Comparison

HangClimb Timer vs Boardsesh

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

Head to head
About

HangClimb Timer

Create, modify, and execute custom hangboard climbing workouts with a simple interface. Track your progress and integrate with Apple Health. Control workouts directly from your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Custom workout creation
  • Workout editing (sets, reps)
  • Hangboard workout execution
  • Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch app support
Features
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HangClimb Timer is a mobile application tool for creation, modification, and execution of hang board climbing workouts. HangClimb uses a simple interface for editing individual workouts, sets, or reps so that you can create your ideal hangboard workout. HangClimb Timer, a Health and Fitness app, uses HealthKit to integrate your workouts with the Apple Health App. The corresponding Apple Watch App allows you to execute the workouts from your watch.

About

Boardsesh

This app connects to various LED climbing boards via Bluetooth to light up holds on your wall. Browse and filter thousands of community-created climbs, build a queue, and track your progress. It supports group sessions for climbing with friends, whether in the same gym or remotely.

Highlights
  • Connects to LED climbing boards
  • Lights up holds on the wall
  • Browse and filter community climbs
  • Build and manage a climb queue
  • Track climbing attempts and sends
  • Supports group climbing sessions
Features
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Climb on Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard and more, plus your spray wall. Keep your climbs, shared queue and logbook in one app. YOUR BOARDS. ONE APP. Boardsesh works with Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard, Woods, Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Switch between supported boards and keep your climbing history together. YOUR SPRAY WALL, TOO A home wall, or a spray wall at your gym? Photograph it and Boardsesh suggests holds from the photo. Fix what it missed, then set climbs, queue them and log sends in the same logbook as your other boards. No LEDs needed: the holds are highlighted on your photo. Share the wall by link and your crew can set on it too. Stripped the wall? Reset it with a new photo, and the old wall is archived with its climbs and sends. Swap a single hold and any climb that used it is flagged. BOARD HISTORY Share a board and you lose track of the last climb fast, and someone always wipes it by accident. See climbs lit through Boardsesh on that board: the climb name, who lit it, who set it, grade and angle, and recent sends. SESSIONS WITH YOUR CREW Start a session and you and your crew can share one queue everyone can drive. Anyone can light the next climb on the wall. When you're done you get a recap and tracking: sends and attempts, grade spread, your hardest send, and progress over time. CONTROL FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN (iOS 17+) iOS Live Activities tell you what climb is on from your lock screen, and allow you to change it without leaving your lock screen. BUILD A WORKOUT Pick Volume, Pyramid, Ladder or Grade Focus, set a target grade and warm-up, preview the climbs, then push them to the wall one at a time. TRACK YOUR CLIMBING Record sends, flashes and attempts, get a recap with duration, grade spread and your hardest send, and watch your sends and grades climb on the Progress tab. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Save your session to Apple Health, and import your past Kilter and Tension logbook from Aurora Climbing. FIND MORE TO CLIMB Follow your crew and setters, search climbers, and pin playlists from Discover. Supported boards: Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard (2010, 2016, 2024, Masters 2017, Masters 2019), Woods (12x12, 8x10), Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Plus spray walls: any wall you can photograph. Boardsesh is a community effort that works with these boards and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any board manufacturer.

Screenshots

HangClimb Timer4 screens
Boardsesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boardsesh at every 2 weeks against HangClimb Timer's every 5 months. HangClimb Timer's advantage is ratings volume (284 vs 28) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HangClimb Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HangClimb Timer has 284 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of HangClimb Timer's written reviews are positive against 77% of Boardsesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HangClimb Timer ships an update every 5 months, Boardsesh every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HangClimb Timer versus Boardsesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHangClimb TimerBoardsesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (284 ratings) — better4.6 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings284 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRiley BruceMarco de Jongh

Customer experience

HangClimb Timer

All ratings266 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Boardsesh

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

HangClimb Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sound doesn't work
  • Timer stops counting down when not actively using app
  • Cannot figure out how to get sound notifications

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to exceed 60 second reps
  • Ability to delete sets within a workout
  • Ability to delete hangs, hold and hold types
  • Rest time limit to be uncapped
  • Changeable sound options
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  • Option to start with hang instead of rest

Boardsesh

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HangClimb Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Boardsesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HangClimb Timer free?
HangClimb Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boardsesh free?
Boardsesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HangClimb Timer or Boardsesh?
HangClimb Timer is rated higher. HangClimb Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 284 ratings, while Boardsesh averages 4.6 from 28 ratings.
Do HangClimb Timer or Boardsesh have ads?
Neither HangClimb Timer nor Boardsesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HangClimb Timer or Boardsesh?
HangClimb Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Boardsesh every 2 weeks. Most recently, HangClimb Timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Boardsesh on October 16, 2026.

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