Climbzilla vs Climbest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climbzilla
Easily create and share bouldering routes by marking holds on photos of climbing walls. Save routes online for friends to view instantly and participate in rating your climbing gym's walls.
- Create bouldering routes
- Mark starting and top holds
- Save routes online
- Share routes with friends
- Rate climbing walls
- View routes created by others
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Climbzilla allows you to create and mark bouldering routes on climbing walls. Take a picture of the route, mark the starting, top holds and that's it. New routes are saved on the server and your friends can see it immediately on your climbing wall. You can create and view routes, mark finishes, participate in the rating of your climbing wall.
Climbest
This app helps climbers track workouts, analyze progress, and improve technique. It offers expert articles on climbing strategies and allows users to compete on leaderboards. Train for fun or push your limits with structured guidance.
- Track climbing workouts
- Analyze progress
- Expert articles on technique and strategy
- Leaderboard challenges
- Structured training plans
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Climbest is the ultimate app for climbers looking to improve and compete. Track your climbing workouts, analyze progress, and stay motivated with structured training. Explore expert articles on technique, gear, and competition strategies. Join leaderboard challenges and compete with others on the board to prove you're the best. Whether you're training for fun or pushing your limits, Climbest helps you climb higher! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Climbzilla at none against Climbest's 1. Climbest's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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. Climbest sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Climbzilla asks for nothing beyond the download.
Climbzilla ships an update monthly, Climbest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climbzilla | Climbest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Павел Шорохов | Filipp Bazun |
Customer experience
Climbzilla
Climbest
In-app purchases
Climbzilla
No in-app purchases
Climbest
- Climbest Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
