eBoxing vs Heavy Bag Workout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eBoxing
Enhance your boxing training with smart handles and a smartphone app. Track punch speed, accuracy, and intensity, analyze performance, and follow guided workouts for personalized coaching. Share your progress with others.
- Personalized e-coaching
- Real-time punch analysis
- Guided and free workout modes
- Progress tracking and stats
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Vibration impulse commands
- Share workout stats
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All electronic boxing training - with a pair of boxing handles and your smartphone Do you know how fast your jabs? Are you aware how accurate your hooks and uppercuts? eBoxingHandles got it and lets you know what your punch bag will never. After conducting a shadow-boxing workout with eBoxingHandles you can analyze your performance on your phone instantly. You can check the precision, intensity and the count of the punches. Above that, it reveals the skill difference between your arms and helps you focus on the weakest link and to destroy your limits. Your phone will store all workout stats so you can observe your progress in time. With the “Guided workout” mode your phone becomes a personal trainer. Gives commands by vibration signals at the handles and it assists you to practice and perfect combinations and your response time as well. With the „Free workout” mode you can perform your own training and your phone monitors and evaluates your boxing routine. You've just finished an intense workout? Why not share your stats with friends, boxing community or your challengers. Get your eBoxingHandles at www.eboxinghandles.com and step into the new era of shadow-boxing. Features - Personal e-coaching - 3 axis acceleration sensore system - Bluetooth technology - fully wireless, directly connects to your smartphone - Vibration impulses commanding system - Adaptive punching combinations training engine - Dual functionality: select „Guided workout” for guided training and wait for instructions or select „Free workout” for shadow boxing and statistics. - Analyze your stats on your phone right after the workout - Track your training and progress - the app counts and calculates intensity and accuracy of uppercuts, hooks and jabs during a workout - Share stats with your friends, boxing community or challengers
Heavy Bag Workout
This app provides guided boxing workouts with a virtual coach calling out combinations and offering technique advice. It allows you to integrate your own music and customize round lengths and rest periods. Track your progress and sync data with Apple Health.
- Virtual boxing coach calling combinations
- Integrate your own music
- Customizable round and rest periods
- Technique demonstration videos
- Workout progress tracking
- Apple Health integration
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YOUR MUSIC. RICK IN YOUR CORNER. Gloves on. Mind clear. Heavy Bag brings real boxing coaching to your workout, with combinations called as you move. Less to remember. More time finding your rhythm. Coach Rick Sweeney calls the punches and shares advice on breathing, stance and technique. Hear the combinations, follow the rhythm of the recorded bag work, and keep your attention on the bag. YOUR SOUNDTRACK, YOUR BALANCE Start music in your favourite music app, then bring Rick into the mix. Preview his coaching before you start, adjust Coach level whenever you need, and keep sound controls close throughout the workout. Keep music lower holds a steady balance through speech pauses, rounds and rests. ROUNDS THAT FIT YOU Start with The classic six: six 3-minute rounds, 60-second rests, orthodox. Choose another curated session or customise your own: up to 10 rounds, 2- or 3-minute rounds, 30- or 60-second rests, orthodox or southpaw, and optional recovery coaching. Original English and Spanish coaching are included. A FRESH ORDER, WHEN YOU WANT IT Switch on Shuffle to explore more of the coaching library in shorter sessions. Recordings play in a fresh order without repeating until the available set has been used. Prefer the familiar sequence? Original order remains the default. CREDIT FOR THE WORK Track completed and partial workouts, rounds and boxing time. Add your weight manually for estimated active calories. Export your session history whenever you like. YOUR BOXING, IN APPLE HEALTH Choose to save Boxing workouts and estimated active calories to Apple Health. A short introduction explains the benefit and your choices. Health is optional, and Heavy Bag does not read your Health history. Calorie estimates use weight and active boxing time, excluding rests and pauses; they are not heart-rate measurements. WATCH IT. PUT IT TO WORK. Rick’s original technique films demonstrate punches, combinations and hand wrapping, ready to revisit at your own pace. BEAUTIFULLY REBUILT A native iOS design with warm clay colours, glass details, photography and a leather bag that responds subtly to your phone. Better-balanced playback levels and gentler round signals help the original coaching feel at home in your soundtrack. No account. No subscription. Coaching and technique films are available offline, and workout audio continues with the screen locked. Your music service may require its own connection or subscription. Heavy Bag / Box4Fitness. Your corner. Every round.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: eBoxing at Free against Heavy Bag Workout's $2.99. eBoxing also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Heavy Bag Workout's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On 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
eBoxing is free to download; Heavy Bag Workout costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Heavy Bag Workout holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of eBoxing's written reviews are positive against 50% of Heavy Bag Workout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
eBoxing ships an update monthly, Heavy Bag Workout every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eBoxing | Heavy Bag Workout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eBoxingHandles, Inc. | Peter Rogers |
Customer experience
eBoxing
Heavy Bag Workout
In-app purchases
eBoxing
No in-app purchases
Heavy Bag Workout
No in-app purchases
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