Comparison

Redpoint vs Griptonite

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

Head to head
About

Redpoint

Automatically track your bouldering and climbing sessions with detailed insights and personalized training plans. Use your watch to monitor ascents, heart rate, and route difficulty, then receive AI-driven suggestions to reach your next climbing grade.

Highlights
  • Automatic climbing session tracking
  • Detailed ascent feedback
  • Personalized training suggestions
  • Watch and iPhone integration
  • HealthKit integration
  • Route difficulty tracking
Features
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This is the best app to track your climbing and boulder sessions automatically. Redpoint gives you detailed overview and feedback on your ascents. Use your Watch or iPhone as a fitness tracker for bouldering and climbing. Contribute your climbing session to closing your daily rings! Workouts are stored in HealthKit and therefore visible in the Health app and Workouts app as well. After each session you will see detailed information about your climbs: the overall height, your heart rate, duration, maximum ascent height, ascending speed, difficulty of routes, and most importantly: Redpoint will give you personalized training suggestions based on that data. How to go from V4 to V5? Or from 5.11b to 5.11c? Redpoint creates a training plan just for you to achieve your next climbing goals. So, how does that work? Thanks to highly advanced machine learning we are able to classify climbing movements right on your Watch. In addition to that we use the built-in barometer to measure the ascended altitude. You can track the difficulty of ascended routes right from the Watch. With Redpoint you can use your Watch for: - Bouldering - Top Rope - Sport Climbing - Trad Climbing - Multi Rope (Alpine) - Free Solo - Aid Climbing - Via Ferrata - Ice Climbing Available Redpoint Membership Subscriptions: There are two options available: Three-months membership and annual membership. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy and Terms: https://redpoint-app.com/privacy

About

Griptonite

Enhance your climbing experience by discovering beta, routes, and inspiration from a community of climbers. Track your progress, identify areas for improvement, and compete with others through global and venue-specific rankings.

Highlights
  • Discover beta and routes
  • Learn from community experience
  • Track personal progress
  • Identify areas for improvement
  • Global and venue rankings
  • Filterable leaderboards
Features
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The Griptonite app is a perfect companion to your climbing life. Discover what's important to you. Be it beta, routes, or inspiration. Our community ticks thousands of routes every day and we enable you to learn from their experience. Everyone loves to get better, and seeing gains is a crucial part of staying motivated. In climbing, it's often hard to pin these down and so progression tends to plateau. The app helps you drill into the areas you can improve at your own pace. Got a competitive or curious side. Or, just want to smash your own PB? The app has both global and venue linked rankings that are fully filterable to help you in your quest.

Screenshots

Redpoint4 screens
Griptonite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Redpoint at 4.5 against Griptonite's 3.0. Redpoint also leads on ratings volume (565 vs 21). Griptonite's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Redpoint sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Griptonite sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Redpoint holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Redpoint has 565 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 46% and 45% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Redpoint ships an update every 2 months, Griptonite every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Redpoint versus Griptonite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedpointGriptonite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (565 ratings) — better3.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews45.6% of reviews — better45.3% of reviews
Number of ratings565 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerriedel.wtf apps S.L.Cascom Ltd

Customer experience

Redpoint

All ratings565 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews204 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral22.5%
Negative31.9%

Griptonite

All ratings21 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative47.6%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral14.0%
Negative40.7%

User reviews

Redpoint

From 565 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic Apple Watch integration
  • 👍 Great for tracking climbs and progress
  • 💡 Useful training tips and suggestions
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Automatic climb detection works well

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent altitude/ascent tracking
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially on Apple Watch
  • 🔋 High battery drain on Apple Watch
  • 🐛 Issues with switching between climbing disciplines
  • 🐛 Unreliable Strava sync

Griptonite

From 21 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Tracks climbing progress effectively
  • 💡 Motivates users to climb more
  • 👍 Easy to log climbs
  • 📈 Shows improvement over time
  • 🤩 Makes climbing feel like a game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Very buggy and glitchy
  • 🐌 Slow performance
  • 💥 Frequent crashes
  • ❌ Poor UI/UX
  • 💸 Filters behind paywall

Bugs and requests

Redpoint

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Altitude tracking not working after iOS/watchOS updates
  • App crashing when trying to access settings
  • Inconsistent recording of ascents, sometimes overcounting
  • Issues with syncing data between iPhone and Apple Watch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to edit/delete individual climbs
  • Multi-discipline tracking in a single session
  • More advanced data visualization and analytics
  • Garmin watch compatibility
  • Ability to add custom route photos
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  • Automatic detection of gym ground level

Griptonite

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • App constantly erroring
  • Filters won't reset or apply
  • Projects not registered properly
  • App freezes when uploading video
  • App crashes frequently
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  • Login screen freezes
  • White screen of death on sign-in
  • Filters not filtering properly
  • Feed is glitchy
  • Cannot log anything
  • App crashes on iOS 16.3.1
  • UI lags and jumps when scrolling
  • Phantom notification icons
  • Cannot clear notification badges
  • Novice/intermediate/advanced grading inaccurate
  • Ability breakdown doesn't show all grades
  • Notification badges not clearing
  • Grading of beginner/novice out of line with French system
  • Blank screen after entering name
  • App instant crashes on opening
  • Latest update not working on older iOS
  • Cannot get past sign-up page
  • Password not visible due to privacy
  • Slide to tick interaction not working
  • Delay on feedback requests
  • Cannot correct age category
  • App crashes after a few minutes of usage
  • UI is broken, cannot make account
  • App crashes on iPhone 12
  • App crashes on older iPhone/iPad

Requested features

34 requests
  • Social sign-in (Apple/Google)
  • Total grades/routes climbed count
  • Sortable monthly gym results table
  • Quick navigation between map and stats
  • REST API for data access
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  • More holistic progress tracking (training, mood)
  • Integration with health apps (Google Fit, Apple Health)
  • Privacy mode (hide from leaderboards)
  • Ability to log climbs offline
  • Star/favorite problems
  • Filter for routes not completed this month
  • Visual indicator for attempted problems
  • Add friends and leaderboards for friends
  • Trophy section for comp achievements
  • Check beta videos on profile
  • Add/follow other climbers
  • Clear breakdown for grade progression (novice to advanced)
  • Search gyms by name
  • Follow gyms for reset notifications
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Option to log 'clean/dogged' status
  • Nominate incorrect grades
  • Option to permanently skip video submission
  • Toggleable option for route reset points
  • Dark mode option
  • AI driven training plans
  • Filter by grade in free version
  • More detailed analysis of climbs
  • Sort completed climbs by grade
  • League table for top ten climbs
  • Line graph of points or top ten grades over time
  • Ability to add line pics
  • See which problems you’ve attempted at least once on the gym view
  • Make it easy to see which problems you’ve attempted at least once on the gym view (eg making the number amber)

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Redpoint

Subscriptions4
  • Redpoint Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Redpoint Pro 3 Months$10.993 Months
  • Redpoint Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Redpoint Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Redpoint Pro Lifetime Unlock$139.99
6 purchases

Griptonite

Subscriptions6
  • Griptonite Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Griptonite Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Griptonite Pro$39.991 Year
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  • Griptonite Pro1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Griptonite Pro$49.991 Year
  • Griptonite Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Redpoint free?
Redpoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Griptonite free?
Griptonite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Redpoint or Griptonite?
Redpoint is rated higher. Redpoint averages 4.5 out of 5 from 565 ratings, while Griptonite averages 3.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Redpoint or Griptonite have ads?
Neither Redpoint nor Griptonite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Redpoint or Griptonite?
Redpoint ships an update every 2 months, and Griptonite every 3 weeks. Most recently, Redpoint was updated on September 24, 2026 and Griptonite on September 24, 2026.

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