Workoutimer vs Roundwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workoutimer
Create and customize interval timers for various workout styles like HIIT and Tabata. Save your custom routines, track your progress, and utilize preset timers for quick workouts. Enjoy flexible settings for training parts, durations, and intervals.
- Customizable workout timers
- Save up to 100 custom timers
- Background execution
- Training part and duration settings
- Interval and set number settings
- Workout history tracking
- Preset timers
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Workoutimer is timer app that can be freely workout settings such as HIIT and Tabata timer. You can assemble the set by setting the training parts freely in Workoutimer. Circuit training, HIIT or Tabata timer, how to use is up to you . Function - Save 100 custom timers you edited by free - Background execution and notification ON / OFF - Setting of training part name and duration - Setting interval time - Setting the number of sets - History screen for checking your "Done" records - 4 types of preset timer - Speech notification ON / OFF - Countdown sound ON / OFF - Countdown vibration ON / OFF - Tick sound ON / OFF - Setting of the screen lock during the timer display - Setting of Immediately timer start after the timer display - Hide unnecessary preset timer if you want
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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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundwork at none against Workoutimer's 1. Roundwork also leads on ads (none vs shown). Workoutimer's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Workoutimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundwork asks for nothing beyond the download.
Workoutimer ships an update monthly, Roundwork every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workoutimer | Roundwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (181 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gen Takeda | Dominik Meierhofer |
In-app purchases
Workoutimer
- Hide Ad$0.99
Roundwork
No in-app purchases
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