Comparison

Rock Prodigy Timer vs Force Board

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

Head to head
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!

About

Force Board

This app provides a weight-free strength training platform for athletes, focusing on finger and major muscle groups. It allows users to train and track every rep, offering over 600 lbs of resistance for isometric training. The platform is lightweight and portable for on-the-go workouts.

Highlights
  • Weight-free full-body training
  • Lightweight and portable design
  • Rep tracking with the app
  • Over 600 lbs of resistance
  • Isometric training for fingers
  • Muscle group training
Features
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Force Board is a smart, weight-free strength training platform for rock climbers and other athletes to train fingers and major muscle groups. Force Board Offers - Full-body training WITHOUT WEIGHTS - LIGHTWEIGHT & PORTABLE for training on the go - TRAIN & TRACK every rep with the Force Board App - OVER 600 LBS of training resistance - ISOMETRIC TRAINING for fingers and other muscle groups Defy Your Limits with Force Board!

Screenshots

Rock Prodigy Timer4 screens
Force Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Force Board at 3.8 against Rock Prodigy Timer's 2.6. Force Board also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 43%). Rock Prodigy Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rock Prodigy Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Force Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Force Board holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Rock Prodigy Timer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Force Board's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rock Prodigy Timer ships an update weekly, Force Board monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rock Prodigy Timer versus Force Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRock Prodigy TimerForce Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (16 ratings)3.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1616
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreat Trango Holdings, Inc.PitchSix

Customer experience

Rock Prodigy Timer

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

Force Board

All ratings16 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rock Prodigy Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
4 purchases

Force Board

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$29.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly Plan$249.991 Year

Questions

Is Rock Prodigy Timer free?
Rock Prodigy Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Force Board free?
Force Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rock Prodigy Timer or Force Board?
Force Board is rated higher. Rock Prodigy Timer averages 2.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Force Board averages 3.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Rock Prodigy Timer or Force Board have ads?
Neither Rock Prodigy Timer nor Force Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rock Prodigy Timer or Force Board?
Rock Prodigy Timer ships an update weekly, and Force Board monthly. Most recently, Rock Prodigy Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Force Board on September 30, 2026.

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