Train Like a Boxer vs Heavy Bag Workout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Like a Boxer
This app provides boxing-inspired workouts to build strength and improve physique. It offers 4-week training programs with exercises targeting the upper body, core, and full body, focusing on proper technique and common boxing moves.
- Boxing exercise instructions
- Upper body strengthening
- Core training
- Lower body workouts
- Full-body training
- 4-week training programs
- Proper techniques and stances
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We offer instructions for exercises boxers use to get in fighting shape. Exercises focused on strengthening your upper body, core, and lower body as well as full-body training movements. We have multiple 4-week training programs filled with intense routines built from these exercises. All geared toward helping you reach your fitness and physique goals. At no point in following these programs will you have to take a punch, but once you've completed them you'll definitely look like you can throw one. The app contains proper techniques, starting stances, and common moves, such as jabs, uppercuts, and kicks.
Heavy Bag Workout
This app provides guided boxing workouts with a virtual coach calling out combinations and offering technique advice. It allows you to integrate your own music and customize round lengths and rest periods. Track your progress and sync data with Apple Health.
- Virtual boxing coach calling combinations
- Integrate your own music
- Customizable round and rest periods
- Technique demonstration videos
- Workout progress tracking
- Apple Health integration
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YOUR MUSIC. RICK IN YOUR CORNER. Gloves on. Mind clear. Heavy Bag brings real boxing coaching to your workout, with combinations called as you move. Less to remember. More time finding your rhythm. Coach Rick Sweeney calls the punches and shares advice on breathing, stance and technique. Hear the combinations, follow the rhythm of the recorded bag work, and keep your attention on the bag. YOUR SOUNDTRACK, YOUR BALANCE Start music in your favourite music app, then bring Rick into the mix. Preview his coaching before you start, adjust Coach level whenever you need, and keep sound controls close throughout the workout. Keep music lower holds a steady balance through speech pauses, rounds and rests. ROUNDS THAT FIT YOU Start with The classic six: six 3-minute rounds, 60-second rests, orthodox. Choose another curated session or customise your own: up to 10 rounds, 2- or 3-minute rounds, 30- or 60-second rests, orthodox or southpaw, and optional recovery coaching. Original English and Spanish coaching are included. A FRESH ORDER, WHEN YOU WANT IT Switch on Shuffle to explore more of the coaching library in shorter sessions. Recordings play in a fresh order without repeating until the available set has been used. Prefer the familiar sequence? Original order remains the default. CREDIT FOR THE WORK Track completed and partial workouts, rounds and boxing time. Add your weight manually for estimated active calories. Export your session history whenever you like. YOUR BOXING, IN APPLE HEALTH Choose to save Boxing workouts and estimated active calories to Apple Health. A short introduction explains the benefit and your choices. Health is optional, and Heavy Bag does not read your Health history. Calorie estimates use weight and active boxing time, excluding rests and pauses; they are not heart-rate measurements. WATCH IT. PUT IT TO WORK. Rick’s original technique films demonstrate punches, combinations and hand wrapping, ready to revisit at your own pace. BEAUTIFULLY REBUILT A native iOS design with warm clay colours, glass details, photography and a leather bag that responds subtly to your phone. Better-balanced playback levels and gentler round signals help the original coaching feel at home in your soundtrack. No account. No subscription. Coaching and technique films are available offline, and workout audio continues with the screen locked. Your music service may require its own connection or subscription. Heavy Bag / Box4Fitness. Your corner. Every round.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Train Like a Boxer at Free against Heavy Bag Workout's $2.99. Train Like a Boxer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 23 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Heavy Bag Workout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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
Train Like a Boxer is free to download; Heavy Bag Workout costs $2.99 up front. Train Like a Boxer sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Heavy Bag Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Heavy Bag Workout holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Train Like a Boxer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Heavy Bag Workout's.
Train Like a Boxer ships an update every 5 weeks, Heavy Bag Workout every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train Like a Boxer | Heavy Bag Workout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samantha Roobol | Peter Rogers |
Customer experience
Train Like a Boxer
Heavy Bag Workout
In-app purchases
Train Like a Boxer
- Cardio Boxing to Lose Weight$1.99
- Remove ads$1.99
- Jump Rope like a Boxer$1.99
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- Get a Fighter's Physique$1.99
- Conditioning Circuit$1.99
- Ultimate Fighter Workout Plan$1.99
- Boxing Masterclass$1.99
- Exercises for Beginners$1.99
- MMA Workout Plan$1.99
- The Spartan Challenge$1.99
- Kickboxing Moves$1.99
- Full Bundle$5.99
Heavy Bag Workout
No in-app purchases
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