Comparison

Boxing Coach Workout Timer vs Boxa

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

Boxa

This app calls out boxing combinations in real-time to guide your shadowboxing or bag work. It offers customizable workouts, combo generation, and support for various disciplines like boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai, all without distractions.

Highlights
  • Real-time combo calling
  • Customizable workouts
  • Combo generator
  • Support for boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai
  • Timed rounds and custom moves
  • No equipment or partner needed
Features
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Shows up. Calls your combos. Disappears. Tap start and go. Combos called out as you shadow box solo or hit the bag. Stay in the workout, not in your head. "Great shadowboxing app with the right features to get going." - Ara Keeps up as you get serious. It's all in there. Boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai. Ready-made workouts and training drills from cardio to fight simulation. Punches, kicks, elbows, knees, defense, and footwork. Never run out of combos. The combo generator builds a fresh set in seconds. Pick your moves, set the length, and go. Make it yours. Build your own combos, custom moves and timed rounds. Set your pace, pick your discipline, train exactly how you want. No equipment or partner needed. "It gives you thousands of combo options. If you don't know how to create one, it will do it for you… It has everything: kicks, dodges, punches, elbows… it's insane." - M.C.E.L.P Forget it until you need it. No subscription hanging over you. No notifications pulling you back in. No ads. Use it free or pay once. Either way, the app stays out of your life until you want it. "Simple and easy to use, it limits all distractions." - Chutong

Screenshots

Boxing Coach Workout Timer4 screens
Boxa4 screens

Verdict

The call

Boxing Coach Workout Timer and Boxa both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Boxa's written reviews are positive against 56% of Boxing Coach Workout Timer's. Boxing Coach Workout Timer's advantage is ratings volume (582 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Boxa sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxa holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxing Coach Workout Timer has 582 ratings behind it against 6, 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 83% of Boxa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxing Coach Workout Timer ships an update weekly, Boxa every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Boxing Coach Workout Timer versus Boxa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing Coach Workout TimerBoxa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (582 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.7% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings582 — better6
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNils AckermannThomas Favey

Customer experience

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

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

Boxa

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Boxa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxing Coach Workout Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
3 purchases

Boxa

One-time3
  • Shadowboxing.pro Special Offer$3.99
  • Shadowboxing.pro lifetime$8.99
  • Boxa Plus$19.99

Questions

Is Boxing Coach Workout Timer free?
Boxing Coach Workout Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boxa free?
Boxa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Boxa?
Boxa is rated higher. Boxing Coach Workout Timer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 582 ratings, while Boxa averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Boxa have ads?
Neither Boxing Coach Workout Timer nor Boxa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxing Coach Workout Timer or Boxa?
Boxing Coach Workout Timer ships an update weekly, and Boxa every 4 days. Most recently, Boxing Coach Workout Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Boxa on October 24, 2026.

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