Comparison

RoundBell vs BoxBell

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

Head to head
About

RoundBell

Features
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RoundBell is a gym-grade round and interval timer for boxing, HIIT, and everything with a work and rest rhythm. Big numbers, loud bells, and a warning before every round ends, so your hands stay up and your eyes stay off the clock. Start in seconds with a real built-in library: - Classic boxing, 12 rounds of 3:00 work and 1:00 rest, plus amateur, speed, and heavy-bag variants - HIIT intervals like 40/20 and 30/30 - Tabata, the classic 20/10 by eight, and a double round - EMOM, every minute on the minute - Bodyweight and core circuits, plus mobility and cooldown flows Build your own timer: - Set prepare, rounds, work and rest phases, cooldown, and the bell - Add as many phases per round as you want for real circuits - Pick from six bells and a configurable end-of-round warning During a workout: - A full-bleed display that scales up on iPad and Mac - Bell at every change, a warning beep before work ends, and a 3 2 1 countdown - Haptics and a keep-awake screen, so it works from across the room Keep going and it adds up: - Every session is logged with your day streak, totals, and a weekly-minutes chart - Personal records for best rounds and longest session - A boxing combo of the day with a coaching tip Free and Lifetime: - Free includes the whole built-in library, the full timer, every cue, the log, and up to three saved custom timers - Lifetime is a one-time $9.99 USD purchase that lifts the cap to unlimited custom timers and unlocks training-log exports to CSV and PDF Your custom timers and workout history sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with your private iCloud. No account to create, no ads, and no tracking.

About

BoxBell

Features
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Pay once. No ads. No subscription. No account. Ever. BoxBell is a boxing round timer that does one job properly. Set three numbers — rounds, round length, rest length — hit START, and train. The countdown fills the screen so you can read it from across the gym: green for work, red for rest. A real boxing bell rings every round in and every round out, and a wooden clacker warns you at the last 10 seconds. FREE, FOREVER Ā· Classic 3:00 rounds with 1:00 rest, any number of rounds Ā· The full-screen countdown, the real bell, the 10-second warning Ā· A 10-second prep countdown before round one Ā· Bell volume, haptics, sounds on or off Ā· No ads. Not now, not later. BOXBELL PRO — ONE PAYMENT, US$5.99 Ā· Custom round and rest lengths Ā· Saved presets Ā· Sound packs — Deep and Bright bells alongside Classic Ā· Voice round announcements One payment. Yours forever. No subscription, no renewal, nothing to cancel. (US price; your store shows your local price.) IT DOESN'T DIE MID-ROUND Keeps running with the screen locked, in the background, with your music playing. The bell ducks your music for a moment, then hands it straight back. The bell rings even with the silent switch on. The clock is built on elapsed time, not ticks, so it can't drift or skip while your phone sleeps. WHO IT'S FOR Boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA. Shadowboxing, heavy bag, pad work, sparring rounds. HIIT and circuit work too — any interval that needs a bell and a number you can read from the floor. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No workout logging. No coaching content. No social feed. No account, no sign-up, no email. No ads, and no ad identifiers in the app at all. It sends crash reports and basic usage counts so I can fix what breaks — that's the whole list, and it's in the privacy policy. Built by one person who got tired of paying for a timer twice.

Screenshots

RoundBell4 screens
BoxBell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BoxBell at 15.0 against RoundBell's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. RoundBell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BoxBell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoundBell ships an update every 9 days, BoxBell weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
RoundBell versus BoxBell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundBellBoxBell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovaLabWorksNurshat Bakytzhan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RoundBell

One-time1
  • RoundBell Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

BoxBell

One-time1
  • BoxBell Pro$5.99

Questions

Is RoundBell free?
RoundBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoxBell free?
BoxBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RoundBell or BoxBell have ads?
Neither RoundBell nor BoxBell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoundBell or BoxBell?
RoundBell ships an update every 9 days, and BoxBell weekly. Most recently, RoundBell was updated on September 30, 2026 and BoxBell on October 10, 2026.

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