Comparison

Boxing Interval Timer vs Roll Time

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

Head to head
About

Boxing Interval Timer

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various round-based sports and high-intensity interval training. Easily set times and sounds for preparation, rounds, and rest, with visual and auditory alerts to keep you on track during your workouts.

Highlights
  • Configurable sounds and times
  • Set preparation, round, and rest intervals
  • Inner round alerts
  • Color phase indication
  • Blinking warning alerts
  • Multiple custom profiles
  • Screen stays on automatically
Features
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Boxing Interval Timer is a round timer designed for training in any round sport such as Boxing Martial Arts, Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, BJJ, or for any other round timer needs. It’s simple, modern and effective and works well also for HIIT trainings like TABATA, CrossFit. FEATURES: * Fully configurable sounds & times * Set times & sounds for preparation, round, warning, and rest * Inner round alerts * Color indication of phase * Blinking to alert warning * Screen stays on automatically * Works with screen on, or off * Multiple profiles to select * Create custom profile for different sports * Can be used for TABATA, CrossFit and other HIIT exercises * Easy to use Use the timer for when exercising in the gym, running, doing bodyweight exercises, sprints, high-low intensity cycling, boxing, MMA or other martial arts. Even though it says Boxing Interval Timer, you can use it for your TABATA, HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training), CrossFit or circuit training

About

Roll Time

This app is a professional round timer designed for coaches in combat sports like BJJ, MMA, and boxing. It features a large, high-contrast display, customizable sound alerts, and the ability to mirror the timer to a TV for a wall-timer experience. Coaches can save unlimited presets for different training formats and even display their gym's logo.

Highlights
  • Customizable work, warning, and rest intervals
  • Optional prepare and cooldown phases
  • Unlimited saved presets for classes and drills
  • Loud sound and voice alerts
  • Smart Volume for music adjustment
  • High-contrast, large timer display
  • TV mirroring for wall-timer setup
  • Gym logo display
Features
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Roll Time is a professional gym round timer and TV display built for coaches running real classes — not just a workout timer. Designed for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, boxing, and other combat sports, Roll Time helps you run rounds, drills, sparring, in-house matches, and full class blocks with a big, high-contrast display your entire room can see. Connect Roll Time to your gym TV for a dedicated big-screen experience. While no timer is running, Gym Display turns the screen into a branded hub for announcements, seminars, open mats, promotions, schedules, and more. When it’s time to train, the timer takes over automatically. Create custom Gym Display cards with your own images, colors, text, and highlights. Schedule when they appear, rotate through multiple cards, and feature important announcements full-screen. Show your gym logo on the timer, run in-house tournaments with competition-style match presets, and start classes quickly with saved timers. Built for combat sports: • BJJ academies, MMA and boxing gyms, wrestling rooms, and martial arts dojos • Sparring rounds, positional rounds, competition matches with score tracking, HIIT intervals, open mats, and solo training Key features: • Flexible round timing with Work, Warning, Rest, Prepare, and Cooldown phases • Saved timers for classes, sparring rounds, drills, and matches • Competition-style match timers with score tracking • Gym Display for announcements, seminars, promotions, schedules, and more • Custom display cards with your own images, colors, text, and scheduling • Dedicated TV experience for the timer and Gym Display • Loud sound and voice alerts built for noisy gyms • Custom sounds and announcements — record your own timer alerts • Smart Volume lowers music while you coach, then brings it back during rolls • Big, high-contrast timer display visible across the mats • Simple touch controls — start, pause, reset, and adjust rounds quickly • Gym logo display — showcase your academy brand on the timer and TV • iCloud Backup — restore your timers later or move them to another device • Built for class. Free from unnecessary distractions.

Screenshots

Boxing Interval Timer4 screens
Roll Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roll Time at 100% against Boxing Interval Timer's 59%. Roll Time also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Boxing Interval Timer's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 25) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boxing Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Roll Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roll Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxing Interval Timer has 13K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Boxing Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Roll Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxing Interval Timer ships an update every 3 months, Roll Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Boxing Interval Timer versus Roll Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing Interval TimerRoll Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13K ratings)5.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThang NguyenAlexander Tsapaev

Customer experience

Boxing Interval Timer

All ratings12,775 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative32.2%

Roll Time

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Boxing Interval Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Timer stops when switching apps or locking phone
  • Ads interfere with timer functionality
  • Inconsistent timer performance (slowing down, stopping)
  • Inability to close ads or navigate around them

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow timer to run in background
  • Add more sound/alert options (e.g. boxing bell, countdown)
  • Improve ad placement to avoid interrupting workouts
  • Provide more customization options for timer settings
  • Implement tracking features (e.g. total time, weekly progress)

Roll Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxing Interval Timer

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$5.99
1 purchases

Roll Time

One-time1
  • PRO Edition$9.99

Questions

Is Boxing Interval Timer free?
Boxing Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roll Time free?
Roll Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxing Interval Timer or Roll Time?
Roll Time is rated higher. Boxing Interval Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Roll Time averages 5.0 from 25 ratings.
Do Boxing Interval Timer or Roll Time have ads?
Boxing Interval Timer shows ads; Roll Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Boxing Interval Timer or Roll Time?
Boxing Interval Timer ships an update every 3 months, and Roll Time weekly. Most recently, Boxing Interval Timer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Roll Time on September 21, 2026.

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