Comparison

Force Patient vs PTSMC

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

PTSMC

Access your personalized home exercise program with HD instructional videos. Securely message your provider, track progress with virtual trophies, and manage appointments. Integrates with fitness activity to monitor daily step count.

Highlights
  • Personalized Home Exercise Program
  • HD Instructional Videos
  • Secure Provider Messaging
  • Progress Tracking with Awards
  • Appointment Booking
  • Step Count Integration
Features
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Welcome to the PTSMC 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 PTSMC provider. As you make progress in your program, you'll earn virtual trophies and achievement badges to celebrate your milestones! Visit the 'Awards' tab to see your achievements and track 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 PTSMC patient to gain access. This app integrates with your phone's Motion and Fitness activity framework to read daily step count data allowing your provider to monitor your activity.

Screenshots

Force Patient4 screens
PTSMC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Force Patient at weekly against PTSMC's every 2 months. Force Patient also leads on ratings volume (613 vs 3). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Force Patient against 3.7 for PTSMC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Force Patient has 613 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Force Patient ships an update weekly, PTSMC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Force Patient versus PTSMC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForce PatientPTSMC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (613 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings613 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 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, LLCPhysical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers

Customer experience

Force Patient

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

PTSMC

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

PTSMC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Force Patient

No in-app purchases

None

PTSMC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Force Patient free?
Force Patient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PTSMC free?
PTSMC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Force Patient or PTSMC?
Force Patient and PTSMC are both rated 3.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 613 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Force Patient or PTSMC have ads?
Neither Force Patient nor PTSMC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Force Patient or PTSMC?
Force Patient ships an update weekly, and PTSMC every 2 months. Most recently, Force Patient was updated on October 20, 2026 and PTSMC on October 1, 2026.

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