HangClimb Timer vs Force Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HangClimb Timer
Create, modify, and execute custom hangboard climbing workouts with a simple interface. Track your progress and integrate with Apple Health. Control workouts directly from your Apple Watch.
- Custom workout creation
- Workout editing (sets, reps)
- Hangboard workout execution
- Apple Health integration
- Apple Watch app support
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HangClimb Timer is a mobile application tool for creation, modification, and execution of hang board climbing workouts. HangClimb uses a simple interface for editing individual workouts, sets, or reps so that you can create your ideal hangboard workout. HangClimb Timer, a Health and Fitness app, uses HealthKit to integrate your workouts with the Apple Health App. The corresponding Apple Watch App allows you to execute the workouts from your watch.
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HangClimb Timer at 4.8 against Force Board's 3.8. HangClimb Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (82% vs 56%). Force Board's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price 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. Force Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HangClimb Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
HangClimb Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HangClimb Timer has 284 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of HangClimb Timer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Force Board's.
HangClimb Timer ships an update every 5 months, Force Board monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HangClimb Timer | Force Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (284 ratings) — better | 3.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Riley Bruce | PitchSix |
Customer experience
HangClimb Timer
Force Board
Bugs and requests
HangClimb Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound doesn't work
- Timer stops counting down when not actively using app
- Cannot figure out how to get sound notifications
Requested features
6 requests- Option to exceed 60 second reps
- Ability to delete sets within a workout
- Ability to delete hangs, hold and hold types
- Rest time limit to be uncapped
- Changeable sound options
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- Option to start with hang instead of rest
Force Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HangClimb Timer
No in-app purchases
Force Board
- 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
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