# Boulder Challenge — Create and share your boulders

> App for creating, sharing, and discovering climbing boulder problems. (iPhone/iPad app by Christian Fenzl.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boulder-challenge/id1471146901 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christian Fenzl](https://appshunter.io/developer/1471146900)
- Category: Sports, Social Networking
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 23 App Store ratings · 17 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.3 · 79 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2019-07-06
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boulder-challenge/id1471146901/reviews.md

## What is Boulder Challenge?

App to create and share your own boulder problems on every climbing wall / spray wall / training wall / system wall / chaos wall / boulder block by simply taking a picture and easily specifying the definition as detailed as you like.

- No additional costs like many other apps. Create as many walls and boulders as you like
- Search for locations / boulder walls that have already been added or add them yourself
- Suitable for all artificial boulder walls and also for saving the beta of your outdoor projects
- Take a picture of the wall area you want, select an image that is already stored in the app or from the gallery of your smartphone
- Define the start and end of your boulder
- Define hand and foot holds (optionally separately and explicitly for left / right if desired)
- Optionally define fixed hold sequences by specifying numbering
- Various ways of displaying the markers
- Smoothly fade out markings to be able to see details "behind" the markings
- General descriptive text for a boulder and also possible per hold
- Optional specification of the wall angle
- Specification of difficulty in Fontainebleau / Hueco V scale or without
- Mark boulders that have been resetted to see directly that they are no longer on the wall
- Edit, delete and clone boulders
- Rate and comment boulders
- Submission of individual difficulty ratings with graphical display of the difficulty distribution per boulder
- Search for boulders by name, creator, difficulty from / to, rating, climbed, favorite, wall angle, resetted
- Sorting of boulders by created on, climbed on, name, difficulty, number of ascents, popularity
- Random boulder selection in a certain difficulty range for e.g. warm-up
- Lists for your favorite and already climbed boulders
- Share boulders outside of the app as an image, direct link and QR code
- Display of news per location / boulder wall
- Display of the difficulty distribution per location / boulder wall
- Display of the locals per location / boulder wall
- "Bulletin board" per location / boulder wall
- Share locations / boulder walls outside of the app as direct link and QR code
- Follow other users and see what they've been up to in your personal news feed
- Get score points for your created boulders, climbed boulders or e. g. if one of your boulders has been rated well by others
- Optional private profile if your activities should not be visible to others
- Send and receive private messages
- Automatically kept logbook to easily display your activities for a period of your choice
- Export of all your created and climbed boulders in Microsoft Excel format for further individual evaluation

Have fun!

## Key features

- Create custom boulder problems from photos
- Define hand and foot holds
- Specify difficulty and descriptive text
- Search and rate existing boulders
- Track climbed and favorite boulders
- Export data to Excel
- Follow other climbers and view news feed

## Chart rankings

- #25 in Top Paid · Sports (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 17)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boulder-challenge/id1471146901/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Boulder abspeichern

*2025-11-20*

Sehr oft setzt die App keine Kreise beim antippen auf die Griffe ab. Und generell ist die Handhabung nicht sehr intuitiv.

**Developer response:** Vielen Dank für deine Rückmeldung. Das beschriebene Problem mit dem Setzen der Markierungen wurde bisher noch nicht gemeldet und kann ich leider nicht nachvollziehen.

### 5/5 — Top App

*2021-11-26*

Wonderful app to define and log boulder problems quickly and efficiently on our spraywall. I simply save my projects as favorites, so they can be found with just 1 click, once done, I remove the fav icon. The 5 star rating system is good enough for differentiating the quality of the boulder. I would like the statistics to show the count of defined and completed boulders as an additional number. Well done Christian.

Forgot to mention the most important thing is that you can easily assign a number to the individual holds, which is important for our wall when it comes to circle’s with up to 70 moves e.g, that's the big difference to the few alternative apps.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for this great feedback!

### 1/5 — Almost useless

*2021-09-30, version 1.15.1*

This app doesn’t save photos on my profile, photos of my wall (from the gallery or phones camera) and while I can use the features to illustrate a problem, I can’t save the result. I tried contacting the developer with no luck.

### 3/5 — Good but could be better

*2021-08-08*

Not many bugs, which is why we switched from EatSprayLove. However, a lot of clicking is required to navigated. Would prefer a library of problems to scroll through with less links rather than clicking back and forth through pages.

**Developer response:** Thanks for using my app.
I'm working on a big update which enhances the usability a lot. I hope the release can be at the end of the year. Then you have a much better overview over the boulders and can access most of the functionality directly on a boulder without switching between the list and the details.

### 3/5 — Super mit Luft nach oben...

*2021-05-27*

Finde die App super um an der eigenen Wand Probleme zu erstellen. 
Nur leider etwas unübersichtlich in der Handhabung...

**Developer response:** Hallo und danke für die Rückmeldung.
Ich hoffe bis zur Jahreswende die neue Version fertigstellen zu können die etliche Verbesserungen in der Benutzerführung enthalten wird. Danach wird es auch wieder mehr kleinere Updates mit neuen Features geben...

### 5/5 — Sehr gute App

*2021-04-17*

Wunderbar. Es kann entweder nach schon gemachten Boulder/-orte gesucht werden (und sich als Local eintragen und mitmachen). Oder es kann ein eigener Ort gestaltet werden. Für die heutige Zeit besonders perfekt, da auch natürliche Wände/Mauern fotografiert und mit Routen ausgestattet werden kann!  

Thx!

**Developer response:** Danke für das tolle Feedback.
Die Unterstützung für Outdoor-Boulder soll in Zukunft auch noch weiter ausgebaut werden ;)

### 5/5 — Perfect for home wall and gym variations

*2021-03-04*

I love the app. It's great for keeping track of home wall problems and you can set variations and circuits in the gym to share with friends. Pretty sweet.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much!

### 5/5 — Must have for home wall owners

*2021-01-07*

I have tried many apps to log my boulders on the home wall as well on our gyms System wall: This one is the best and totally worth your money.
Big feature range, regularly updated and created by a very responsive developer who seems to understand the needs for such an app as a climber. 
Bonus: There’s a Facebook group for sharing your home wall boulders with the community and to have other people set you problems: BC Community & Boulder Swap
Highly recommended!

**Developer response:** This is absolutely great, thanks a lot!!!
It gives me an extra boost of motivation to work on that app!

### 4/5 — Super App, leider nicht offline möglich

*2020-12-05*

Ist ein Offline-Modus in Planung?

**Developer response:** Danke für die Bewertung.
Ein Offlinemodus ist derzeit leider nicht geplant. Vielleicht irgendwann in ferner Zukunft. Aktuell ist dafür der Aufwand zu hoch. Vergleichbare Apps lassen sich allerdings auch nur online verwenden.

### 5/5 — Best one out there

*2020-06-01*

Just built a home wall and have been trying different options to save problems. This is app is the best one. Would be nice to have an easier way to switch between boulders (similar to Moonboard app with a swipe maybe), filter problems one has already done, save a picture so that you don’t have to upload the same one for each problem and add problems as to-do.

**Developer response:** Hi, thanks for your great feedback. All your suggestions are already on my todo list, so stay tuned for the next updates...

## Frequently asked questions about Boulder Challenge

### What is Boulder Challenge?

Boulder Challenge is an app designed for climbers to create, share, and discover boulder problems. You can document routes on any climbing wall by taking a picture and defining holds, difficulty, and descriptions.

### How much does Boulder Challenge cost?

Boulder Challenge is a paid app priced at $2.99. There are no additional costs or in-app purchases required to use its full functionality.

### Does Boulder Challenge have ads?

No, Boulder Challenge is ad-free. You can enjoy creating and exploring boulder problems without any interruptions from advertisements.

### What devices is Boulder Challenge available on?

Boulder Challenge is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed for iOS users.

### How is the difficulty of boulders rated in Boulder Challenge?

Boulders can be rated using the Fontainebleau or Hueco V scale. You can also submit individual difficulty ratings, and the app displays a graphical distribution of these ratings per boulder.

### Can I export my climbing data from Boulder Challenge?

Yes, you can export all your created and climbed boulders in Microsoft Excel format. This allows for further individual evaluation and tracking of your progress.

### How often is Boulder Challenge updated?

The latest version of Boulder Challenge is 2.4.0, which was last updated on October 20, 2022. Updates typically include new features and improvements.

### What age rating does Boulder Challenge have?

Boulder Challenge has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for users of all ages.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4.0 — 2022-10-20

Auto complete for "where to find" and "wall angle" in boulder editor

### 2.3.0 — 2022-08-24

Logbook: Automatically filled when you create boulders or mark them as climbed. This allows you to easily display what you have done in an individual period of time. You can also export all your boulders as an Excel file to create your own evaluations.

### 2.2.0 — 2022-06-28

- Search filter und sort order will now be saved and restored for each location and list
- New sort option for boulders regarding the date of your ascent
- Display of the date of your own ascents
- More minor optimizations

### 2.1.0 — 2022-05-13

- Sharing a boulder by picture now contains more info about the boulder, so that you can use that images when you don't have internet connection at your wall as well ;)
- Bugfixes

### 2.0.0 — 2022-03-23

Version 2.0! A lot of your feedback has been implemented...
- Thumbnails of the boulders directly in all lists
- All functionality for a boulder are now directly available everywhere. This means that a boulder no longer has to be called up separately in order to mark it as climbed, save it as a favorite, rate it, comment it, edit it, etc.
- Within the boulder detail view, you can navigate to the previous/next boulder without having to return to the overview list first
- Statistics of available boulders per difficulty for each location
- Boulder grades in different colors
- Countless other small improvements

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