Comparison

IX NOVA vs ShadowCoach Boxing

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

Head to head
About

IX NOVA

This AI-powered coach offers personalized guidance for style, nutrition, fitness, skincare, grooming, and confidence. Track your progress with photos and milestones, build daily consistency, and receive tailored recommendations to help you achieve your best self.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized guidance
  • Meal scanning for calorie and nutrient estimates
  • Personalized nutrition targets
  • Outfit discovery and saving
  • Progress tracking with photos and milestones
  • Daily consistency and streak building
  • Fitness, skincare, grooming, style, and confidence advice
Features
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IX NOVA is an all-in-one self-improvement app designed to help you become the best version of yourself. Build toward your dream body with personalized fitness guidance, create a skincare routine for healthier-looking skin, eat healthier with nutrition guidance, improve your style, track your progress, and more—all in one app. Your body. Your skin. Your style. Your progress. One app to help you become the version of yourself you’ve always wanted to be.

About

ShadowCoach Boxing

Transform your device into an AI boxing coach that tracks your movements, counts punches, and corrects your form in real-time. No equipment needed, just your camera. Offers various training modes and personalized plans to improve your fitness and technique.

Highlights
  • AI-powered body tracking
  • Real-time form correction
  • Punch counting and speed measurement
  • Multiple training modes
  • 4-week personalized training plans
  • Frame-by-frame replay and export
Features
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Turn your device into an AI boxing coach. Prop it up, step back, and a live skeleton tracks your body as you shadow box - counting every punch, measuring its speed, and correcting your form out loud in real time. No gloves, no bag, no wearables needed. Tracking runs on-device: your camera feed never leaves your device unless you record a session and share it. SEE YOUR FORM, LIVE - Green skeleton overlay tracks your whole body through the camera - Choose your tracking engine: Apple Vision, Apple's 3D body tracking or Google MediaPipe models - Arms flash red the instant your guard drops - with a spoken "Hands up!" - Chin-tuck and hip-rotation checks on your power punches - Velocity trails show your punch paths EVERY PUNCH COUNTED AND CLOCKED - Jabs, crosses, hooks and uppercuts recognized automatically - Speed on every shot, with your fastest punch and left/right balance - Punches-per-minute pace and a form score for every round FOUR WAYS TO TRAIN - Freestyle: classic rounds with live feedback and a pro round timer - Fight: combos are called out - land them in time to score - Defense: slip, duck, block and parry incoming attacks, then counter - Coach: copy the on-screen coach's demonstrations and get scored BUILT LIKE A TRAINING PARTNER - 4-week training plans built around your goal: fitness, technique or power - Custom combo builder and three difficulty levels - Streaks, weekly goals and boxer ranks from Rookie to Legend - Frame-by-frame replay with corrections, exportable as video - Record sessions and export them for coaching assessment: annotated video plus punch-by-punch data (Premium) - Shareable session cards for your fastest rounds APPLE WATCH + HEALTH - Optional Watch companion streams live heart rate into your round stats - Boxing workouts save to Apple Health MADE FOR REAL HOMES - Works in living rooms: framing guidance tells you exactly where to stand - Your music keeps playing - callouts mix over the top - Natural, realistic ring announcer voices (Lewis, George and Michael), built in and working offline Whether you're warming up for sparring, learning your first jab-cross, or just want the best cardio session of your week, ShadowCoach watches your form so you can focus on throwing. Privacy first: all tracking is computed on your device. No account and no uploads. Video is only recorded if you turn on Record Video, and only leaves your device if you share it. Terms of Use: https://www.yuzool.com/apps/shadowcoach/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.yuzool.com/apps/shadowcoach/privacy.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

IX NOVA4 screens
ShadowCoach Boxing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IX NOVA at 5.0 against ShadowCoach Boxing's 3.3. IX NOVA also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). ShadowCoach Boxing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. IX NOVA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ShadowCoach Boxing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IX NOVA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IX NOVA ships an update weekly, ShadowCoach Boxing every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IX NOVA versus ShadowCoach Boxing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIX NOVAShadowCoach Boxing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGnomblehi MinhiMichael Frankland

Customer experience

IX NOVA

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShadowCoach Boxing

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

IX NOVA

Subscriptions2
  • IX NOVA premium monthly$4.991 Month
  • IX NOVA premium yearly$39.991 Year
3 purchases

ShadowCoach Boxing

Subscriptions2
  • ShadowCoach Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Annual Coaching7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • ShadowCoach Premium$59.99

Questions

Is IX NOVA free?
IX NOVA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShadowCoach Boxing free?
ShadowCoach Boxing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IX NOVA or ShadowCoach Boxing?
IX NOVA is rated higher. IX NOVA averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ShadowCoach Boxing averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do IX NOVA or ShadowCoach Boxing have ads?
Neither IX NOVA nor ShadowCoach Boxing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IX NOVA or ShadowCoach Boxing?
IX NOVA ships an update weekly, and ShadowCoach Boxing every 3 days. Most recently, IX NOVA was updated on October 31, 2026 and ShadowCoach Boxing on November 5, 2026.

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