Climber Diary vs GearLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climber Diary
Log your climbing sessions with detailed metrics like style, location, and mood. Visualize your progress over time with weekly, monthly, or yearly charts and compare performance. Supports multiple grading systems and includes a grade calculator.
- Effortless session logging
- Detailed climb metrics
- Progress visualization
- Multi-grading system support
- Grade calculator
- Climbing gym pass scanner
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Stop guessing and start progressing. Climber Diary is the streamlined performance tracker designed by climbers, for climbers. Whether you're projecting a V10 or hitting the gym for your first lead session, we help you identify exactly what's holding you back from the next level. Log Sessions in Seconds Don't let data entry ruin your flow. Log indoor and outdoor sessions effortlessly—during or after your climb. Granular Detail: Track style (pumpy, crimpy, balancy), location, and duration. Session Mood: Record how you felt to track the mental side of your performance. All Disciplines: Dedicated support for Bouldering, Lead, and Top Rope. Find Your Next Beta Never be without a place to climb. Our new Gym Finder helps you locate the nearest climbing centers and bouldering gyms, no matter where you are. Get there, get chalked up, and start logging. We are always updating this list. Data-Driven Progress Visualize your evolution with intuitive charts. Compare your performance across weeks, months, or years to spot trends and plateaus. Compare Periods: See how this week’s volume stacks up against last week. Global Standards: Full support for Hueco, French, Font, YDS, UIAA, British Tech, Australia, and RSA. Grade Converter Traveling to a new crag? Use our built-in calculator to instantly translate grades across all major international scales.
GearLog
Manage your equipment with this app, storing details, photos, and manuals. Receive inspection alerts, track usage, and manage loans and reservations. It also supports QR code labeling and data import for comprehensive gear oversight.
- Store gear details, photos, and manuals
- Inspection alerts and audit trails
- Cloud sync across devices
- QR code generation and scanning
- Manage loans, returns, and reservations
- Track gear usage and financial investment
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Take your equipment management to the next level with GearLog: - Store all your gear including photos and manuals - Get alerts when it's time to inspect your gear - Store your data in the cloud and access it on any device - Keep an audit trail of all your inspections - Generate QR code labels for your gear - Scan your QR code labels with the GearLog app - Build gear lists for expeditions and trips - Record how and when your gear is used - Manage equipment loans and returns - Manage equipment reservations - Record qualifications held and when they expire - Import your gear and inspections from a spreadsheet - Record the financial investment made in your gear - Securely share access across multiple sites
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GearLog at 90% against Climber Diary's 33%. GearLog also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (35 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.
GearLog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GearLog has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Climber Diary's written reviews are positive against 90% of GearLog's.
Climber Diary ships an update fortnightly, GearLog every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climber Diary | GearLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Kozlowski | Kit Kline |
Customer experience
Climber Diary
GearLog
In-app purchases
Climber Diary
No in-app purchases
GearLog
No in-app purchases
