Comparison

Boxing Timer Pro Round 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

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer

This app provides a customizable round timer for combat sports training, including boxing, MMA, and Muay Thai. It features adjustable preparation, round, and rest times with visual and auditory alerts. The app also includes music integration and external display support for gym use.

Highlights
  • Fully configurable sounds and times
  • Large time display with color indication
  • Preparation, round, warning, and rest timers
  • Workout DJ music integration
  • External display support (AirPlay)
  • Programmable presets
  • Authentic sound effects
Features
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A professional fully configurable boxing round timer for iOS. Designed for training in any round sport such as boxing martial arts, wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, or for any other round timer needs. The built-in Workout DJ can automatically play selected music every time you workout. External display support allows you to use from a large distance on your large screens. BASIC FEATURES: • Fully configurable sounds & times • Beautiful interface with large time display • Set times & sounds for preparation, round, warning, and rest • Color indication of phase • Blinking to alert warning • screen stays on automatically • Works with screen on, or off • Portrait & landscape support • Set sound volume and vibration (iPhone) • Pause and resume session ADVANCED FEATURES: • Runs on iPhone + iPad • Airplay to external display for full-screen gym timer • Multitasking support • Start and change music automatically with Workout DJ • Programmable Presets • 9 Authentic sounds/bells USES FOR THIS iOS iPhone & iPad APP: • Boxing Timer • Round Timer • Interval Timer • Countdown clock • Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) • Muay Thai • Kickboxing • Wrestling • Personal Boxing Training Timer • Gym Timer End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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
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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

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer4 screens
Shadow Boxing Workout App4 screens

Verdict

The call

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer and Shadow Boxing Workout App both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Shadow Boxing Workout App's written reviews are positive against 61% of Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer's. Shadow Boxing Workout App also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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. Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year 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 — 4.9 for Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer against 4.9 for Shadow Boxing Workout App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.7K and 3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer's written reviews are positive against 96% of Shadow Boxing Workout App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer ships an update monthly, Shadow Boxing Workout App weekly. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer versus Shadow Boxing Workout App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing Timer Pro Round TimerShadow Boxing Workout App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.7K ratings)4.9 (3K ratings)
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews96.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.7K — better3K
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLCMarc Gauthier

Customer experience

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer

All ratings6,739 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.9%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative34.6%

Shadow Boxing Workout App

All ratings2,957 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews407 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.7%

User reviews

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer

From 6.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Convenient
  • 🚀 Best boxing app
  • 🚀 Very good timer
  • 👍 Simple and useful
  • 👍 Outstanding

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Only 6 presets
  • 🐛 Glitchy at best
  • 🐛 Upgrade
  • 🐛 Newest update bricks app
  • 🐛 Free option gone?

Shadow Boxing Workout App

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Beginner-friendly
  • 🤝 Excellent customer service
  • 🔥 Effective workouts
  • 🧠 Helps improve focus and technique
  • 🎨 Customizable workouts

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Robotic-sounding voice commands
  • 💰 Premium features locked behind subscription
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and editing custom workouts
  • 🔊 Audio issues when receiving phone calls

Bugs and requests

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Subscription model issues for existing users
  • Free version no longer functional

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow users to add more than 6 presets
  • More flexible timer options (e.g. adding 30 seconds, then a minute, then 30 seconds, etc.)

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

5 purchases

Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer

Subscriptions5
  • Pro+ Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Three Month$9.993 Months
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Pro Six Month$14.996 Months
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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 Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer free?
Boxing Timer Pro Round 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, Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App?
Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer and Shadow Boxing Workout App are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6.7K and 3K ratings respectively.
Do Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App have ads?
Neither Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer nor Shadow Boxing Workout App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer or Shadow Boxing Workout App?
Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer ships an update monthly, and Shadow Boxing Workout App weekly. Most recently, Boxing Timer Pro Round Timer was updated on October 1, 2026 and Shadow Boxing Workout App on October 1, 2026.

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