First Bolt vs ILCA Guidebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Bolt
Easily navigate to climbing spots and identify routes with up-to-date information. Avoid surprises like incorrect routes or hazards. Quickly find your way to the crag and understand route difficulties.
- Route grade identification from photos
- Map-based crag approach navigation
- Route sorting by difficulty and rating
- Up-to-date route information
- Safety tips for climbing
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First Bolt will enable you to easily approach and know your way around the crag or boulder, find routes and get the most relevant and up to date information about them. - Have you ever wandered around a crag for hours, looking for the approach path? - Have you ever started climbing a route only to discover it is not what you thought it is and ended up leaving your gear on it? - Were you ever surprised by nesting birds or loose holds while climbing? First Bolt will help you avoid all that. This app will help you climb safely, save time with no hustle. Key features: - Just take a picture of the route and see it's grade immediately, no more mixing up routes. - Full approach on the map for quick and safe navigation to the crag. - Sort routes by difficulty, star ranking and more. Currently the app is only available for selected sites in Israel. Join our community and let's make the climbing world a little bit safer.
ILCA Guidebook
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The application was designed to help other climbers to get around Israel's climbing crags. It is a guidebook with all of Israel's crags and routes, which will be updated with new contents as soon as a new route, sector or crag is opened.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: First Bolt at every 6 weeks against ILCA Guidebook's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
First Bolt ships an update every 6 weeks, ILCA Guidebook every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Bolt | ILCA Guidebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ofir Dagan | Nitzan Ben Ner |
In-app purchases
First Bolt
No in-app purchases
ILCA Guidebook
No in-app purchases
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