Comparison

Box Timer vs TKDForm

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

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About

Box Timer

Features
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Box Timer is a customizable interval and round timer for boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA, BJJ, karate, taekwondo, and judo. Use it for shadowboxing, bag work, technique drills, HIIT, or your own training routine. Set the exercises, work intervals, rest periods, and repeats to fit your session. No ads. No paywall. No subscriptions. A QUICK TIMER THAT REMEMBERS YOUR SETTINGS Configure your everyday session once and return to it whenever you train. Set preparation time, boxing rounds, rest, and repetitions, then press Start. You do not need to create a saved workout to use the timer. BUILD AND SAVE YOUR OWN WORKOUTS Create separate presets for different training days, disciplines, or goals. Combine exercises, preparation, rest, cooldowns, and repeat blocks in your own sequence. Adjust each step's duration and repeat groups of steps instead of adding them individually. Save your routines and reuse them for your next session. CHOOSE FROM MORE THAN 1,000 EXERCISES β€” OR CREATE YOUR OWN Browse exercises for striking, grappling, warm-ups, and cooldowns. Search for a drill and add it to your workout. Create custom exercises when you need something different, with your own name, description, and optional photo or video link. CUSTOMIZE EACH EXERCISE Change exercise names to match your drills and combinations. Choose an icon and color for each exercise so you can recognize it during training. Set individual durations and arrange the sequence around the way you train. Give saved workouts their own icons and colors to distinguish your routines. MANAGE YOUR SESSION WITH A TAP Tap an exercise icon to open its actions. View exercise details, move a step, duplicate it, or copy and paste it into your session. Build longer routines from the drills you already configured. FOLLOW EVERY ROUND The active timer shows your current exercise, its remaining time, the next step, and the time left in the session. See your progress through the workout and use sound assistance with your chosen round bell. Pause and resume, restart, or move forward and back through the sequence when your session changes. KEEP YOUR TIMER IN VIEW Follow an active workout with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to access and control your session. CHOOSE YOUR APP'S APPEARANCE Use light mode, dark mode, or follow your system appearance. Pick an accent color for the main action buttons. Customize exercise and workout icons separately, and unlock alternative app icons as you train. REVIEW YOUR COMPLETED SESSION See completed rounds and segments, active time, rest time, total duration, and skipped time. The workout summary also includes an estimated calorie burn. Use the quick timer for your regular rounds or build a saved workout with different drills and intervals. Box Timer gives you control over the sequence, timing, names, icons, and colors in one app.

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TKDForm

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TKDForm turns your phone into a Taekwondo coach. Record yourself performing any Taegeuk form or one of nine standard kicks, and get detailed feedback graded against Kukkiwon standards: what you did well, what went wrong, and exactly how to fix it. WHAT YOU GET - All 8 Taegeuk forms, from Il Jang through Pal Jang - 9 standard kicks: front, roundhouse, side, back, crescent, axe, hook, spinning hook, and tornado - A live skeleton overlay while you record, so you can see your framing - A score and letter grade for every attempt - Specific corrections that name the technique, the mistake, and the fix - Progress tracking so you can see improvement over time GRADED FOR YOUR LEVEL Choose Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced before you record. A beginner performing a clean front kick gets credit for a clean front kick. An advanced practitioner is held to competition standards. The same performance is graded differently depending on where you are in your training, because that is how a real coach would do it. CATCHES THE MISTAKES THAT MATTER TKDForm checks whether you performed the form you selected, and flags wrong technique types: a high block where the form calls for a middle block, a back stance where it calls for a front stance. You get told which move, what you did, and what it should have been. FREE Five analyses per day, every day. No account, no sign-in, no ads. PRIVACY Your video is never uploaded. A few still frames are sent for analysis and discarded immediately. Your history stays on your device and can be deleted at any time. Note: TKDForm is a practice aid. It is not a substitute for a certified instructor.

Screenshots

Box Timer4 screens
TKDForm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TKDForm at 17.0 against Box Timer's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Box Timer versus TKDForm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox TimerTKDForm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size98 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSvyatoslav BoikoArvin Rajkumar

In-app purchases

None

Box Timer

No in-app purchases

None

TKDForm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Box Timer free?
Box Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TKDForm free?
TKDForm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Box Timer or TKDForm have ads?
Neither Box Timer nor TKDForm shows ads.

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