Comparison

Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds vs Loop Timer

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

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About

Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds

Features
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A boxing timer you would bolt to the wall. Every gym timer is a screen. BELL is an object. The seconds roll on machined drums. The bell is a real brass bell, struck by a hammer on a spring. The ten-second warning is wood clappers, the way a boxing gym has always called it. Nothing fades. Everything has weight, sound, and a satisfying click. LOAD A FIGHT, PRESS ONCE, TRAIN Boxing, HIIT, Tabata, EMOM — five presets ready out of the box, or spin the brass dials to build your own. Cold launch to first bell in under a second and a half. Set it on the floor, face up, and go. BELLS THAT NEVER MISS The bell cuts through your music and rings with the screen locked and the phone in your pocket. Kill the app mid-session and every remaining round still rings — on time, through Silent and Focus. The clock runs on absolute time, so backgrounding, a phone call, or low power never throws it off by a second. THE MILEAGE GAUGE The machine keeps score. A sprung brass needle banks your minutes of work today, and the odometer beneath it counts every round you have ever finished. No sensors, no straps — just miles on your fists. THE FIGHT CARD Finish a session and a stamped card slams in: rounds completed as punched holes and total work time. One tap to share. MADE LIKE A TOOL No account. No network. No data leaves your phone. Settings live on the back of the machine — flip it over. Start your last preset straight from the Action Button or Siri. A lock-screen wall clock and Dynamic Island keep the time glanceable all session. BELL PRO is one purchase, yours for good: unlimited custom presets, the OLD SCHOOL skin and every future skin, and the full session log with streaks. The timer itself — every preset, the bell, the lights — is free forever. Train like it is bolted to the wall. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trainingbell.pages.dev/privacy.html

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Loop Timer

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A simple interval timer that loops work and rest. Works with Apple Watch and the Dynamic Island. Set your times, tap start, and it loops automatically — for Tabata, HIIT, circuit training, stretching, or timing sets at the gym. ■ Always visible in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen See the remaining time and current phase even while using other apps. The timer keeps running with the screen locked and alerts you with sound and vibration. ■ Apple Watch, right on your wrist Start, pause and skip from your Apple Watch while your iPhone stays in your bag. Phases are signalled by haptics. Both devices stay in sync and show the same remaining time. Live heart rate appears on the Watch, the iPhone and the Dynamic Island. ■ Apple Health Sessions are saved as HIIT workouts. With Apple Watch, heart rate and calories are recorded too. Review your history in the app: duration, energy, average and maximum heart rate. ■ Three counter styles • Digits — just a big number • Ring — the remaining time shrinks clockwise • Bars — a bar chart you can read at a glance Switch styles while running. Landscape is supported. ■ Sounds you can choose Three volume levels and three sounds (beep, chime, wood). Preview each one with a tap. A voice can also announce Start, Stop and Finish (voice cues). ■ Train to a beat Set 40–240 BPM and choose 2, 3, 4 or 5 beats per bar. The first beat is accented to help you keep pace. Pick click, wood, cowbell or beep. By default it plays only during work. ■ Fine control Adjust times in steps of 1, 5, 10 or 30 seconds — 23 seconds is no problem. ■ Two looks, nine languages Choose the gray or pastel theme. Available in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese. ■ Ready-made presets • Tabata 20s/10s × 8 rounds • HIIT 30s/30s × 10 rounds • 4020 40s/20s × 8 rounds × 2 sets • EMOM 50s/10s × 10 rounds ■ Free and unlocked The free version runs all four presets, lets you switch counter styles and shows the Dynamic Island. A one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks: • Changing every duration • Saving your own named presets • Volume and sound choice • Apple Watch app with heart rate • Apple Health recording and workout history • Metronome rhythm (BPM, beats, sound) • Voice cues for start, stop and finish

Screenshots

Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds3 screens
Loop Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds and Loop Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 · BELL Rounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Loop Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds versus Loop Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxing Timer · BELL RoundsLoop Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnkit Singh BhandariYOSHIYUKI UEMATSU

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds

One-time1
  • BELL PRO Lifetime$7.99
1 purchases

Loop Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock custom timing$2.99

Questions

Is Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds free?
Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop Timer free?
Loop Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds or Loop Timer have ads?
Neither Boxing Timer · BELL Rounds nor Loop Timer shows ads.

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