First Bolt vs Any Climb
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.
Any Climb
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Transform any climbing wall into an interactive training ground. Create routes on your phone, cast them to a projector, and see your holds light up on the wall in real time. No expensive hardware - just your phone and any projector with Chromecast or Apple TV. HOW IT WORKS Upload a photo of your wall and mark hold positions Create routes by tagging holds as start, route, or top Cast to your projector and climb with illuminated holds ROUTE BUILDING Color-coded hold system - green for start, blue for route, red for top Set hand and foot placement for start holds Live preview on the wall while you edit Build a personal route library for endless variety CASTING & CLIMBING Cast routes to any Chromecast or Apple TV device Works with any regular projector - just connect a streaming device Browse and select routes directly from your phone Real-time projection updates as you make changes FOR HOME WALLS & GYMS Refresh routes without physically re-setting holds Share routes with friends or gym members Great for spray walls, training boards, and home setups Download Any Climb and turn your wall into a never-ending source of new challenges.
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Verdict
First Bolt and Any Climb are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 4 weeks, Any Climb monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Bolt | Any Climb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ofir Dagan | SYMPL (Apps) |
In-app purchases
First Bolt
No in-app purchases
Any Climb
No in-app purchases








