Comparison

RoundCue Boxing Timer vs Shadow Boxing Workout App

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

Head to head
About

RoundCue Boxing Timer

This app helps you manage boxing training sessions by customizing round lengths, breaks, and countdowns. You can personalize warning sounds and choose to display milliseconds. The timer continues to function even when the app is in the background, and you can save custom profiles.

Highlights
  • Customizable round length
  • Adjustable break times
  • Pre-start countdown
  • Round end warnings
  • Customizable sounds
  • Background operation
  • Saveable training profiles
Features
Read full description

RoundCue Interval Timer is a powerful round and interval timer for boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, HIIT, circuits, running intervals, strength training, and any workout built around timed efforts. Start fast, stay focused, and train with clear cues from your iPhone or Apple Watch. Built for real training, RoundCue makes it easy to run simple workouts in seconds or create advanced profiles with custom rounds, breaks, sounds, and progress tracking. Key Features Quick Start for fast interval workouts Custom training profiles for boxing, MMA, HIIT, Tabata, running, strength, and more Apple Watch support with workout mirroring Apple Health workout recording Per-round titles, work times, rest times, and audio cues Built-in bells, beeps, horns, and countdown sounds Record or import your own custom workout sounds Custom timed sounds inside any round Background audio cues while your iPhone is locked Profile sharing for coaches, teammates, clients, and training partners Workout log, charts, streaks, and progress insights iPhone and Apple Watch widgets for faster starts Use RoundCue for heavy bag rounds, sparring, pad work, conditioning circuits, EMOMs, Tabata sessions, mobility flows, running intervals, and custom coach-led workouts. Whether you need a simple boxing timer or a fully customized interval timer with Apple Watch, Apple Health tracking, custom sounds, and progress history, RoundCue keeps every round clear, controlled, and on track.

About

Shadow Boxing Workout App

This app provides virtual boxing coaching for home or gym training. It offers pre-made sessions or allows you to create custom workouts with various exercises and intensity levels. Learn boxing techniques, improve skills, and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Virtual boxing coach
  • Customizable workouts
  • Pre-made training sessions
  • No equipment required
  • Tutorial videos for techniques
  • Variety of boxing drills
  • Progress tracking
Features
Read full description

Use this boxing app for your training and improve your skills from home or the gym, like a virtual boxing coach! Try existing training sessions or build your own workouts using the various exercises and settings. You can easily pick how much time you have ahead of you, the exercises you'd like to do, the intensity and start your boxing workout! If you already know how to fight, this is a great way to keep improving and stay motivated. If you don't it's a great way to learn boxing, work out and run boxing drills! SHADOW BOXING TRAININGS This boxing app features multiple intense shadow boxing & punching bag workout sessions. Some are a real challenge and others are easier for beginners learning how to box. For instance "20 minutes HIIT" is a very high intensity interval workout to burn a lot of calories and have fun... but you can find simpler ones to get started with boxing! NO EQUIPMENT REQUIRED You don't need any equipment to complete the various training and drills, but if you have a punching bag or a jump rope at home you'll be able to use them. TUTORIAL VIDEOS Don’t know how to box yet? No problems! The app features explanations of all the main boxing techniques to help you get started with the sport. PICK FROM MANY EXERCISES Mix it up by trying out different workout types, simulating what a real boxing coach would ask you to do: - PAD WORK will call out simple combos and freestyle combos to execute - FREESTYLE let you do your own thing with an optional audio boxing coach giving you ideas and directions - REPETITIONS gives you one combo to practice for an entire round - PUNCHING BAG to alternate fast and powerful sequences to build explosiveness on the heavy bag - DEFENSE to focus on dodging incoming attacks and countering - FOOTWORK will improve your movement and speed with simple drills - DODGE to focus on reaction speed, slipping and countering with simple punches - COUNTER PUNCHING where you start with a defensive action and retaliate Add additional calisthenics exercises like push-ups, burpees, mountain climbers, squats or sit-ups in between boxing rounds! This can get intense, but it's a great fitness exercise and will help with cardio and burning calories. JUMP ROPE & SPEED LADDER BOXING WORKOUTS Guided agility ladder and jump rope exercises to improve cardio and footwork. You can learn how to jump rope or the ladder with the app. CUSTOM TRAININGS You can create your custom shadow boxing training sessions and custom HIIT workouts. This is the perfect way to match what kind of fitness regimen you want to follow at home, like a 7 minute workout or something closer to boxercise. So if you want to get ready for fight camp, hard sparring or just lose some weight, man or woman, there'll be something for you! STATISTICS See your stats, follow your progress and remember when you last worked out. This will help you focus on your fitness target, weight loss or performance improvements. This is a great way to stay motivated while working out! FREE BOXING ROUND TIMER WITH NO ADS Use the free boxing round timer for your sparring sessions or heavy bag workouts. It will alternate between workout and rest periods and will ring a bell at the end of the round as well as give you an indication of the round coming to an end. You can use our pre-made timer modes to quickly set the rules from various martial arts like muay thaï, kick boxing, MMA, pro boxing or amateur boxing. LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC The audio cues will not stop the music from your favorite app like Spotify or Apple Music. You can even adjust the volume of all audio coaching and sound effects to make sure you get to listen to music as you'd like. iCLOUD & APPLE HEALTH SYNC Your workouts are automatically saved to iCloud so that you never lose track of your progress. You can also connect the app to Apple Health and to get deeper more insights on your boxing workouts alongside data about the rest of your fitness journey.

Screenshots

RoundCue Boxing Timer4 screens
Shadow Boxing Workout App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: RoundCue Boxing Timer at free against Shadow Boxing Workout App's free with in-app purchases. RoundCue Boxing Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Shadow Boxing Workout App's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 46). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. RoundCue Boxing Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Shadow Boxing Workout App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. 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 RoundCue Boxing Timer against 4.9 for Shadow Boxing Workout App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Boxing Workout App has 3K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of RoundCue Boxing Timer's written reviews are positive against 96% of Shadow Boxing Workout App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoundCue Boxing Timer ships an update every 3 days, Shadow Boxing Workout App weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RoundCue Boxing Timer versus Shadow Boxing Workout App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundCue Boxing TimerShadow Boxing Workout App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (46 ratings)4.9 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.4% of reviews
Number of ratings463K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick RuddenMarc Gauthier

Customer experience

RoundCue Boxing Timer

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shadow Boxing Workout App

All ratings2,998 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews413 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.7%

Bugs and requests

RoundCue Boxing Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Shadow Boxing Workout App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Voice commands not always responsive
  • Occasional app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Slower pace for beginners
  • More detailed instructions on defense and footwork
  • Ability to save and edit custom workouts
  • Integration with fitness tracking apps
  • Kickboxing or Muay Thai workouts

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RoundCue Boxing Timer

One-time2
  • Boxing Timer Premium$0.99
  • The Round Timer Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Shadow Boxing Workout App

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$59.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is RoundCue Boxing Timer free?
RoundCue Boxing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadow Boxing Workout App free?
Shadow Boxing Workout App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RoundCue Boxing Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App?
Shadow Boxing Workout App is rated higher. RoundCue Boxing Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Shadow Boxing Workout App averages 4.9 from 3K ratings.
Do RoundCue Boxing Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App have ads?
Neither RoundCue Boxing Timer nor Shadow Boxing Workout App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoundCue Boxing Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App?
RoundCue Boxing Timer ships an update every 3 days, and Shadow Boxing Workout App weekly. Most recently, RoundCue Boxing Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Shadow Boxing Workout App on October 19, 2026.

Other comparisons