Comparison

Crimpd vs Rock Prodigy Timer

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

Head to head
About

Crimpd

Access professionally designed climbing workouts tailored for endurance, power, and conditioning. Track your progress with interactive exercises and built-in timers. Build custom training plans with pre-set templates to enhance your climbing performance.

Highlights
  • Professionally designed climbing workouts
  • Interactive workout tracking
  • Built-in climbing workout timer
  • Progress analytics
  • Custom training plan builder
  • Pre-built skill templates
Features
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PROFESSIONALLY-DESIGNED WORKOUTS Follow workouts crafted by world-class climbers and coaches Tom Randall and Ollie Torr. Each workout is tailored to help climbers improve their Endurance, Power Endurance, Strength & Power, and Conditioning. TRACK YOUR WORKOUTS Interactive workouts take you step-by-step through the exercises of each workout. The built-in timer is designed specifically for climbing workouts, like hang boarding and interval circuits. ANALYZE YOUR PROGRESS Keep track of the workouts you've completed with the click of a button. Visualize your progress using Crimpd's built-in analytics. BUILD YOUR TRAINING PLAN Crimpd+ is designed for the self-coached climber. Subscribers gain access to Crimpd's custom training plan builder, complete with over 20 pre-built Skill Templates designed to help you bootstrap your climbing training. Payments for Crimpd+ will be charged on a recurring monthly basis to your Apple ID account. Your monthly subscription automatically renews unless you cancel before the end of the current billing period. No refunds or credits for partial months. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Access to Crimpd+ will continue through the month of your current subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.crimpd.com/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.crimpd.com/terms-conditions/

About

Rock Prodigy Timer

This app provides customizable workout timers for climbers, based on established training protocols. It features specific timers for hangboards, general fitness, and various climbing exercises with adjustable work, rest, and break periods. Users can save custom workouts and benefit from clear displays and optional feedback.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout timers
  • Hangboard specific timer
  • General fitness exercises
  • Adjustable work, rest, and break periods
  • Save and reset workouts
  • Clear timer display with feedback
Features
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This app by Trango Climbing provides workout timers based on the Rock Climber's Training Manual protocol and the Rock Prodigy series of hangboards: - Hangboard * - General Fitness exercises - Free Work, Timed Rest (e.g. Bouldering rounds, Campusboard) * - Timed Work, Timed Rest (e.g. ARC, Climbing rounds) * The hangboard timer is a unique feature of this app providing a timer with repetitions of short Hang and Rest periods (a Set) followed by a longer Break period. You can customize the number of Exercises, Sets and Rep(etition)s, and select the amount of time for Work, Rest and Break (rest between sets) periods. For convenience, it has 3 default training cycles for beginner moderate and advanced climbers. In these workouts hand grips are shown on the screen. It is also possible to change the settings of a default workout, or setup a complete custom workout. The other timers can be used for various other climbing or general exercises, such as to time the rest period while performing campusboard training, core fitness exercises, climbing rounds on a boulder wall, ARCing, and many other exercises. Features: - Customize all details of your workouts. - Save (and reset) workouts. - Very clear and big timer display. - Optional sound and vibration feedback. - Full screen option. - Pauses automatically when you receive a phone call. Please support this app by rating it! When you want to send a feature request, or found a bug, feel free to report it via email. Please do not give a poor rating before giving me the chance to refund you or solve a bug! Enjoy your climbing training! Do not overtrain! Privacy statement: - This app does not contain any advertisement such as banners! - This app does not gather any (personal) information!

Screenshots

Crimpd4 screens
Rock Prodigy Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crimpd at 4.6 against Rock Prodigy Timer's 2.6. Crimpd also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 43%) and ratings volume (100 vs 16). Rock Prodigy Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Crimpd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Rock Prodigy Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crimpd holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crimpd has 100 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Crimpd's written reviews are positive against 43% of Rock Prodigy Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crimpd ships an update every 9 days, Rock Prodigy Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crimpd versus Rock Prodigy Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrimpdRock Prodigy Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (100 ratings) — better2.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings100 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB36 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCrimpd IncGreat Trango Holdings, Inc.

Customer experience

Crimpd

All ratings100 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative9.2%

Rock Prodigy Timer

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Crimpd

Subscriptions3
  • Crimpd+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Crimpd+ Quarterly Subscription$29.993 Months
  • Crimpd+ Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Rock Prodigy Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Crimpd free?
Crimpd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rock Prodigy Timer free?
Rock Prodigy Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crimpd or Rock Prodigy Timer?
Crimpd is rated higher. Crimpd averages 4.6 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Rock Prodigy Timer averages 2.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Crimpd or Rock Prodigy Timer have ads?
Neither Crimpd nor Rock Prodigy Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crimpd or Rock Prodigy Timer?
Crimpd ships an update every 9 days, and Rock Prodigy Timer weekly. Most recently, Crimpd was updated on October 12, 2026 and Rock Prodigy Timer on September 23, 2026.

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