Comparison

The Bag Buddy vs Boxing Timer

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Boxing Timer

This app provides a customizable round timer for combat sports and HIIT workouts. It features hands-free voice control, randomized combo callouts from a virtual coach, and adjustable settings for rounds, rest, and alerts. The app is designed for use during intense training sessions.

Highlights
  • Hands-free voice control
  • Randomized coach combo callouts
  • Customizable round and rest times
  • Adjustable alerts and sounds
  • Full-screen color options
  • Pre-set workout modes
Features
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Shadow is the boxing round timer built for one truth: once your wraps are on, your phone is off-limits. YOUR CORNERMAN, BUILT IN Turn on coach mode and a voice calls out real combos during your rounds — "one, two, slip, two", "jab, cross, switch kick". Boxing and Muay Thai, three difficulty levels (beginner, intermediate, pro), with callouts researched from real coaching practice. Combos are random every round, so no two sessions are ever the same. Pick any voice installed on your iPhone. HANDS-FREE VOICE CONTROL Say "pause", "go" or "skip" and the timer obeys. Speech recognition listens for the whole workout — no buttons to press, no gloves to take off. THE BELL NEVER STOPS Lock your screen, drop your phone in your bag, walk to the other side of the gym: rounds keep turning and the bell keeps ringing. No more silent timers. YOUR ROUNDS, YOUR RULES - Rounds, round length, rest and warm-up — fully adjustable - End-of-round warning (the classic 10-second wood clack) with custom timing and sound - Repeating inner-round alerts (e.g. every 30 seconds) to switch pace or technique - Rest-end countdown so you're up before the bell - 15 full-screen colors per phase, readable from across the gym - 29 sounds, all free: classic bell, gong, air horn, war horn… and a meme pack your gym will hear about READY OUT OF THE BOX Boxing (12x3:00), Muay Thai (5x3:00), Beginner, Tabata, plus coach presets — one tap and you're working. Shadow PRO (optional, one-time purchase) - Unlimited custom presets - Zero ads, forever - No subscription. Pay once, own it for life. Everything else — every sound, every color, the voice coach, voice control — is free. Built dark, loud and legible, for boxers, kickboxers, Muay Thai athletes, and anyone who trains in rounds.

Screenshots

The Bag Buddy4 screens
Boxing Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Bag Buddy at none against Boxing Timer's 1. The Bag Buddy also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boxing Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Bag Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Bag Buddy against 5.0 for Boxing Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Bag Buddy versus Boxing Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Bag BuddyBoxing Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael TangorraYacine Kahlis

Customer experience

The Bag Buddy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Boxing Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Bag Buddy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxing Timer

One-time1
  • Punch Clock Pro$6.99

Questions

Is The Bag Buddy free?
The Bag Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxing Timer free?
Boxing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Bag Buddy or Boxing Timer?
The Bag Buddy and Boxing Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do The Bag Buddy or Boxing Timer have ads?
Boxing Timer shows ads; The Bag Buddy does not.

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