Comparison

Force Board vs Get a Grip

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

Get a Grip

This app guides your daily finger training by connecting to a Bluetooth force gauge to measure and time your holds. It automatically adjusts target loads based on your measured maximums and tracks your progress. The app also offers a plain timer mode and a critical force test.

Highlights
  • Connects to Bluetooth force gauges
  • Measures and times finger holds
  • Automatic target load adjustment
  • Plain timer mode
  • Critical force test
  • Live Activity on Lock Screen
  • Records every rep
Features
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Get a Grip runs your daily finger training. Build your routine once and it greets you every time you open the app, one tap from pulling. The app connects to your Bluetooth force gauge, tares it, counts you in, and times every hold from what your fingers actually do. Chalk up or shake out mid-set and the clock stops with you: it only runs while you hold your target load. Works with the Tindeq Progressor and the Frez Dyno, with experimental support for several other BLE gauges and crane scales. Left the gauge at home? Every routine also runs as a plain timer. There is no exercise library to curate. A grip is just an edge depth, which fingers, and a position, written straight on the set. Prescribe 25% of max once and every grip resolves to its own target load, per hand, from the maxes you have measured. Choose pounds or kilograms in Settings. The rest countdown starts when you actually let go of the edge, and if the next set is on a different grip, the rest screen says so before you get there. Benchmarks keeps each grip's max and critical force together. The critical force test is 24 all-out pulls in four minutes and finds the load each hand can sustain. A Live Activity keeps the countdown and the target on your Lock Screen for the whole session. Every rep is recorded. A day of climbing at the gym counts as training too, because it is. No account, no analytics, no ads. Your data stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, nowhere else. The whole app works in English and French. Get a Grip is an independent app, not made by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Tindeq or any other gauge maker.

Screenshots

Force Board4 screens
Get a Grip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Get a Grip at 5.0 against Force Board's 3.8. Get a Grip also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Force Board's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Get a Grip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Force Board ships an update monthly, Get a Grip every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Force Board versus Get a Grip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForce BoardGet a Grip
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (16 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPitchSixNuri Bruner

Customer experience

Force Board

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

Get a Grip

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Get a Grip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Force Board free?
Force Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Get a Grip free?
Get a Grip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Force Board or Get a Grip?
Get a Grip is rated higher. Force Board averages 3.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Get a Grip averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Force Board or Get a Grip have ads?
Neither Force Board nor Get a Grip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Force Board or Get a Grip?
Force Board ships an update monthly, and Get a Grip every 3 days. Most recently, Force Board was updated on November 3, 2026 and Get a Grip on November 6, 2026.

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