Climbzilla vs V8ROCK
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.
V8ROCK
An offline guide for bouldering in the Dzhan-Tugan and Tyrnauz regions, offering route catalogs, maps, and video beta. Users can save favorites, create personal collections, and engage with the community through profiles and comments.
- Offline bouldering guide
- Route catalog with descriptions
- Area and sector maps
- Video beta for routes
- Favorites and personal collections
- User profiles and comments
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V8ROCK is an offline bouldering guidebook. Boulders, routes, topo photos with marked lines, ascent videos and an area map — everything works without internet. WHAT'S INSIDE • Crag catalog: area → sector → boulder → route, with grades and popularity. • Topo photos with route lines; fullscreen viewing with zoom. • Ascent videos: filterable feed, previews, offline playback. • Search across routes, boulders and sectors. • Favorites and route lists. • Area map (OpenStreetMap) with sectors and boulders. COMMUNITY • An account for likes, comments, follows and video uploads. • No photo of a boulder? Shoot one and send it — we'll mark the routes. • Setter mode: add boulders, routes and topo markup. OFFLINE The route database and topos are stored on your device. Internet is only needed for your account, videos, maps and database updates — everything else works offline. Bouldering data for Djan-Tugan (Elbrus region) and other crags.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: V8ROCK at 5.0 against Climbzilla's 4.3. V8ROCK also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Climbzilla's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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.
V8ROCK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Climbzilla's written reviews are positive against 100% of V8ROCK's.
Climbzilla ships an update every 3 weeks, V8ROCK every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climbzilla | V8ROCK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Павел Шорохов | ALEKSANDR IVANOV |
Customer experience
Climbzilla
V8ROCK
In-app purchases
Climbzilla
No in-app purchases
V8ROCK
No in-app purchases
