Boxing Round Timer vs TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boxing Round Timer
This interval timer is designed for boxing and other exercises, offering a simple interface for easy setup. Customize round numbers, round duration, and interval times to suit your workout needs. It automatically pauses for calls or other apps.
- Customizable rounds (1-15 or infinity)
- Adjustable round and interval times
- Automatic pause for calls/other apps
- Simple and intuitive user interface
- Suitable for boxing and various exercises
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A round timer for boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, HIIT and Tabata training. Huge, high-contrast digits let you read the remaining time from across the gym. FEATURES • Your music keeps playing Use it with Apple Music or Spotify running. The gong is mixed over your music instead of interrupting it. • A real gong Recorded from an actual gong, not a synthesised beep. • A warning before the bell A sound marks the last 10 or 30 seconds of a round. You can turn it off. • The screen changes colour during rest Tell work from rest at a glance, without reading the numbers. • The screen stays awake Auto-lock is disabled while the timer runs, so you can leave the phone on the floor. • Vibration Get the cue without sound. Switch it on or off. SETTINGS • Round time: 30 seconds, or 1 to 10 minutes • Rest: 0 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 to 150 seconds, or 3 to 10 minutes • Rounds: 1 to 15, or unlimited TIPS • Wearing gloves? You can tap START with your tongue. • If the sounds are too quiet, check the ringer volume in Settings > Sounds & Haptics. NOTE • The timer does not advance while you are in another app. It resumes where it left off when you come back.
TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer
This app provides a customizable timer for various combat sports and interval training. It features realistic sound cues for rounds and rest periods, and allows users to play music simultaneously. A community feed lets users share workout videos and posts.
- Customizable round and rest timers
- Realistic sound effects
- Background operation and locked screen support
- Music playback integration
- Saved workout presets
- Workout video sharing feed
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TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer is a FREE timer to track your Rounds, Rest, Warning and overall time Boxing, Kickboxing, BJJ or MMA tracker. TimerBuddy is a community of like minded workout enthusiasts with a feed section to post your workout videos and posts. Use it TimerBuddy for boxing training, MMA, HIIT, Sparring or any other sport requiring rounds. Fun and realistic sounds for bells, warnings, & prepare to fight! Main features: simplicity, just enough configurations, works from background and with locked phone, can listen to iPod music at the same time. Features in details: - Support for saved presets - Customizable round end, start, warning & rest sounds - Works in background and in locked device. - You can listen to iPod music and run TimerBuddy at the same time - Saved Stats on number of Rounds and Time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer at 4.7 against Boxing Round Timer's 3.2. TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Boxing Round Timer's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 111 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Boxing Round Timer's written reviews are positive against 33% of TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Boxing Round Timer ships an update every 3 months, TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boxing Round Timer | TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (49 ratings) | 4.7 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gamagori88 | ranknoodle LLc |
Customer experience
Boxing Round Timer
TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer
Bugs and requests
Boxing Round Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound stopped working
- Timer stops when phone is locked or app is in background
- Crashes after iOS 9 update
Requested features
5 requests- Add 45 second rest time option
- Distinguish rest rounds with visual cue
- Add countdown before first round
- Allow locking screen without pausing timer
- Increase volume/customizable sound
TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boxing Round Timer
No in-app purchases
TimerBuddy Boxing Round Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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