The Shadow Boxing App Is Now on Android
The Shadow Boxing App is now on Android. After years of being iOS-only, you can finally train with our boxing workout app on a Google Pixel, a Samsung, or any other Android phone. This is something we have been asked for almost since we launched on iOS, and it is finally real.
What is in the Android release
The short version: most of what makes the app worth using on iOS is in the Android version from day one. You are not getting a cut-down preview. You are getting the actual app, with the actual workouts, the actual programs, and the actual technique library.
It is also fully native, built specifically for Android instead of being a web wrapper or a hybrid shell pretending to be an app. That means it opens fast, runs smoothly mid-workout, and keeps working when you have no signal. Train in a basement gym with no reception, in a hotel room on a trip, or out in the garage where the WiFi does not reach. Once the app is installed, you do not need a connection to use it.
Here is what works on Android right now.
Programs. Structured multi-week programs built around specific goals. Start Boxing in 30 Minutes for a complete beginner who has never thrown a punch before. Learn to Jump Rope for people who want to build that skill from scratch. Hitting the Bag for heavy bag work. The full set of programs is available in the Android app, guiding you session by session with no decisions to make.
Workouts. Dozens of guided sessions across every length and intensity. Short 10-minute sessions for days you do not have time. Longer 30-minute sessions when you want to put in real work. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced versions of each. Filter by what equipment you have, what duration you want, and what skill level you are at.
Custom workouts. Build your own session by picking the number of rounds, round length, rest length, the exercises you want, the techniques to drill, and the breathing exercises and recovery to include. The custom workout builder is fully in the Android release.
Technique catalogue. Every punch, every defence, every footwork move with a tutorial video. Jab, cross, hooks, uppercuts, slips, rolls, the L step, the pivot, the Ali shuffle, the check hook. Hundreds of entries with explanations and demonstrations from real coaches.
Jump rope. Full jump rope tutorials covering the basic bounce, alternating feet, boxer skip, double unders, and more advanced footwork. Dedicated jump rope workouts and the full Learn to Jump Rope program. We do not know of any other boxing app that takes jump rope this seriously.
Heavy bag workouts. Bag rounds, bag repetitions, speed on the bag, freestyle bag sessions, and a full bag program. If you train at home with a heavy bag, the Android app handles all of it.
HIIT. Short, brutal HIIT sessions for when you want to be exhausted in 20 minutes. Boxing-specific HIIT combining punch combinations with bodyweight conditioning, not generic gym HIIT slapped onto a boxing app.
Community videos. Real users of the app sharing clips of themselves training: shadow boxing in their living room, hitting the bag in the garage, skipping rope in the backyard. It is a feed of people actually using the app, not staged marketing footage, and it is one of the best parts of opening the app each day.
Profile customisation. Set your boxing level, your jump rope level, what equipment you have, what you want the app to focus on. The app uses that to recommend the right sessions and the right programs.
What is not there yet
We want to be straight about this. Some features from the iOS app did not make this first Android release. The main ones missing right now:
- Quick start: the feature that generates a session from a few parameters in seconds
- Kickboxing exercises
- The custom combo creator for building your own punch sequences
- Sound effect customisation
- Advanced stats and detailed performance tracking
These are on the list. Android is a real platform for us now, not a one-off port, and these gaps will close over the coming updates the same way iOS features have been built out over time. If you have been following how the app keeps getting better on iOS, expect the same approach here.
The good news is that, while features are missing, the premium pricing is also lowered… and if you get in early, we will not increase the price for you as a way to thank you for believing in us!
How to get it
Head to the Play Store and grab the best boxing app for Android directly from your phone. It is free to download and the free tier on Android is the same as on iOS. You get a real amount of training available without paying, and a subscription unlocks everything else. No ads, no nagging, no engagement tricks.
If you have an Android phone and you have been waiting for this, the wait is over. And if you have been recommending the app to friends who use Android and could not actually try it, you can finally point them to the Play Store page for the Shadow Boxing App.
Why this took a while
A fair question. We are a small independent team and the iOS version is what we have been building, fixing, and shipping updates to almost every week. Adding a second platform is not free. It meant rebuilding parts of the app to work on Android, retesting every flow, and making sure the experience would not feel like a watered-down iOS knockoff.
The decision to wait until we could ship something genuinely useful, instead of a half-built shell, was deliberate. The first Android version has most of what the iOS app has. The remaining gaps are real, but they are gaps in a working app, not a stub.
If you find bugs on Android, send them our way at shadowboxingworkout@gmail.com. If a feature you care about is missing, drop us a note through the Shadow Boxing App contact page and we will read it. The iOS app got to where it is because people using it kept telling us what was wrong and what they wanted. Android is going to get there the same way.
In the meantime, the app is live and ready to go. Try the Shadow Boxing App on your Android device and tell us what you think.
