Rock Prodigy Timer vs Tension Board 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable workout timers
- Hangboard specific timer
- General fitness exercises
- Adjustable work, rest, and break periods
- Save and reset workouts
- Clear timer display with feedback
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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!
Tension Board 2
This app allows climbers to train on a digital climbing board. It offers a vast library of boulder problems, the ability to create custom routes, and track training progress. Connect to LED lights for an interactive climbing experience.
- Search boulder problems
- Create custom boulders
- Log ascents
- Browse logbook
- Follow other climbers
- Share beta videos
- LED integration
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Climb and train on the Tension Board with the Tension Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. Follow other climbers. Find and share beta videos. LED Integration: Connect the app to the LED Kit via Bluetooth and light up the holds. Green = Start Hold Blue = Middle Hold Red = Finish Hold Magenta = Foot Only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tension Board 2 at 3.6 against Rock Prodigy Timer's 2.6. Tension Board 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (56 vs 16). Rock Prodigy Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Rock Prodigy Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tension Board 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tension Board 2 holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Rock Prodigy Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tension Board 2's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Prodigy Timer | Tension Board 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (16 ratings) | 3.6 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Trango Holdings, Inc. | Aurora Climbing Inc. |
Customer experience
Rock Prodigy Timer
Tension Board 2
In-app purchases
Rock Prodigy Timer
- Full Version$2.99
Tension Board 2
No in-app purchases
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