ForceData vs Playgrounds & Pitches
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ForceData
This app utilizes device sensors to measure acceleration, velocity, and force. It exports filtered data to CSV files, perfect for creating force-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs. Ideal for basic sports biomechanics analysis of exercises like jumps and squats.
- Measures acceleration, velocity, and force
- Uses iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch sensors
- Exports filtered data to CSV
- Generates force-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time curves
- Useful for sport biomechanics analysis
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ForceData is a very simple app that uses the sensors of the iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to measure acceleration, velocity and force. Also, it exports filtered data to a CSV file. This CSV file is already prepared to plot force-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time curves easily. Very useful for simple sport biomechanics analyses in exercises like the countermovement jump or the squat!
Playgrounds & Pitches
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The Playgrounds & Pitches app is the user-friendly app for operating Wireless Value equipment. All our devices for measuring and testing play area surfaces and sports fields can be operated with this app, whereby the data, together with the location data, is synchronised with our data portal in real time or retrospectively. The data portal is where the database is ultimately built up, including all information relating to the measurements, such as tables, graphs and photos. Reports can also be generated from the portal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Playgrounds & Pitches at Free against ForceData's $0.99. ForceData's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Playgrounds & Pitches is free to download; ForceData costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ForceData ships an update weekly, Playgrounds & Pitches every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ForceData | Playgrounds & Pitches |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Balsalobre | Wireless Value b.v. |
In-app purchases
ForceData
No in-app purchases
Playgrounds & Pitches
No in-app purchases
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