Circulus — Training Timer
Matthias Eitner Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Circulus — Training Timer is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Matthias Eitner. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated October 7, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 13 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 7
- 2026 · v1.2.0
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About Circulus — Training Timer
Build your routine from activities, rests, rounds and stations. Run it on your own or together on the same countdown. No account, no sign-up. WHY CIRCULUS EXISTS My boxing group worked through a lot of timer apps. None of them won us over: either features were missing, or the basics sat behind a paywall. So I built the app we should have had. It was made for us — and built so that it works for anyone who knows the same problem. FOR YOU • Create and edit routines • Add activities, rests, rounds and stations with parallel lanes • Run it in overview mode (shows every parallel lane at once) or in station mode (you pick one lane per station) • Write an introduction, add a Spotify or Apple Music link as a suggested soundtrack WITH YOUR PEOPLE • Send a routine as a link through any messenger — or as a file, and even the clips travel with it • Group mode: set a start time, the others scan the QR code, every device counts the same countdown • No account, no sign-up, no email invitations FOR YOUR COMMUNITY • Record your own clips and use them in activities • Keep a profile, pass your routines on • Link a YouTube video in the introduction YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Circulus has no server. Routines, profile and settings live on your device and nowhere else — there is nothing to sync, because there is nowhere to sync to. Group mode works without any connection between devices either: the QR code shares the start time, and every device handles the rest on its own. Routines leave your phone only when you deliberately share them. FREE. COMPLETE. Every feature is included. There is no pro version, no subscription, no locked switches — that was the reason to build this app in the first place. Ads carry the running costs. They appear in the library and after a workout — never during a workout, never while sharing. THE CLIPS THAT COME WITH IT The five exercise clips Circulus ships with were generated with AI. They are there so the app is not empty on day one — the clips that matter, you record yourself. The spoken cues are generated with AI as well. QUESTIONS, IDEAS, BUGS Write to me: [email protected] — or on X at @just_mazen.
What’s new
Version 1.2.0 · Updated October 7, 2026
Your phone is on the mat, you're in the middle of a set – and you still want to see what's coming next. BIGGER PREVIEW The preview of your next activity now comes in three sizes: Small, Normal and Large. Under Settings → Preview you see straight away how it will look during your workout. It also appears earlier, 15 seconds before the change. COUNTDOWN FOR QUICK ROUTINES Put your phone down calmly before it begins: quick routines now have a countdown. The screen shows "Starting in", the cues count you in – and off you go. If one of your own routines starts with a rest, it now reads "Starting in" there too.
App privacy
The developer, Matthias Eitner, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data, Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics
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