Comparison

Grip Strength vs Dead Hang Timer

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

Head to head
About

Grip Strength

Track, test, and improve your hand and grip strength with detailed metrics. Log workouts, measure progress with dynamometer tests, and manage your equipment all in one place. Designed for athletes, climbers, and those in rehab.

Highlights
  • Personalized onboarding
  • Workout program templates
  • Fast workout logging
  • Dynamometer grip tests
  • Per-hand tracking
  • Built-in timer
  • Gear library
Features
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Ready to crush your grip goals? MrGripper is built for athletes, climbers, calisthenics athletes, martial artists, and anyone in rehab who wants to log, test, and improve hand strength—with clear numbers, not guesswork. What you can do • Your gear, your routines — Pick what you own and get 30 routines filtered to that gear, from beginner to elite. • Guided workouts — Press play: count-ins, live reps and holds, rest timers on the Lock Screen, and a PR celebration at the finish. • Exercise guides — Setup, cues and common mistakes for 35 movements, one tap away. • Fast workout logging — Reps, sets, notes, and grip-specific exercises in a few taps. • Dynamometer grip tests — Measure left, right, or both hands and see progress clearly. • Per-hand tracking — Log hands together or separately for more accurate trends. • Reps or timed holds — Max reps and max-duration holds, with a built-in timer for dead hangs and static holds. • Gear library — Grippers, hangboards, pinch blocks, wrist rollers and custom tools in one place. • Personal records — PRs that match how you actually train (exercise, equipment, load, hand). • Trends built from your real sets — Progress against your PR line, weekly volume, sessions per week, and hand symmetry over time. • Home and Lock Screen widgets — Today's plan, your streak, and your training week at a glance. • Share the wins — Turn a PR, a session, or a symmetry score into a clean image card. • Offline first — Log and review anywhere; no connection required. • Your setup — kg/lbs, light or dark mode, and settings that stay out of your way. What's free, what's Pro • Free: the routine library (browse and start), unlimited workouts and custom exercises, 5 pieces of equipment, dynamometer tests, 7- and 30-day trends, 30 days of history, and three saved routines. • Pro: per-equipment and per-load PRs, equipment photos, 90-day, 1-year and all-time windows, unlimited saved routines, and CSV export. Who it's for • Grip sport and heavy-gripper training • Climbers and boulderers working hangs, pinch, and contact strength • Strength athletes who want carry and pull strength when it counts • Martial artists focused on grip in grappling and holds • Rehab and return-to-training—steady, measurable progress Why MrGripper • Purpose-built for hand and grip work—not a generic gym log bolted onto “grip.” • Native, uncluttered iOS UI so you spend time training, not hunting through menus. • Reliable logging and PR logic you can trust when you're chasing real numbers. Train your grip with the same focus you bring to everything else. Terms of Use: https://domanovdev.com/mrgripper/terms Privacy Policy: https://domanovdev.com/mrgripper/privacy

About

Dead Hang Timer

Features
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Track your dead hang time the easy way — right from your Apple Watch! This a simple app that serves as a stopwatch to track how long you last doing dead hang with the unique feature of automatically stopping the timer when you lower your arms after dropping down from the bar/hold. Have you tried to recording your dead hang time with a normal stopwatch and had to start the stopwatch, jump, grip, hang, drop, rush to stop the watch, mis-tap something and cry. Just me? Well this app fixes that for you by including a 3 second countdown so you have the time to get into place, and a vibration to let you know when the timer starts and when your arms betray you, you just let them down and the timer automatically stops. And you thought an app that fixes all your problems did not exist, how naive. Main Features - Built for Apple Watch — start, hang, and finish without your iPhone. - Auto-stop detection — timer stops when your arm's lower below ~45°. - 3-second countdown with haptic feedback to kick off each session. - Haptics when the timer starts and when your hang ends. - Records page — view all sessions by date and duration, with sorting options. Note that the app requires watchOS 10 or later. If you enjoy the app and want to support me, you can do on ko-fi.com/davidpetrov

Screenshots

Grip Strength4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dead Hang Timer at none against Grip Strength's 4. Dead Hang Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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. Grip Strength sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dead Hang Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Grip Strength versus Dead Hang Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrip StrengthDead Hang Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRinalds DomanovsDavid Petrov

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Grip Strength

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Dead Hang Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grip Strength free?
Grip Strength is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Hang Timer free?
Dead Hang Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grip Strength or Dead Hang Timer have ads?
Neither Grip Strength nor Dead Hang Timer shows ads.

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