Rock Prodigy Timer vs Grasshopper Board
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!
Grasshopper Board
This app allows users to find, create, and log climbing boulder problems. It features LED integration to light up holds and a logbook to track ascents. Users can also share beta videos.
- Discover boulder problems
- Create new boulder problems
- Log ascents
- Browse logbook
- Share beta videos
- LED hold lighting integration
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Climb and train on the Grasshopper Board with the Grasshopper Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. 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: Grasshopper Board at 4.0 against Rock Prodigy Timer's 2.6. Grasshopper Board also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (56% vs 43%). Rock Prodigy Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Rock Prodigy Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grasshopper Board asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grasshopper Board holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Rock Prodigy Timer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Grasshopper Board's.
Rock Prodigy Timer ships an update weekly, Grasshopper Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Prodigy Timer | Grasshopper Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (16 ratings) | 4.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Trango Holdings, Inc. | Aurora Climbing Inc. |
Customer experience
Rock Prodigy Timer
Grasshopper Board
In-app purchases
Rock Prodigy Timer
- Full Version$2.99
Grasshopper Board
No in-app purchases
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