Comparison

Force Patient vs StriveHub

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

Head to head
About

Force Patient

This app allows patients to engage with their healthcare providers by watching educational videos, managing daily tasks, and sending secure messages. It facilitates progress tracking for care teams, enabling timely interventions and personalized support.

Highlights
  • Watch educational videos
  • Complete daily tasks
  • Communicate with care teams
  • Track patient progress
  • Receive personalized support
  • Integrates with Apple Health
Features
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Force Patient is prescribed to patients of Force-enabled healthcare organizations, allowing patients to watch videos, complete tasks on their daily To-Do Lists, and communicate with their Care Teams via messages. Data points from the patient are sent back to the Care Team, allowing them to understand patients' progress and take action when necessary. Force-enabled patients should have received a welcome email and can use the same login credentials that they use to access the web version of Force to log into this app. Force Patient is free for patients who have been prescribed Force at a Force-enabled organization. Requires a patient Force account. Force Patient utilizes Apple’s Health App to read your step data.

About

StriveHub

This app digitizes your rehabilitation therapy, providing HD videos for home exercises and allowing you to track progress. Stay connected with your care team through direct messaging and access curated content, eliminating the need for paper handouts.

Highlights
  • HD exercise videos
  • Home exercise tracking
  • Direct therapist messaging
  • Curated content access
  • Digital care team connection
Features
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Supercharge your rehab therapy experience—and stay digitally connected to your care team—with the StriveHub app. When you’re a patient, it’s easy to misplace paper handouts from your therapist or forget how to complete your home exercises. But with StriveHub, you can ditch the paper and follow along with HD videos—whether you’re at home or on the go. You can also track your exercises and let your therapist know when you’ve completed them. Access carefully curated content straight from the app, and directly message your therapist if you have questions or concerns about your routine. With StriveHub, the hardest part of following your home exercise plan is remembering to charge your phone.

Screenshots

Force Patient4 screens
StriveHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Force Patient at 3.7 against StriveHub's 1.9. Force Patient also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 4%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). StriveHub's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Force Patient holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 613 and 427 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Force Patient's written reviews are positive against 4% of StriveHub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Force Patient ships an update weekly, StriveHub every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Force Patient versus StriveHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForce PatientStriveHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (613 ratings) — better1.9 (427 ratings)
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews — better4.1% of reviews
Number of ratings613 — better427
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB29 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperForce Therapeutics, LLCStrive Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Force Patient

All ratings613 ratings
Positive62.3%
Neutral14.4%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive42.5%
Neutral20.8%
Negative36.7%

StriveHub

All ratings427 ratings
Positive16.4%
Neutral8.0%
Negative75.6%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive4.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative86.5%

User reviews

Force Patient

From 613 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful app for recovery
  • 🚀 Keeps patients engaged and motivated
  • 💬 Easy communication with care team
  • 📚 Informative instructional videos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🤖 Feels impersonal, like dealing with a robot
  • 🤔 Exercises not aligned with PT recommendations
  • 🙄 Cumbersome navigation and user experience

StriveHub

From 427 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Clear exercise instructions
  • 📚 Helpful exercise videos
  • 💬 Ability to communicate with PT

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent login issues
  • 🔒 Inability to save login credentials
  • 🔍 Inconsistent exercise tracking
  • 🤯 Confusing and buggy app functionality

Bugs and requests

Force Patient

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Exercise log not working properly
  • App freezes and crashes frequently
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS and Android
  • Login and password issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to log custom exercises
  • Improve pain tracking with more granular options
  • Allow adding personal notes and comments
  • Streamline exercise logging and progress tracking

StriveHub

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Exercises randomly marked as complete
  • Sign-in button not functioning
  • Inability to reset password
  • Lack of customer support

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to mark exercises as complete
  • Progress tracking and history
  • Customizable exercise schedules
  • Improved notification system

In-app purchases

None

Force Patient

No in-app purchases

None

StriveHub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Force Patient free?
Force Patient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StriveHub free?
StriveHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Force Patient or StriveHub?
Force Patient is rated higher. Force Patient averages 3.7 out of 5 from 613 ratings, while StriveHub averages 1.9 from 427 ratings.
Do Force Patient or StriveHub have ads?
Neither Force Patient nor StriveHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Force Patient or StriveHub?
Force Patient ships an update weekly, and StriveHub every 6 months. Most recently, Force Patient was updated on October 15, 2026 and StriveHub on October 9, 2026.

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