QuickBoard vs BlazePod.
Both train how fast an athlete reacts. They differ in where the athlete looks, what gets recorded, and what ends up in a clinic record.
BlazePod is a set of portable light pods you run from a phone app. QuickBoard is a floor sensor board paired with an iPad app. Many clinics and teams own both. This page lays out what each one is, what each records, what each costs in public, and what the research says.
Last reviewed 2026-10-19. We refresh this page every quarter, next on 2027-01-19. Facts about BlazePod come from its maker's public pages and the studies cited below. Spot something out of date? Email info@thequickboard.com.
QuickBoard vs BlazePod.
| BlazePod | QuickBoard | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Portable light pods the user taps or moves to. The maker calls it reaction light training. | A floor sensor board paired with an iPad app. |
| Setup | Pods on the floor, a wall or accessories. A phone app (iOS and Android) runs the drills. | Board on the floor, iPad on a stand at eye level. |
| Where the stimulus appears | On the pod itself. | On the iPad screen. The sensors sit on the floor. |
| Standing on the device | Pods are tap targets, not a standing surface. | Yes. Built for standing exercises at full body weight. |
| Per-leg contact time and reaction time | Not stated in the maker's public clinic or membership pages. | Yes, for every rep. |
| Cognitive tasks | Decision-making drills in the app. The exact set varies by app version. | Go/No-Go, Discrimination and Stroop. |
| Jump testing | Not stated in the maker's public pages. | Yes. Jump height, reactive strength index, and estimated force and power. |
| Clinic documentation | Not stated in the maker's public pages. App analytics track progress. | Auto-filled CPT 97750 Description and Purpose, plus auto-generated PDF reports. |
| Public price, hardware | Pods listed from $71 each and kits from $175 to $1,081 on 2026-10-19, during a sale. List prices run $89 per pod and $219 to $1,352 per kit. | HD Sensor Board $2,295. HD Pro $2,495. One time. |
| Public price, software | App free. Pro $79.99 a year (list $99.99). | $49.99 to $199.99 a month, by profile count. |
BlazePod prices and app plans read from blazepod.com on 2026-10-19. They carry no date on the page and change with sales. QuickBoard prices are on the product page.
Budget, portability, and simple reaction drills
A BlazePod kit costs a fraction of a sensor board. It travels in a bag, works in a gym, a field or a living room, and suits school and group settings. If you need basic reaction drills and are working under about $1,000, it is a strong pick. The maker also markets it to physical therapists for balance, mobility and neuro health.
Eyes up, full weight, per-leg record
The target and live feedback sit on a screen at eye level, so attention stays up. The athlete stands on the board, and every rep records contact time and reaction time for each leg. The app writes a PDF report and pre-fills CPT 97750 documentation for the Agility Rating.
What the published research says.
Dates and populations matter, so each study is named. We did not find a study that compares the two devices head to head.
Hoffman, J Strength Cond Res, 2020: reliability and validity of a reactive agility assessment in 31 male youth football players. de-Oliveira et al., J Sports Sci Med, 2021 (letter): test-retest reliability of response time in a one-leg task, 24 active young adults. Ilin and Kalron, Gait and Posture, 2025: reproducibility and convergent validity of a stepping reaction test in 50 older adults.
Active adults new to agility training did four weeks of foot speed and reaction work on the board. Foot speed improved 26% and reaction time 19%. The training also carried over to a change-of-direction test that was not part of the program, about 0.45 seconds, roughly 7%. The control group did not improve. Active adults, not athletes or patients.
Randomized research with 64 men's college basketball players. Four weeks of QuickBoard training cut Agility T-Test time 5.4%, versus 2.3% for agility ladder training. Independent group; the paper states no QuickBoard role in design, funding or authorship.
Galpin and Zhang studied athletic and active-adult groups. Read them for sports performance, not for older-adult or neuro populations. Full library on the research page.
Common questions.
They do different jobs. BlazePod is a low-cost, portable reaction tool. QuickBoard adds standing at full weight, per-leg data, an eye-level screen, and a billable report. Choose by what you need to record and where you need to train.
Yes. Many clinics keep pods for travel and quick drills and use QuickBoard for measured sessions that go into the chart.
BlazePod pods and kits ran from about $71 to $1,352 on the maker's page on 2026-10-19, with a free app and a $79.99 a year Pro plan. QuickBoard is $2,295 or $2,495 for the board, plus software from $49.99 a month.
Yes. We confirmed reliability and validity studies from 2020 to 2025, listed above. They cover youth football players, active young adults and older adults.
See where QuickBoard fits next to your pods.
A clinician walks your team through the workflow, runs an Agility Rating session, and shows the auto-generated PDF reports. Bring your comparison questions and we will answer them straight.
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