Comparison

Puncher vs Box.Live

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

Box.Live

Stay updated with a comprehensive boxing schedule, live results, and breaking news. Follow your favorite fighters with custom notifications, view detailed profiles, and engage with a community for predictions and scorecards. Access a fight library and ticket information.

Highlights
  • Visual boxing schedule
  • Customizable alerts and notifications
  • Curated boxing news feed
  • Detailed boxer profiles
  • Live results and fight stats
  • Community predictions and scorecards
  • Full fight video library
Features
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Not only will you have access to the best top-level boxing schedule straight from your home screen, but we’ll also keep you updated with customised notifications so you can follow boxing your way. Keep up with the latest and biggest boxing stories from the most respected news sources, curated to the fighter and contests you’re most looking forward to. Enter, store and share your scorecards, predictions and boxing opinions in our community, and then catch up with the action from our fight library. Most of all, we always ensure you stay close to the big boxing action. Box.Live - Unify It All! --- Features --- Schedule: Stunning visual boxing schedule of all the biggest fights happening in the coming months. TV & Start Times: Get estimated ringwalk times in your local time zone and TV and streaming options in the US & UK. Boxing Results: Get all the results updated live as they happen. Alerts & Notifications: Follow boxing your way and get custom notifications by following boxers and fights to get news, announcements, and reminders straight to your phone. Never miss the big breaking news or fight again! News: We curate a news feed from the leading boxing outlets in the world to keep you on the sport’s pulse. Every fighter profile and contest has its own boxing news feed. Boxer Profiles: We have profile pages for over 750 fighters where you can view their stats, rankings, news, next fights, opponent rumours, recent results, replay videos, and ticket details. Fight Details: We track all the big contests, providing head-to-head stats comparisons, start time estimates, TV & streaming listings, undercard details, curated news feeds and ticket details. Scorecards: Enter, save and share your boxing scorecards instantly with friends and on social media. The best-looking scoring app available. Champions & Rankings: We track all the world champions and provide comprehensive stats about their reigns and mandatories, plus all the top 15 ranking details of all the big organisations in all the weights. Predictions: Leave your predictions and see how the overall community sees the big fights panning out. Generate images to share your predictions with your friends and other fans. Full Fight Video Library: We’ve curated and organised a library of over 1000 massive full fights for you to watch on YouTube. Catch up on the big action, watch your favourite fighter or enjoy a classic barn burner from our recommendation system. Tickets: We list all the ticket details for all the big boxing events from the US and UK. Box.Live - Unify It All! ------- Help & Support: https://box.live/help/ App Privacy Policy: https://box.live/mobile-app-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Puncher4 screens
Box.Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Box.Live at none against Puncher's 4. Puncher's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Box.Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Box.Live. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 161 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Puncher's written reviews are positive against 95% of Box.Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puncher ships an update every 3 weeks, Box.Live every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Puncher versus Box.Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuncherBox.Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (59 ratings) — better4.8 (161 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better95.2% of reviews
Number of ratings59161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperITPROBE, LLCBox.Live

Customer experience

Puncher

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

Box.Live

All ratings148 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.8%

Bugs and requests

Puncher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Box.Live

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login/account issues causing lockouts
  • Scorecard duplication and lack of deletion option

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add live stream coverage of events
  • Improve responsiveness and add a 'back' button
  • Enhance fighter stats and records
  • Provide more specific fight time information

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
None

Box.Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puncher free?
Puncher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box.Live free?
Box.Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puncher or Box.Live?
Puncher is rated higher. Puncher averages 4.8 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Box.Live averages 4.8 from 161 ratings.
Do Puncher or Box.Live have ads?
Both Puncher and Box.Live show ads.
Which is updated more often, Puncher or Box.Live?
Puncher ships an update every 3 weeks, and Box.Live every 4 months. Most recently, Puncher was updated on October 25, 2026 and Box.Live on October 25, 2026.

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