Comparison

Puncher vs Gymborg Boxing Timer

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

Head to head
About

Puncher

This app provides a professional interval timer for boxers and trainers, offering customizable workouts, drills, and punch combinations. It includes motivational features like awards and rankings, with options to share your training routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval workouts
  • Boxing drills and punch combinations
  • Workout sharing with friends
  • Awards and ranking system
  • Low battery consumption
  • Boxer registration
Features
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"Puncher" previously called "Boxing Times" is an easy-to-use professional interval timer for amateur and professional boxers and boxing trainers. You can use the quick timer or create your own personalized workouts, choose your favorite drills and equipment or even create your own drills. You can even share your workouts with friends! Looking to add punches? Just turn those on in the settings, select how many and beat the crap out of it. Looking for some motivation? We've got you covered: awards, live competitions (weight rank and world rank) and inspirational phrases will definitely do the thing!  We're very proud to admit that so far this is the BEST professional boxing timer you can find on market, and it's absolutely FREE! - Quick Interval Timer - Interval Workouts - Boxing Drills - Punch Combinations - Create Custom Workouts - Ability Share Workouts - Create Custom Drills - Awards and Achievements - Weight & World Ranking - Boxer Registration - Super Low Battery Consumption ... and so much more! Being boxers ourselves, we truly hope that you will enjoy our timer as much as we do! Puncher - from boxers to boxers! Puncher comes free of ads, unlimited custom drills, unlimited custom workouts, and technical support, after a 7 day trial you may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. (If you do not maintain a subscription you can only create one drill, one custom workout, and you will start seeing ads) • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 month ($4.99 / Month), 6 months ($2.99 / Month), and 12 month ($1.99 / Month) durations • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy & Terms of Use are located here: https://itprobe.us/puncher-professional-boxing-interval-timer/

About

Gymborg Boxing Timer

This app provides a customizable round timer for various combat sports, HIIT, and interval training. Easily set up profiles for different sports, manage round durations, and receive alerts for transitions. Enjoy seamless music playback during your workouts.

Highlights
  • Customizable round profiles
  • Round and break alerts
  • Adjustable warm-up time
  • Music playback integration
  • Color-coded intervals
  • Always On mode
Features
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Gymborg Boxing 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, Yoga or for any other round timer needs. It’s simple, modern and effective and works well also for HIIT trainings like TABATA, CrossFit. Use it whenever you want, wherever you are for boxing training, MMA, HIIT, Tabata, Yoga, Muay Thai, BJJ, Kick Boxing, Superset, Inverval Training or any other sport requiring rounds or intervals. Features: - Easy-to-config multiple profiles - Round end, break end warning - Inner round alert - Customizable warm up time - Always On mode (adjustable). - Playing music and training with Gymborg Boxing Timer at the same time - Color code for Warm Up, Fight, Break or customise as you want - Round intervals can be change - Create custom profiles to suit your need - Create each profile for each different sport - Mute the app if you want it - Create alarms to remind you in app

Screenshots

Puncher4 screens
Gymborg Boxing Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Puncher and Gymborg Boxing Timer both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Puncher's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gymborg Boxing Timer's. Puncher also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Puncher sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Gymborg Boxing Timer 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Puncher against 4.8 for Gymborg Boxing Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 109 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Puncher's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gymborg Boxing Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puncher ships an update every 3 weeks, Gymborg Boxing Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Puncher versus Gymborg Boxing Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuncherGymborg Boxing Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (59 ratings)4.8 (109 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings59109 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperITPROBE, LLCThang Nguyen

Customer experience

Puncher

All ratings59 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gymborg Boxing Timer

All ratings109 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Puncher

Subscriptions4
  • Puncher Premium 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Premium Puncher 3 Month$5.993 Months
  • Puncher Premium 6 Months$8.996 Months
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  • Puncher Premium 12 Months$11.991 Year
1 purchases

Gymborg Boxing Timer

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$5.99

Questions

Is Puncher free?
Puncher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gymborg Boxing Timer free?
Gymborg Boxing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puncher or Gymborg Boxing Timer?
Puncher and Gymborg Boxing Timer are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 59 and 109 ratings respectively.
Do Puncher or Gymborg Boxing Timer have ads?
Both Puncher and Gymborg Boxing Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Puncher or Gymborg Boxing Timer?
Puncher ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gymborg Boxing Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Puncher was updated on October 16, 2026 and Gymborg Boxing Timer on October 9, 2026.

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