Comparison

NeckStrong vs CaliTimer

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

Head to head
About

NeckStrong

Features
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Isometrics Head Exercise is a simple daily routine designed to help relieve neck pain and tension. Just press start and follow the guided 10-minute session — short, gentle isometric movements that strengthen your neck and shoulder muscles without strain. Features: - Guided 10-minute daily routine - Audio cues so you can keep your eyes closed and focus - Track your sessions, streak and total time - Works fully offline — no account required - Available in English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Arabic Perfect for office workers, students, drivers, and anyone who spends long hours looking at a screen.

About

CaliTimer

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You already film your training. CaliTimer gets the real hold time out of that footage, keeps every set in a training log, and exports a clip with the measured time burned in. TIME IT • Record a set in the app, or bring in a clip you filmed earlier with Time a Clip. • Review it on a marked timeline: drag the handles to the exact frame a hold starts and breaks, add a hold, or delete one that isn't real. • On handstand, front lever and tuck front lever, CaliTimer fills the hold time in for you. On everything else you mark it, a couple of seconds either way. Imported clips are always marked by hand. LOG IT • 78 exercises in ten families: front lever, back lever, planche and handstand variations, plus core, legs, push, pull and grip work. Timed holds and counted reps in one place. Can't find yours? Create it. • Build a session from several exercises. Log each set as hold time or reps, with added weight, resistance bands (use several at once) and RPE. Add a note to any exercise. • A rest timer counts down between sets. • Every session is a card in your log that opens into full detail, with your personal bests starred. Your week, time trained, sets and sessions is on the Train screen. • Kilograms or pounds, your choice. SHARE IT • Clip It exports a set as a clip trimmed to the hold, with the real measured time burned into the footage. Choose the typeface, colour, size, background and position, then save it or share it. • Filmed a hold months ago? Bring it in with Time a Clip, mark the hold on the timeline, and log it if it belongs in your record. PRIVACY • Your training data never leaves your phone. • Pose analysis, used for auto-detect, runs on-device with Apple's Vision framework, which returns joint positions — not images. • No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No ads. No third-party SDKs. • Recordings stay on your device and are deleted when a session ends unless you save them to your camera roll. CALITIMER PRO CaliTimer requires a subscription: £4.99/month or £44.99/year, each starting with a 7-day free trial. One subscription covers the whole app, and new skills arrive as their detection is finished. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription Terms: https://calitimer.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://calitimer.app/privacy CaliTimer is built and maintained by one developer. Feedback is welcome, there's a "Contact support" link in the app's Account screen.

Screenshots

NeckStrong2 screens
CaliTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CaliTimer at none against NeckStrong's shown. CaliTimer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 80 months). NeckStrong's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NeckStrong ships an update every 80 months, CaliTimer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
NeckStrong versus CaliTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeckStrongCaliTimer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 80 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB28 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCloudSpirit LimitedLSQUARED LABS LTD

In-app purchases

None

NeckStrong

No in-app purchases

None

CaliTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NeckStrong free?
NeckStrong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CaliTimer free?
CaliTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NeckStrong or CaliTimer have ads?
NeckStrong shows ads; CaliTimer does not.
Which is updated more often, NeckStrong or CaliTimer?
NeckStrong ships an update every 80 months, and CaliTimer every 9 days. Most recently, NeckStrong was updated on October 14, 2026 and CaliTimer on October 7, 2026.

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