Comparison

PrepSteady vs BoxFlow

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

Head to head
About

PrepSteady

This app helps busy professionals build healthy habits and stick to them throughout the week. It focuses on preparation to prevent mid-week slumps and offers rescue interventions when temptation strikes. Track your progress, see savings, and manage your meal rotation.

Highlights
  • Preparation Score for weekly planning
  • Midweek rescue interventions
  • Consistency tracking and streaks
  • Meal rotation and backup meals
  • Money saved from skipping takeout
  • Fall-off pattern insights (Pro)
Features
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PrepSteady is the preparation-first habit tracker that helps busy professionals beat the "Wednesday Fall-off" — the Sunday motivation that collapses into midweek takeout. WIN THE WEEK BEFORE IT STARTS Spend a few minutes on Sunday building your Preparation Score: check off meal components, groceries, and habit-readiness items. The Proof Gauge fills as your week gets Wednesday-proof. MIDWEEK RESCUE WHEN TEMPTATION HITS Tap "I'm Tempted" for instant backup meals and a quick, judgment-free intervention — then log it so you spot the pattern next time. SEE YOUR CONSISTENCY Track your Preparation Score trend, weekly streaks, station breakdowns, and the money you've saved by skipping takeout. YOUR MEAL ROTATION Keep your go-to simple meals and emergency backups in one place, ready when you need them. PREPSTEADY PRO (optional subscription) Unlock full history, fall-off pattern insights, unlimited templates, and seasonal challenges. - Monthly ($3.99) or Yearly ($23.99), with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in Settings Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/prepsteady/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/prepsteady/terms

About

BoxFlow

This app guides users through shadow boxing rounds with timed work and rest periods. It paces breathing exercises and provides a single focus cue for each session. Users can track progress and access a library of boxing techniques.

Highlights
  • Timed boxing rounds
  • Paced breathing exercises
  • Daily focus cue
  • Technique library
  • Progress tracking
  • Unlimited rounds
Features
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BoxFlow runs your shadow boxing rounds, paces your breathing in the rest, and gives you one thing to work on. Built for beginners who shadow box at home. Unlike boxing apps that claim to watch your form, it has no camera and no sensors, and it never watches you train. It counts what it called and records what you told it — and it says which is which on every screen. THE ROUND BoxFlow calls the tempo and the combinations, so it knows exactly how many punches it asked for. Work and rest are timed against the plan, and the bell is a full-screen colour change you cannot miss. THE SIXTH BREATH A one-minute rest paced at six breaths a minute is exactly six breaths. BoxFlow paces them, you tap the ring at the end of each exhale, and every confirmed breath prints a mark on the ring. Six a minute beat both box breathing and free breathing on heart rate and perceived effort in a randomised trial of exactly this rest interval. ONE CUE, CHOSEN BY YOU Coaches at a national championship averaged eight instructions a round. You get one, you pick it from three, and it is phrased as something to do out in the world rather than something to think about inside your body — the phrasing that measurably improves punch speed and force. THE LADDER Six rungs of round structure. You move up when your last three sessions say you are ready, not when the calendar says so. TECHNIQUE, WITH ITS SOURCE SHOWN Teaching points and common mistakes taken from the international amateur boxing coaching manual, plus a plain answer to the claims this sport repeats — box breathing, 10,000 hours, 300 reps a day, and apps that say they can measure your form. FREE, FOREVER The whole training loop: unlimited rounds, every ladder rung, the breath pacer, the daily cue, the full technique library, your streak, and your last 14 sessions. The timer is never paywalled. BOXFLOW PRO (optional subscription) Unlimited history, the breath and cue trends, effort-versus-output insights, unlimited custom combinations, and CSV export of your own log. - Monthly or annual, with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in Settings BoxFlow is training practice, not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/778/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/778/terms

Screenshots

PrepSteady4 screens
BoxFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: PrepSteady at 7 against BoxFlow's 1. On price, rating, 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. PrepSteady sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and BoxFlow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PrepSteady against 5.0 for BoxFlow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PrepSteady has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PrepSteady versus BoxFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrepSteadyBoxFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZivari Labs, LLCASHOK KUMAR

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PrepSteady

Subscriptions2
  • PrepSteady Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • PrepSteady Pro Yearly7 Days trial$23.991 Year
2 purchases

BoxFlow

Subscriptions2
  • BoxFlow Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • BoxFlow Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is PrepSteady free?
PrepSteady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoxFlow free?
BoxFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PrepSteady or BoxFlow?
PrepSteady and BoxFlow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PrepSteady or BoxFlow have ads?
Neither PrepSteady nor BoxFlow shows ads.

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