Comparison

Sloper Rock Climbing Guide vs Boardsesh

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive ascent logging
  • Tick list creation
  • Hardware safety issue reporting
  • Grade consensus
  • News feed of new route activity
  • Premium area access
Features
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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

About

Boardsesh

This app connects to various LED climbing boards via Bluetooth to light up holds on your wall. Browse and filter thousands of community-created climbs, build a queue, and track your progress. It supports group sessions for climbing with friends, whether in the same gym or remotely.

Highlights
  • Connects to LED climbing boards
  • Lights up holds on the wall
  • Browse and filter community climbs
  • Build and manage a climb queue
  • Track climbing attempts and sends
  • Supports group climbing sessions
Features
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Climb on Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard and more, plus your spray wall. Keep your climbs, shared queue and logbook in one app. YOUR BOARDS. ONE APP. Boardsesh works with Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard, Woods, Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Switch between supported boards and keep your climbing history together. YOUR SPRAY WALL, TOO A home wall, or a spray wall at your gym? Photograph it and Boardsesh suggests holds from the photo. Fix what it missed, then set climbs, queue them and log sends in the same logbook as your other boards. No LEDs needed: the holds are highlighted on your photo. Share the wall by link and your crew can set on it too. Stripped the wall? Reset it with a new photo, and the old wall is archived with its climbs and sends. Swap a single hold and any climb that used it is flagged. BOARD HISTORY Share a board and you lose track of the last climb fast, and someone always wipes it by accident. See climbs lit through Boardsesh on that board: the climb name, who lit it, who set it, grade and angle, and recent sends. SESSIONS WITH YOUR CREW Start a session and you and your crew can share one queue everyone can drive. Anyone can light the next climb on the wall. When you're done you get a recap and tracking: sends and attempts, grade spread, your hardest send, and progress over time. CONTROL FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN (iOS 17+) iOS Live Activities tell you what climb is on from your lock screen, and allow you to change it without leaving your lock screen. BUILD A WORKOUT Pick Volume, Pyramid, Ladder or Grade Focus, set a target grade and warm-up, preview the climbs, then push them to the wall one at a time. TRACK YOUR CLIMBING Record sends, flashes and attempts, get a recap with duration, grade spread and your hardest send, and watch your sends and grades climb on the Progress tab. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Save your session to Apple Health, and import your past Kilter and Tension logbook from Aurora Climbing. FIND MORE TO CLIMB Follow your crew and setters, search climbers, and pin playlists from Discover. Supported boards: Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard (2010, 2016, 2024, Masters 2017, Masters 2019), Woods (12x12, 8x10), Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Plus spray walls: any wall you can photograph. Boardsesh is a community effort that works with these boards and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any board manufacturer.

Screenshots

Sloper Rock Climbing Guide4 screens
Boardsesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boardsesh at 77% against Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's 30%. Boardsesh also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sloper Rock Climbing Guide sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Boardsesh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boardsesh holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Sloper Rock Climbing Guide's written reviews are positive against 77% of Boardsesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sloper Rock Climbing Guide ships an update monthly, Boardsesh every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide versus Boardsesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSloper Rock Climbing GuideBoardsesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)4.6 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings629 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB94 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSloper Climbing IncMarco de Jongh

Customer experience

Sloper Rock Climbing Guide

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive30.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative69.6%

Boardsesh

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sloper Rock Climbing Guide

Subscriptions10
  • 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
None

Boardsesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sloper Rock Climbing Guide free?
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boardsesh free?
Boardsesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sloper Rock Climbing Guide or Boardsesh?
Boardsesh is rated higher. Sloper Rock Climbing Guide averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Boardsesh averages 4.6 from 29 ratings.
Do Sloper Rock Climbing Guide or Boardsesh have ads?
Neither Sloper Rock Climbing Guide nor Boardsesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sloper Rock Climbing Guide or Boardsesh?
Sloper Rock Climbing Guide ships an update monthly, and Boardsesh every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sloper Rock Climbing Guide was updated on October 24, 2026 and Boardsesh on October 24, 2026.

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