Comparison

Crimpd vs Touchstone Board

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

Head to head
About

Crimpd

Access professionally designed climbing workouts tailored for endurance, power, and conditioning. Track your progress with interactive exercises and built-in timers. Build custom training plans with pre-set templates to enhance your climbing performance.

Highlights
  • Professionally designed climbing workouts
  • Interactive workout tracking
  • Built-in climbing workout timer
  • Progress analytics
  • Custom training plan builder
  • Pre-built skill templates
Features
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PROFESSIONALLY-DESIGNED WORKOUTS Follow workouts crafted by world-class climbers and coaches Tom Randall and Ollie Torr. Each workout is tailored to help climbers improve their Endurance, Power Endurance, Strength & Power, and Conditioning. TRACK YOUR WORKOUTS Interactive workouts take you step-by-step through the exercises of each workout. The built-in timer is designed specifically for climbing workouts, like hang boarding and interval circuits. ANALYZE YOUR PROGRESS Keep track of the workouts you've completed with the click of a button. Visualize your progress using Crimpd's built-in analytics. BUILD YOUR TRAINING PLAN Crimpd+ is designed for the self-coached climber. Subscribers gain access to Crimpd's custom training plan builder, complete with over 20 pre-built Skill Templates designed to help you bootstrap your climbing training. Payments for Crimpd+ will be charged on a recurring monthly basis to your Apple ID account. Your monthly subscription automatically renews unless you cancel before the end of the current billing period. No refunds or credits for partial months. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Access to Crimpd+ will continue through the month of your current subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.crimpd.com/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.crimpd.com/terms-conditions/

About

Touchstone Board

This app allows climbers to find and log boulder problems, create new ones, and share beta videos. It integrates with a special LED kit to illuminate holds for training.

Highlights
  • Search boulder problems
  • Create new boulders
  • Log ascents
  • Follow other climbers
  • Share beta videos
  • LED hold illumination
Features
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Climb and train on the Touchstone Board with the Touchstone Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. Follow other climbers. 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

Screenshots

Crimpd4 screens
Touchstone Board1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crimpd at 4.6 against Touchstone Board's 3.3. Crimpd also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (100 vs 3). Touchstone Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Crimpd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Touchstone Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crimpd holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crimpd has 100 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crimpd ships an update every 9 days, Touchstone Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Crimpd versus Touchstone Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrimpdTouchstone Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (100 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings100 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCrimpd IncAurora Climbing Inc.

Customer experience

Crimpd

All ratings100 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative9.2%

Touchstone Board

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Crimpd

Subscriptions3
  • Crimpd+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Crimpd+ Quarterly Subscription$29.993 Months
  • Crimpd+ Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
None

Touchstone Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crimpd free?
Crimpd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Touchstone Board free?
Touchstone Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crimpd or Touchstone Board?
Crimpd is rated higher. Crimpd averages 4.6 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Touchstone Board averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Crimpd or Touchstone Board have ads?
Neither Crimpd nor Touchstone Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crimpd or Touchstone Board?
Crimpd ships an update every 9 days, and Touchstone Board every 2 months. Most recently, Crimpd was updated on September 24, 2026 and Touchstone Board on September 13, 2026.

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