Comparison

BoxBoard vs SnapWOD

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

Head to head
About

BoxBoard

This app helps you track your fitness progress and connect with your gym community. Log scores, monitor personal records, and view daily leaderboards. Share your fitness journey and engage with others through a dedicated community feed.

Highlights
  • Automatic PR tracking
  • Workout journal with notes
  • Daily leaderboard
  • Community feed for sharing
  • Gym admin tools
Features
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Take your CrossFit community with you wherever you go. If you’re looking for a fast and reliable way to track your workouts and stay connected to your gym, BoxBoard is for you. Stay up to date with the daily leaderboard, log your scores in seconds, and keep track of your personal records. BoxBoard automatically tracks your lifts and helps you understand your progress over time. Features: • Automatic PR Tracking Max effort scores are automatically added to your movement history. • Workout Journal See your PRs, review past workouts, and add personal notes. • Leaderboard Track scores, compare with your gym, and celebrate progress. • Community Feed Like, comment, and share your fitness journey with others. • Gym Tools Gym admins can post workouts, edit scores, and manage their gym community. BoxBoard is built for the committed athlete and coach. BoxBoard is not affiliated with CrossFit, Inc.

About

SnapWOD

Features
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SnapWOD turns the workout on the whiteboard into a timer you can train with. Snap a photo of the board, upload a screenshot from your gym's app, or paste the text, and SnapWOD builds every part, round and rest for you. Made for functional fitness, including CrossFit-style training and HYROX-style sessions, not generic interval clocks. FROM WHITEBOARD TO TIMER IN SECONDS • Smart reading turns written workouts into structured timers • Check the preview, adjust any time, then hit start • Multi-part sessions with rest built in: strength sets, conditioning, finishers • Understands real programming like "every 3 min x 5" and "2 sets: A, B, C" EVERY FORMAT • EMOM and every-X-minutes, AMRAP, For Time with a cap, intervals, Tabata and work:rest ratios • Prefer to set it up yourself? Build any timer by hand READABLE FROM ACROSS THE GYM • Giant colour-coded clock: green for work, red for rest • What's next is always on screen • Loud 3-2-1 beeps and a distraction-free focus mode • Keeps counting on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island ON YOUR WRIST • Follow the countdown on Apple Watch in the Smart Stack while your iPhone runs the timer SAVE AND SHARE • Keep your go-to workouts in your library and start them with one tap • Share any workout with a link or QR code so training partners, friends or your whole class run the exact same timer TRAIN ANYWHERE • Timers run offline, and device mode reads simple workouts without a connection FREE AND PREMIUM SnapWOD is free to download and use: build timers by hand, read simple workouts on your device, get free smart reads every month and save up to 3 workouts. Premium adds up to 100 smart reads a month, up to 30 saved workouts backed up to the cloud, and sharing by link or QR code. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled at any time in your Apple Account settings. Train with structure, not guesswork.

Screenshots

BoxBoard4 screens
SnapWOD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoxBoard at none against SnapWOD's 1. SnapWOD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SnapWOD sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. BoxBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoxBoard ships an update every 6 months, SnapWOD every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BoxBoard versus SnapWOD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxBoardSnapWOD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason CypretRobert Dixon

In-app purchases

None

BoxBoard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SnapWOD

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is BoxBoard free?
BoxBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapWOD free?
SnapWOD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoxBoard or SnapWOD have ads?
Neither BoxBoard nor SnapWOD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoxBoard or SnapWOD?
BoxBoard ships an update every 6 months, and SnapWOD every 3 weeks. Most recently, BoxBoard was updated on November 1, 2026 and SnapWOD on October 30, 2026.

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