Pinnacle Climb Log vs CountDown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinnacle Climb Log
Log rock climbing workouts and track progress on Apple Watch and iPhone. Capture heart rate, calories, and analyze workouts. Sync with Strava and HealthKit.
- Log climbs and attempts with one tap
- Track heart rate and calories burned
- Analyze and compare workouts
- Today Widget for quick logging
- Offline Apple Watch app
- HealthKit integration
- Strava sync
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Log your Rock Climbing workouts on Apple Watch or iPhone. Only one tap to log a climb and one long tap to log an attempt. Track your progress at the gym, capture heart rate information, calories burned and analyze and compare the workouts on your phone. The Today Widget allows you to track your climbs without having to unlock your phone. The Apple Watch app works completely offline, leave your phone in your bag and sync your workouts when you're done. Healthkit Integration: Pinnacle integrates with the Activities and Health App on your phone to show your heart rate during your climbing workouts and contribute to the Activity rings. Locations: Pinnacle can also track the location of your workouts using the GPS on your Apple Watch or iPhone if available. Compatible with Strava: Sync your workouts to your Strava profile including heart rate, energy burned, location, and max difficulty. One time purchase includes unlimited syncing of climbs. Works with Boulder, Top Rope, Lead, and Trad routes. Supports the Hueco V, Fontainebleau, Dan-Kyu, and Brazilian scales for bouldering and the Yosemite Decimal (USA), France, UIAA, Great Britain, Australia, Brazilian scales for rope climbing.
CountDown
This app helps climbers build custom hangboard workouts quickly and efficiently. It offers a simple interface to personalize grip types, feedback, and workout structure. Track your progress with detailed history and notes to optimize training.
- Build custom workouts
- Create custom grip types
- Personalize visual, audible, haptic feedback
- View workout history
- Add workout notes
- Start timers without creating workouts
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Elevate your training with CountDown, the efficient, effective and free training app designed for the detail-oriented climber. CountDown is designed to help climbers build complex workouts in just a few minutes. CountDown differs from other hangboard apps by providing a simple and intuitive interface that enables you to customize every aspect of your workout. Key Features: - Build new workouts under specific categories to target different climbing fitness attributes. - Create as many custom grip types as you need. Add, reorder, and copy grips within a workout with ease. - Personalize your hangboarding experience with customizable choices of visual, audible, and haptic feedback. - View a detailed history of your completed workouts. Add notes so you can make informed decisions to optimize your training cycles. - If you want to get started right away, you can start a new timer without needing to create a workout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CountDown at Free against Pinnacle Climb Log's $3.99. Pinnacle Climb Log's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (291 vs 7). On ads, in-app purchases 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
CountDown is free to download; Pinnacle Climb Log costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinnacle Climb Log holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinnacle Climb Log has 291 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Pinnacle Climb Log's written reviews are positive against 60% of CountDown's.
Pinnacle Climb Log ships an update fortnightly, CountDown every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinnacle Climb Log | CountDown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (291 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Romano | Ian Docherty |
Customer experience
Pinnacle Climb Log
CountDown
Bugs and requests
Pinnacle Climb Log
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when accessing Stats section
- Black screen on app launch
- Watch app fails to start on some devices
- Sessions fail to save or sync
- Heart rate data missing from sessions
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- Partial session recording when app minimized
- Watch app crashes when navigating between screens
- Strava integration failing intermittently
- Session time resets while keeping climbs active
- Blank white image when exporting workout graphs
- Widget button not visible on iPhone SE
- Syncing delays and inconsistencies
- App incompatible with original Apple Watch
- Series 2 watch app crashes on launch
- Discipline switching creates duplicate sessions
- Activity app not receiving exported workouts
Requested features
20 requests- Failed attempt vs successful send distinction
- Rest timer between climbs
- Flash/repeat climb marking and statistics
- Outdoor sport lead session option
- Custom grading scales for gym-specific grades
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- Australian bouldering grading system
- Automatic climb detection and logging
- Distance climbed measurement
- Vertical feet climbed tracking
- Advanced statistics and analytics dashboard
- Ability to merge and split workouts
- Belay detection during sessions
- Workout completion confirmation prompt
- Climb reminder notifications
- Individual climb heart rate and altitude data
- Skill level score tracking over time
- Average grade progression over time
- Garmin watch and external heart rate monitor support
- Discipline switching within single session
- Climb timing separate from rest time
CountDown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinnacle Climb Log
No in-app purchases
CountDown
No in-app purchases
