Comparison

Force Board vs Boardsesh

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

Head to head
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!

About

Boardsesh

This app connects to various LED climbing boards via Bluetooth to light up holds on your wall. Browse and filter thousands of community-created climbs, build a queue, and track your progress. It supports group sessions for climbing with friends, whether in the same gym or remotely.

Highlights
  • Connects to LED climbing boards
  • Lights up holds on the wall
  • Browse and filter community climbs
  • Build and manage a climb queue
  • Track climbing attempts and sends
  • Supports group climbing sessions
Features
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Climb on Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard and more, plus your spray wall. Keep your climbs, shared queue and logbook in one app. YOUR BOARDS. ONE APP. Boardsesh works with Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard, Woods, Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Switch between supported boards and keep your climbing history together. YOUR SPRAY WALL, TOO A home wall, or a spray wall at your gym? Photograph it and Boardsesh suggests holds from the photo. Fix what it missed, then set climbs, queue them and log sends in the same logbook as your other boards. No LEDs needed: the holds are highlighted on your photo. Share the wall by link and your crew can set on it too. Stripped the wall? Reset it with a new photo, and the old wall is archived with its climbs and sends. Swap a single hold and any climb that used it is flagged. BOARD HISTORY Share a board and you lose track of the last climb fast, and someone always wipes it by accident. See climbs lit through Boardsesh on that board: the climb name, who lit it, who set it, grade and angle, and recent sends. SESSIONS WITH YOUR CREW Start a session and you and your crew can share one queue everyone can drive. Anyone can light the next climb on the wall. When you're done you get a recap and tracking: sends and attempts, grade spread, your hardest send, and progress over time. CONTROL FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN (iOS 17+) iOS Live Activities tell you what climb is on from your lock screen, and allow you to change it without leaving your lock screen. BUILD A WORKOUT Pick Volume, Pyramid, Ladder or Grade Focus, set a target grade and warm-up, preview the climbs, then push them to the wall one at a time. TRACK YOUR CLIMBING Record sends, flashes and attempts, get a recap with duration, grade spread and your hardest send, and watch your sends and grades climb on the Progress tab. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Save your session to Apple Health, and import your past Kilter and Tension logbook from Aurora Climbing. FIND MORE TO CLIMB Follow your crew and setters, search climbers, and pin playlists from Discover. Supported boards: Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard (2010, 2016, 2024, Masters 2017, Masters 2019), Woods (12x12, 8x10), Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Plus spray walls: any wall you can photograph. Boardsesh is a community effort that works with these boards and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any board manufacturer.

Screenshots

Force Board4 screens
Boardsesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boardsesh at 4.6 against Force Board's 3.8. Boardsesh also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (77% vs 56%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Force Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Boardsesh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boardsesh holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Force Board's written reviews are positive against 77% of Boardsesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Force Board ships an update monthly, Boardsesh every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Force Board versus Boardsesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForce BoardBoardsesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (16 ratings)4.6 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1628 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPitchSixMarco de Jongh

Customer experience

Force Board

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

Boardsesh

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

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
None

Boardsesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Force Board free?
Force Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boardsesh free?
Boardsesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Force Board or Boardsesh?
Boardsesh is rated higher. Force Board averages 3.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Boardsesh averages 4.6 from 28 ratings.
Do Force Board or Boardsesh have ads?
Neither Force Board nor Boardsesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Force Board or Boardsesh?
Force Board ships an update monthly, and Boardsesh every 2 weeks. Most recently, Force Board was updated on October 15, 2026 and Boardsesh on October 20, 2026.

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