BoxClock vs TimeCap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoxClock
This app provides a customizable gym clock with various timer modes like EMOM, AMRAP, and Tabata. It features a clear, large display designed for visibility across a room and offers audio cues for transitions. Save your favorite workout configurations for quick access.
- Multiple timer modes (EMOM, AMRAP, Tabata, Custom)
- Large, clear LED-style display
- Customizable audio cues
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
- Save up to 10 workout configurations
- No ads or subscriptions
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EMOM, AMRAP, Tabata, Custom Intervals. The gym clock on your wall, but on your phone. No ads. No recipes. No workout videos. No social feed. No account to create. No subscription to forget about. Just a gym clock that does one thing extremely well. Designed to look and feel like the LED timers mounted on gym walls, BoxClock turns your iPhone or iPad into the clock you already know how to use. Glance up, read the time, get back to work. 7 TIMER MODES - EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute) — Set your rounds and interval length. Audio beeps at every minute. - AMRAP (As Many Rounds as Possible) — Countdown timer with a swipe-up round counter. - Tabata — Classic 20/10 or fully configurable work/rest intervals. Red for work, amber for rest. - Custom Intervals — Configure sets, rounds, work time, rest time, and rest between sets. Your workout, your rules. - Countdown — Set a duration and go. Big LED digits count down to zero. - Stopwatch — Count up from zero. Simple and reliable. - Clock — Real-time display in 12h or 24h format. Mount your phone on the wall. LIVE ACTIVITIES ON THE LOCK SCREEN - See your timer ticking on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Round count, phase (WORK / REST), and big digits — no need to unlock - Pre-countdown "GET READY" view so you never miss the start - Pause directly from the Lock Screen and resume without opening the app LOOKS LIKE A REAL GYM CLOCK - 7-segment LED digits with visible unlit segment traces - Green digits for rounds, red for time, amber for rest - Black background, high contrast, readable from across the room - Landscape display fills your screen edge to edge AUDIO CUES - 3-2-1 beeps before every workout starts - Beeps at work/rest transitions and round changes - Alert when the workout is done - Mixes with Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and your own music — no pausing your playlist - Keeps playing with the phone face-down, in background, or with the screen locked - Plays even when your phone is on silent SAVE YOUR WORKOUTS - Bookmark up to 10 timer configurations - Tap a saved workout and go — no re-entering settings - Each mode remembers its own settings between sessions CONFIGURABLE START COUNTDOWN - Set your pre-workout countdown anywhere from 0 to 60 seconds - Set it to 0 to skip the countdown entirely and start instantly JUST A CLOCK - Screen stays on during active timers - No dimming, no interruptions - Works on iPhone and iPad - No account. No ads. No tracking. No bloat. PRICING Clock, Stopwatch, and Countdown are free forever. Unlock EMOM, AMRAP, Tabata, Custom Intervals, saved workouts, and the configurable countdown for $4.99. One time. No subscription. No "premium tier". Pay once, train forever. BoxClock is made by Tiny Delights. One app. One job. Done well.
TimeCap
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A gym clock that fits in your pocket. TimeCap looks and works like the LED timer bolted to the wall of a good gym. Huge seven-segment digits, red on black, readable from the other end of the room. Prop your phone against a water bottle and it just works. TIMING YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRUST The clock is driven by real time, not by counting ticks — so it stays correct when you lock your phone, switch apps, or take a call mid-workout. Come back and it is exactly where it should be. No drift, no catching up, no restarting a set because the timer lost its place. IT NEVER DUCKS YOUR MUSIC Every cue is a short buzzer mixed over your music at full volume. Nothing dips, nothing pauses, nothing fades. Five volume levels, like the timers bolted to the wall. If you have ever abandoned a timer app because it kept interrupting your playlist, this is the one rule TimeCap will not break. IT KEEPS CALLING WHILE YOUR PHONE IS LOCKED Lock it, pocket it, and the cues keep coming on schedule. The workout also lives on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island — segment, round and time remaining, without opening anything. EVERY WORKOUT, NOT JUST THE COMMON ONES AMRAP, EMOM, 10 Min OTM, For Time, Tabata, Inverse Tabata, Intervals, Stopwatch — all free, all with a get-ready countdown you control, and each one counting up or down as you prefer. And when a preset does not fit: the Builder. Name your own blocks, set each one's length and colour, mark it as work or rest, and repeat the whole sequence for as many rounds as you like. Sprint, rest, hold. Run, transition, station. Most timers only understand work and rest. This one understands your workout. TURN IT SIDEWAYS Landscape becomes gym mode: one huge readout, rounds on the left, time on the right, exactly like the wall unit. Set it down and read it from anywhere. ALSO INSIDE Rep counter: a full-screen tap target you can hit without looking History: every finished workout, with your weekly and monthly totals Share a finish card that looks like a photo of the clock Haptics that mirror every cue, so you feel it as well as hear it Works completely offline. No account. No sign-up. Nothing to set up. NO ADS. NOT ONE. Not a banner, not a video, not a watch-this-to-unlock. A timer you stare at mid-workout is exactly the wrong place for an advert, and it always will be. TIMECAP PRO $12.99 once, yours for good. Unlimited custom timers, and one-tap repeat of any workout in your history. No subscription. The free app is a complete gym timer, not a demo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BoxClock at none against TimeCap's shown. TimeCap's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. BoxClock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TimeCap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | BoxClock | TimeCap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Manuel Gomes Vilhena | JMNX Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
BoxClock
- BoxClock Premium$4.99
TimeCap
- TimeCap Pro$12.99









