Hangboard timer vs hangtime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hangboard timer
This app provides a customizable timer for hangboard training routines. Set your hang, rest, repetition, and recovery times to optimize your climbing workouts. Easily pause and resume your session with a simple screen press.
- Customizable hang time
- Adjustable rest time
- Set repetitions
- Define recovery time
- Simple pause/resume function
- Unlimited cycles
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A simple to use hangboard timer app for climbers. Used for regular hangboard routines where you need hang time, rest time, repetitions and recovery time. Once started you can perform as many cycles as you want. Before starting the routine you can of course set hang time, rest time, repetitions and recovery time. For pause/resume, simply press screen.
hangtime
This app automatically times your dead hangs using your phone's camera, eliminating the need for manual input. Compete with friends on leaderboards and track your progress with streaks and detailed analytics.
- Automatic pose detection timer
- Camera-based hang tracking
- Game Center leaderboards
- Friends-only leaderboards
- Hang streaks tracking
- Apple Health integration (Pro)
- Home screen widgets (Pro)
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Grab a bar. hangtime watches through the camera and starts the clock the moment your feet leave the floor. Drop, and it stops. No buttons, no chalk on your screen. Dead hangs build grip strength and happier shoulders. The hard part is doing them every day. hangtime turns hanging into a game you play with your friends. THE TIMER - Pose detection starts and stops the clock for you - Prop your phone up with your whole body in frame, then hang - No camera angle? Tap the dial and time the hang manually FRIENDS - Game Center leaderboards: longest hang, most hang time today, all time - Global boards and a friends-only view - Send a "beat my time" link to anyone. It works even before they have the app STREAKS - A day counts when you hang - Keep the week strip alive and watch the streak grow HANGTIME PRO One purchase. No subscription. - Trends: charts of every hang and your record over time - Apple Health: every hang counts toward your rings - Coach: a word on every hang. Where it lands and what is next - Levels: the whole benchmark book, novice to elite, for your age - Widgets: best, today and streak on your home screen PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. The camera is processed on your phone and nothing is ever recorded. Your data stays yours. Hang loose
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: hangtime at 100% against Hangboard timer's 50%. hangtime also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Hangboard timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, 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
hangtime is free to download; Hangboard timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
hangtime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Hangboard timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of hangtime's.
Hangboard timer ships an update every 10 months, hangtime every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hangboard timer | hangtime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mats Eriksson | Movebook LLC |
Customer experience
Hangboard timer
hangtime
In-app purchases
Hangboard timer
No in-app purchases
hangtime
No in-app purchases
