/10, press ladders, double-bell complexes, snatch intervals, five-lift strength and more • Every program says plainly what it’s based on, what it builds and what it won’t give you • Today’s workout is planned for you — sets, reps, bell and rest • Progression cues: after easy sessions the app suggests a heavier bell or the next step; after hard ones, a step back. You decide with one tap • A short fitness test finds your starting level, so you don’t start from zero • Workout mode: the current set up front, one big button • Rest timer that starts itself, works over any screen, with sound and vibration • Progress for every exercise: working weight, volume and personal records • Benchmark tests with a built-in timer: 100 swings in 5 minutes, 10 get-ups in 10, 100 snatches in 5 • Build your own program and set a rep goal — the app suggests +1 rep when it’s time • Short on time? Squeeze today’s workout into 10 or 20 minutes — the main lift stays • No kettlebell with you? The same day’s workout with bodyweight moves — for trips and vacations • Programs grouped by goal: general fitness, strength, muscle, cardio, endurance • Rest and focus timers on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island • Apple Watch: tick off sets, see your heart rate, and the workout is saved to Health • Apple Watch complications: habits and today’s workout on your watch face SEE HOW YOUR ROUTINE IS GOING • Stats for 7 or 30 days: habits, workouts, focus, energy and priorities • A weekly review: what held up, what’s slipping, and one thing to try next week • Patterns across your days: energy after workouts, habits after short sleep, priorities on focus days PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads • Everything stays on your phone, with an automatic safety copy included in your phone’s backup; optional sync through your own iCloud or Google Drive; one-file backup through the share sheet • Русский, English, Español, Deutsch, Português — light or dark FREE No ads, no account, no in-app purchases. Privacy Policy: https://easygoingtechnologies-png.github.io/control/privacy.html Program names are the app’s own; the original programs and their authors are credited as inspiration. Control is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Screenshots

Rounds Coach4 screens
Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rounds Coach at daily against Control's every 2 days. Control's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

Rounds Coach ships an update daily, Control every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rounds Coach versus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRounds CoachControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAryaman RaviEasy Going

In-app purchases

None

Rounds Coach

No in-app purchases

None

Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rounds Coach free?
Rounds Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rounds Coach or Control have ads?
Neither Rounds Coach nor Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rounds Coach or Control?
Rounds Coach ships an update daily, and Control every 2 days. Most recently, Rounds Coach was updated on October 31, 2026 and Control on October 31, 2026.

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