Comparison

Boxing Buddy vs PunchMate

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

Head to head
About

Boxing Buddy

This app helps you get a great workout with your heavy bag. Create custom routines or choose from pre-made options. Personalize your experience with language, theme, and audio settings.

Highlights
  • Heavy bag workouts
  • Custom workout creation
  • Pre-made workout routines
  • Combo creation
  • Language settings
  • Theme customization
  • Audio preferences
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Boxing Buddy is the quickest way to start sweating with your heavy bag. Choose from one of our original workouts, or create your own fully custom workouts and combos. Change language and audio preferences in the Settings screen. Don't be a boxing bozo, use Boxing Buddy!

About

PunchMate

Features
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Stop checking the screen. PunchMate calls the combinations so you can keep your eyes up, move freely and focus on the workout. TRAIN WITH A COACH IN YOUR EARS Follow clear spoken preparation, technique, combination, interval, recovery and cooldown cues. Choose technique names or boxing numbers, set an orthodox or southpaw stance, and balance the coach, soundtrack and effects independently. THREE WAYS TO FIGHT FIT Build strong foundations across Boxing, Kickboxing and Muay Thai. Every session is founder-curated for safe, purposeful progression—never a random string of moves. ENTER A DIFFERENT WORLD Train inside three original audio and visual themes: • Afterburn — sharp boxing in a red-hot electronic atmosphere • Voltage — high-energy kickboxing in electric blue • Iron Temple — focused Muay Thai with a charcoal-and-gold edge TRAIN FOR THE TIME YOU HAVE Choose guided sessions from 8 to 60 minutes, or create a Pro workout around your discipline, duration, focus and experience. Custom sessions use reviewed movements and combinations from the PunchMate library. BUILT FOR BEGINNERS Start with foundational punches, movement, knees, elbows and controlled kicks. Warm-ups, technique rehearsals, recoveries and cooldowns are built into every workout. No equipment is required. SEE YOUR MOMENTUM Track completed sessions, minutes, rounds, streaks, discipline mix, completion rate and prescribed strikes. PunchMate never claims to detect your strikes or correct your form. START FREE Train with one complete introductory workout in each discipline, explore the technique library, preview every world and keep your basic workout history without creating an account. PunchMate Pro unlocks the complete workout library, custom sessions, programmes and detailed progress trends. Monthly and annual plans are available; eligible new annual subscribers can start with a seven-day free trial. Prices are shown in the app before purchase and vary by country or region. Optional Sign in with Apple lets you merge and sync workout history across your iPhones. Analytics and crash reporting remain off unless you choose to share pseudonymous usage data. PunchMate provides general fitness instruction, not medical advice, strike detection or form correction. Exercise within your ability, use a clear training space and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or unwell. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://punchmate-65533.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

Boxing Buddy4 screens
PunchMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boxing Buddy at none against PunchMate's 2. Boxing Buddy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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. PunchMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Boxing Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Boxing Buddy versus PunchMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing BuddyPunchMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB48 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperJohn HaupenthalAaron Rockett

In-app purchases

None

Boxing Buddy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PunchMate

Subscriptions2
  • PunchMate Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • PunchMate Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Boxing Buddy free?
Boxing Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PunchMate free?
PunchMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Boxing Buddy or PunchMate have ads?
Neither Boxing Buddy nor PunchMate shows ads.

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