OST Remote vs Pebble Climbing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OST Remote
This app facilitates the tracking of athletes at aid stations during endurance events, even with unreliable internet. It allows for quick recording of bib numbers and times, syncing data to a central platform when connectivity is restored.
- Offline data storage
- Automatic data syncing
- Minimalist live entry screen
- Event setup on opensplittime.org
- Local data storage and upload
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OST Remote makes it easy to keep track of athletes as they come into and out of aid stations during endurance events. OST Remote is designed to work at aid stations with intermittent internet connections. Even with no internet connection, OST Remote will store data locally and upload it to opensplittime.org when you return to cellular or WiFi connectivity. Set up your events on opensplittime.org, then login and upload event data to OST Remote. Travel to your aid station, record runner times, and sync with opensplittime.org whenever circumstances allow. OST Remote's minimal live entry screen allows you to quickly capture bib numbers and times and then edit them at your convenience before syncing. Create an account on www.opensplittime.org to get started using OST Remote.
Pebble Climbing
This app gamifies your climbing experience by providing personalized grade pyramids to help you improve. Track your progress, discover new climbs, and connect with friends. It also offers workout plans and session tracking for gyms and outdoor adventures.
- Gamified grade pyramids for improvement
- Friend activity feed
- Outdoor guidebook with user-added climbs
- Gym session tracking
- User-created workout and circuit plans
- Personalized climb recommendations
- Climbing progress analysis charts
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Gamify your climbing with Pebble! Pebble helps you improve your climbing by giving you a grade pyramid to complete each week. Finish the pyramid and move up a level. If you don't, you'll get 2 more tries before you drop back down a level. Each level is tailored to your abilities and helps direct you to climbs that are appropriate for you. In addition to the gamification, Pebble offers these other features: • Follow your friends in the FEED to see their sends and media or your gym to see when a new area has been reset or if any events are happening soon. • Find climbs for your next trip in the OUTDOOR GUIDEBOOK or give back by adding climbs that you've sent to the guidebook through the app in a wiki-style. • Track your nightly sessions at the local CLIMBING GYM if they've joined Pebble or even if they haven't. • Find climbing-specific WORKOUTS & CIRCUITS that other users have created to do specifically at your gym, your local crag, or at home. • Get RECOMMENDATIONS based on your current climbing ability and what climbs you need to send to reach the next grade. • ANALYZE your climbing and training using our charts to see your progress and plan your next sessions. • SCHEDULE workouts and sessions and track your successful completion automatically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OST Remote at 100% against Pebble Climbing's 47%. OST Remote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Pebble Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (55 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OST Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pebble Climbing has 55 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of OST Remote's written reviews are positive against 47% of Pebble Climbing's.
OST Remote ships an update every 2 months, Pebble Climbing every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OST Remote | Pebble Climbing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenSplitTime.org | Pebble Climbing, LLC |
Customer experience
OST Remote
Pebble Climbing
In-app purchases
OST Remote
No in-app purchases
Pebble Climbing
No in-app purchases
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