Sloper Rock Climbing Guide vs Grasshopper Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide
This app brings climbing guidebooks to life with route activity, safety alerts, and ascent logging. It allows users to report maintenance issues on bolts and anchors, keeping the climbing community informed and safe. Access premium areas and manage subscriptions easily.
- Interactive ascent logging
- Tick list creation
- Hardware safety issue reporting
- Grade consensus
- News feed of new route activity
- Premium area access
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The Sloper Climbing App brings your guide books to life with a news feed of new route activity, hardware safety issues, quality ratings, grade consensus and an interactive ascent logging and tick list creation. Premium areas include, Yosemite (CA), Kalymnos (Greece), SE Queensland (Australia), Banff and The Bow Valley (Canada), Skaha (Canada), Nevada Limestone, Ontario Climbing (Canada), Niagara Glen Bouldering (Canada), and Clear Creek Canyon (CO). The Sloper Climbing App helps keep Climbers safe and well informed by using the App to obtain and distribute hardware safety concerns to the community. When using the App, climbers will have access to Sport and Traditional climbs where they can not only log their ascents but report maintenance issues on the route's bolts and anchors. As fellow climbers use the App they will be notified of an issue as soon as it has been logged as an alert to possibly avoid climbing on that particular route. Some guidebooks are Free to download and all others are available with a 30 day free trial. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: http://sloperclimbing.com/terms Privacy Policy: http://sloperclimbing.com/privacy
Grasshopper Board
This app allows users to find, create, and log climbing boulder problems. It features LED integration to light up holds and a logbook to track ascents. Users can also share beta videos.
- Discover boulder problems
- Create new boulder problems
- Log ascents
- Browse logbook
- Share beta videos
- LED hold lighting integration
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Climb and train on the Grasshopper Board with the Grasshopper Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. Find and share beta videos. LED Integration: Connect the app to the LED Kit via Bluetooth and light up the holds. Green = Start Hold Blue = Middle Hold Red = Finish Hold Magenta = Foot Only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grasshopper Board at 4.0 against Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's 2.3. Grasshopper Board also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (56% vs 30%). Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Sloper Rock Climbing Guide sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Grasshopper Board asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grasshopper Board holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's written reviews are positive against 56% of Grasshopper Board's.
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide ships an update monthly, Grasshopper Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sloper Rock Climbing Guide | Grasshopper Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sloper Climbing Inc | Aurora Climbing Inc. |
Customer experience
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide
Grasshopper Board
In-app purchases
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide
- Walla Walla Wash$0.991 Month
- Yellow Pine Cliff$0.991 Month
- Nevada Limestone Sport Climbs$1.491 Month
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- Bow Valley Select Climbing$1.991 Month
- Niagara Glen Bouldering$1.991 Month
- Rock Climbing Yosemite Valley$2.491 Month
- Rock Climbing Clear Creek$2.491 Month
- Sloper Climbing App$4.991 Month
- Sloper Climbing App Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Sloper Climbing App Yearly1 Month trial$23.491 Year
Grasshopper Board
No in-app purchases
Questions
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