Climbing Pins vs Boolder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climbing Pins
This app allows climbers to upload photos and automatically tag them with location, climb, and area names. Discover nearby climbs on a map, track approaches, and get directions. Search for climbs, areas, or users and filter results by quality and difficulty.
- Automatic location tagging for climbing photos
- Tag photos with climb and area names
- Discover nearby climbs and areas on a map
- Track approaches and drop parking pins
- Get driving directions
- Search climbs, areas, and users
- Filter search results by quality and difficulty
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Upload climbing photos to automatically drop location markers Tag photos with climb and area names Home Explore climb and area photos within 100, 10, or 1 km Map Find nearby climbs and get additional climb and area info Track approaches and drop parking pins Get driving directions Help keep markers accurate by tapping to select then tapping and dragging to suggest location corrections Search Search by climb, area, city or user Filter by quality, difficulty, alphabetically, and recently added Add Upload images with location info from camera and photo roll
Boolder
Discover bouldering routes in Fontainebleau with this comprehensive guide. Features a GPS-enabled map with topo photos to find boulders suited to your skill level across over 80 areas. Save your ascents and favorite problems, with offline access for uninterrupted exploration.
- GPS-enabled map
- Topo photos
- Over 80 bouldering areas
- Save ascents and favorites
- Offline mode
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Boolder is the perfect guide to enjoy bouldering in Fontainebleau. It's a breeze to find boulders that are suited for you thanks to the map with GPS and topo photos. More than 80 areas are available, for all levels: Franchard Isatis, Cuvier, Apremont, Rocher Canon, Cul de Chien, 95.2, La Roche aux Sabots, .... Other features: • Save your ascents and your favorite problems • Offline mode: you don’t need any internet connection to enjoy the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Boolder at fortnightly against Climbing Pins's every 6 weeks. Boolder also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 6). Climbing Pins's advantage is iOS requirement (14.4 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Climbing Pins against 5.0 for Boolder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 27 respectively.
Climbing Pins ships an update every 6 weeks, Boolder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climbing Pins | Boolder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 96.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Spannuth | Nicolas Mondollot |
Customer experience
Climbing Pins
Boolder
In-app purchases
Climbing Pins
No in-app purchases
Boolder
No in-app purchases
