Comparison

Boxing Coach Workout Timer vs Train Like a Boxer

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

Head to head
About

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

This app provides a customizable boxing round timer with voice guidance and personalized workouts. It offers preconfigured or custom sessions with flexible phases, favorite combo selection, and AI-powered coach voices. Enjoy an ad-free, hands-free experience with Siri and HealthKit integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable boxing round timer
  • Personalized workout creation
  • AI-powered voice coaching
  • Favorite combo selection
  • Siri shortcuts for hands-free control
  • Ad-free experience
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Elevate your boxing training with the Boxing Coach and Workout Timer, your ultimate companion for boxing classes, sparring sessions, shadow boxing, or punching bag workouts. Designed to optimize your training, this app offers personalized workouts, real-time coaching, and an audio-supported boxing round timer. Optimized for both iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with a layout that adapts to every screen so you can train seamlessly on any device. Key Features Personalized Workouts • Preconfigured schedules: Access ready-to-use boxing workouts to start training immediately. • Customizable sessions: Create unlimited personalized workouts tailored to your goals. • Flexible phases: Define warm-up, up to 18 boxing rounds with breaks, and cool-down phases with full control over durations. Boxing, Kickboxing, and Defensive Combos • Boxing combos: Classic punch combinations to sharpen your hands. • Kickboxing combos: Add kicks and knees for full kickboxing sessions. • Defensive combos: Train slips, rolls, blocks, and counters to round out your skills. • Favorite combos: Choose your preferred combinations across all three disciplines. Enhanced Training Experience • Audio and voice support: Optional voice guidance and sounds to keep you focused and motivated. • Music compatibility: Continue listening to your favorite music apps during workouts. • Community leaderboard: Stay motivated by comparing your progress with the global community through weekly, monthly, yearly, and all-time rankings. • AI-powered voice coaching: Choose from six distinct boxing coaches, each with their own style, to guide you through combos and rounds in real time for a truly personalized workout. Widgets • Home Screen widgets: Launch your favorite workouts and keep your training front and center with quick, one-tap access right from your Home Screen. User-Friendly Interface • Intuitive design: Clean and simple interface with color-coded workout phases. • No sign-up required: Start using the app immediately, no registration needed. • Ad-free experience: Enjoy uninterrupted training without distracting advertisements. Seamless Integration • HealthKit integration: Sync workouts and body measurements seamlessly for comprehensive tracking. Free & Pro The core experience is completely free, with no ads and no sign-up: • A variety of preconfigured boxing programs, ready to train immediately • Full boxing, kickboxing, and defensive combo libraries • Audio and voice support • Home Screen widgets • Community leaderboard • HealthKit integration Upgrade to Pro to unlock: • Custom workouts: create your own unlimited boxing workouts tailored to your goals. • Combo callouts during workouts: have your selected boxing, kickboxing, and defensive combos called out in real time as you train. Why Choose Boxing Coach and Workout Timer? • Optimize your training: Maximize results with personalized workouts and real-time coaching. • Stay focused: The app's intuitive design and voice support help you concentrate on your training, not your phone. • No distractions: Enjoy an ad-free experience with no sign-up barriers. Transform Your Boxing Training Today! Download the Boxing Coach and Workout Timer now and take the first step towards more effective and enjoyable boxing workouts! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Train Like a Boxer

This app provides boxing-inspired workouts to build strength and improve physique. It offers 4-week training programs with exercises targeting the upper body, core, and full body, focusing on proper technique and common boxing moves.

Highlights
  • Boxing exercise instructions
  • Upper body strengthening
  • Core training
  • Lower body workouts
  • Full-body training
  • 4-week training programs
  • Proper techniques and stances
Features
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We offer instructions for exercises boxers use to get in fighting shape. Exercises focused on strengthening your upper body, core, and lower body as well as full-body training movements. We have multiple 4-week training programs filled with intense routines built from these exercises. All geared toward helping you reach your fitness and physique goals. At no point in following these programs will you have to take a punch, but once you've completed them you'll definitely look like you can throw one. The app contains proper techniques, starting stances, and common moves, such as jabs, uppercuts, and kicks.

Screenshots

Boxing Coach Workout Timer4 screens
Train Like a Boxer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxing Coach Workout Timer at 4.5 against Train Like a Boxer's 3.9. Boxing Coach Workout Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Train Like a Boxer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Boxing Coach Workout Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Train Like a Boxer sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxing Coach Workout Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxing Coach Workout Timer has 582 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Boxing Coach Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 40% of Train Like a Boxer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxing Coach Workout Timer ships an update weekly, Train Like a Boxer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Boxing Coach Workout Timer versus Train Like a Boxer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing Coach Workout TimerTrain Like a Boxer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (582 ratings) — better3.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews55.7% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings582 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNils AckermannSamantha Roobol

Customer experience

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

All ratings582 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive55.7%
Neutral17.0%
Negative27.3%

Train Like a Boxer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sound/speech issues
  • Timer inaccuracies
  • Crashes and technical issues
  • Login/purchase required for full features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and save custom workouts/combos
  • Option to add body shots to combos
  • Warning sound before round ends
  • Workout history/analytics tracking
  • Defensive combo presets

Train Like a Boxer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
12 purchases

Train Like a Boxer

One-time12
  • Cardio Boxing to Lose Weight$1.99
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Jump Rope like a Boxer$1.99
Show 9 more
  • Get a Fighter's Physique$1.99
  • Conditioning Circuit$1.99
  • Ultimate Fighter Workout Plan$1.99
  • Boxing Masterclass$1.99
  • Exercises for Beginners$1.99
  • MMA Workout Plan$1.99
  • The Spartan Challenge$1.99
  • Kickboxing Moves$1.99
  • Full Bundle$5.99

Questions

Is Boxing Coach Workout Timer free?
Boxing Coach Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train Like a Boxer free?
Train Like a Boxer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Train Like a Boxer?
Boxing Coach Workout Timer is rated higher. Boxing Coach Workout Timer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 582 ratings, while Train Like a Boxer averages 3.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Train Like a Boxer have ads?
Train Like a Boxer shows ads; Boxing Coach Workout Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Train Like a Boxer?
Boxing Coach Workout Timer ships an update weekly, and Train Like a Boxer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Boxing Coach Workout Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Train Like a Boxer on October 1, 2026.

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