Force Patient vs Hurt!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Watch educational videos
- Complete daily tasks
- Communicate with care teams
- Track patient progress
- Receive personalized support
- Integrates with Apple Health
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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.
Hurt!
Connect injured athletes directly with orthopedic and sports medicine specialists. Securely share injury details and receive expert advice to manage your condition and avoid unnecessary ER or clinic visits.
- Direct access to orthopedic specialists
- Injury photo and description submission
- Secure and confidential messaging
- Expert advice for injury management
- Connect with sports medicine offices
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HURT! app is the best way to get injured athletes connected with the right care the first time. We may be able to help you avoid unnecessary trips to the ER, Urgent Care, or primary care offices by getting you direct access to Orthopedic and Sports Medicine offices. We allow you to send pictures and descriptions of your injuries directly to an Orthopedic specialist. Secure and confidential messaging in the HURT! app will allow you to get advice on how to manage your injury. Our goal is to connect you with best care for your injured athlete from the beginning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Force Patient at 3.7 against Hurt!'s 3.4. Force Patient also leads on ratings volume (608 vs 50). Hurt!'s advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Force Patient holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Force Patient has 608 ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Force Patient's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hurt!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Force Patient ships an update every 3 weeks, Hurt! every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Force Patient | Hurt! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (608 ratings) — better | 3.4 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 608 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Force Therapeutics, LLC | Hurt, LLC |
Customer experience
Force Patient
Hurt!
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
Hurt!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Force Patient
No in-app purchases
Hurt!
No in-app purchases
