Comparison

Force Patient vs Citrus Valley PT

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

Citrus Valley PT

Access your personalized physical therapy exercises with HD videos and track your progress. Securely message your provider and earn awards for completing your program. Integrates with Apple Health for activity monitoring.

Highlights
  • Personalized Home Exercise Program
  • HD Instructional Videos
  • Secure Messaging with Provider
  • Progress Tracking with Awards
  • Apple Health Integration
  • Multi-language Support
Features
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Welcome to the Citrus Valley PT App! Log on to access your personalized Home Exercise Program on your mobile device. Using this app, you can access your personalized Home Exercise Program with HD Instructional videos. On the 'Messages' tab, you can securely communicate with your Citrus Valley PT provider. As you complete your exercises, we'll give you trophies and medals to celebrate your progress! On the 'Awards' tab, you can track these items. Prefer a language other than English? Go to the 'More' tab and select 'Languages' to pick another language option. If you need to book an appointment, please go to the 'Appointments' tab for more info. Make sure to select 'Mark as Complete' when doing your exercises to ensure that your provider can keep track of your progress! You must be a Citrus Valley PT patient to gain access. This app integrates with your iPhone's Health app to read daily step count data allowing your provider to monitor your activity.

Screenshots

Force Patient4 screens
Citrus Valley PT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Citrus Valley PT at 5.0 against Force Patient's 3.7. Force Patient's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (622 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Citrus Valley PT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Force Patient has 622 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Force Patient ships an update weekly, Citrus Valley PT every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Force Patient versus Citrus Valley PT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForce PatientCitrus Valley PT
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (622 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings622 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB43 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperForce Therapeutics, LLCCitrus Valley PT

Customer experience

Force Patient

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

Citrus Valley PT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Citrus Valley PT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Force Patient

No in-app purchases

None

Citrus Valley PT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Force Patient free?
Force Patient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Citrus Valley PT free?
Citrus Valley PT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Force Patient or Citrus Valley PT?
Citrus Valley PT is rated higher. Force Patient averages 3.7 out of 5 from 622 ratings, while Citrus Valley PT averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Force Patient or Citrus Valley PT have ads?
Neither Force Patient nor Citrus Valley PT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Force Patient or Citrus Valley PT?
Force Patient ships an update weekly, and Citrus Valley PT every 5 months. Most recently, Force Patient was updated on November 1, 2026 and Citrus Valley PT on November 3, 2026.

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