ComboPunch vs The Bag Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ComboPunch
This app provides guided boxing workouts with audio cues for punches and defensive moves. Customize your training sessions, track performance metrics like calories burned and combinations thrown, and sync data with Apple Health. No equipment is needed to start your fitness journey.
- Voice-guided boxing combinations
- Customizable workout settings
- Hands-free voice control
- Performance tracking and history
- Calorie burn estimation
- Apple Health integration
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Your corner. Your coach. Your workout. ComboPunch is your personal boxing trainer. Always ready, no gym required. Audio-driven combinations, hands-free voice control, and now Conditioning Mode for time-based or set-based workouts targeting specific muscle groups and equipment. Train on your terms. Train like a fighter: Customize rounds, duration, rest time, difficulty, and combination speed. Audio callouts guide you through punches, body shots, slips, and ducks. Say "next" or "repeat" — your hands never leave guard. Build real conditioning: Conditioning Mode lets you design workouts around your equipment and target muscle groups, with time-based or set-based formats that fit any fitness goal. Track everything: Input your age, weight, and height to estimate calories burned. Review sessions by week, month, or year — rounds, time, combos thrown, and more. Syncs with Apple Health and iCloud. No gloves. No bag. No excuses. Just press start. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Bag Buddy
This app provides hands-free heavy bag training for boxers and Muay Thai fighters. It calls out combinations aloud, allowing users to focus entirely on their workout without needing to look at their phone. Choose your discipline, set your rounds, and select a mode for a guided training session.
- Spoken combination callouts
- Configurable round timers
- Multiple training modes
- Apple Health integration
- Session history tracking
- Daily training reminders
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TRAIN LIKE YOU FIGHT. Bag Buddy is the no-nonsense heavy bag training app built for boxers and Muay Thai fighters who want real coaching, not just a timer. The app calls out combinations out loud - hands-free, eyes up, 100% focused on the bag. No staring at your phone. No guessing what to throw next. Just work. HOW IT WORKS Choose your discipline (Boxing or Muay Thai), set your rounds, pick your mode, and go. Bag Buddy handles the rest - timing your rounds, calling your combinations, and pushing you to keep moving forward. MODES - Stand and Bang - Pure offense. Back-to-back strike combos, no defense. - Stick and Move - Defensive boxing. Combos include slips, rolls, and pivots. - Drill Mode - Lock in on one combination at a time and drill it to muscle memory. FEATURES - Spoken combo callouts - crisp, clear audio so you stay locked in - Configurable rounds: 1-12 rounds, 30s to 10min each - Rest timers with warning bell before round end - Combo pacing: Slow / Normal / Fast - Background music support - Round haptics - feel the bell - Apple Health integration - every session logged as a boxing workout, syncs to WHOOP automatically - Session history - track your rounds, combos, and calories over time - Daily training reminders from your coach (5 PM, every day) BUILT FOR FIGHTERS Bag Buddy was built by a fighter, for fighters. No subscription. No gamification. No fluff. Just you, the bag, and the work. Spread the word and tell your teammates about us! My back is broken. Spinal. Yours isn't so use Bag Buddy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Bag Buddy at none against ComboPunch's 3. The Bag Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.4). ComboPunch's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. ComboPunch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. The Bag Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ComboPunch against 5.0 for The Bag Buddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | ComboPunch | The Bag Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samuel Perez | Raphael Tangorra |
Customer experience
ComboPunch
The Bag Buddy
In-app purchases
ComboPunch
- ComboPunch Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- ComboPunch Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- ComboPunch Pro Lifetime$19.99
The Bag Buddy
No in-app purchases








