Comparison

Satellite vs BoulderBot

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

Head to head
About

Satellite

Track your climbing sessions, view routes, and connect with friends at registered gyms. Share send videos, discover new beta, and even create your own training routes. Stay updated on gym progress and achievements.

Highlights
  • Gym search
  • Register sends
  • Send videos
  • Logbook
  • Rankings
  • Timeline
  • In-app gym card
Features
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Satellite is a Climbing app for climbing gyms all over the world. Check in and view all the amazing boulder and lead routes set in Satellite registered gyms. Designed to keep track of your sessions and sends, The Satellite App will also keep you updated with your friend’s progress and achievements in the gym via the timeline and rankings system. You can now share and view send videos directly on the Satellite App. Users can now upload their send videos by linking it to the specific route. Not sure how to do a route? Search for a send video for new beta. There are also additional functions that make the climbing gym more convenient and enjoyable, such as creating your own spray routes on training walls, system boards or Satellite boards and registering it for everyone to climb. * Gym Search * Register Sends *Send Videos * Spray wall * Logbook * Badges * Stamps * Circuit mode * Tick List * Rankings * Sessions * Timeline * New Sets * Likes * In-app gym card

About

BoulderBot

Generate and track bouldering routes on your home climbing wall. Features procedural generation for infinite climb variations, manual creation, and progress logging. Supports various wall types and works offline.

Highlights
  • Procedural climb generation
  • Manual climb creation
  • Progress tracking and logging
  • Wall setup wizard
  • Offline functionality
  • Search and filter problems
Features
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BoulderBot is your personal bouldering Spray Wall setter, tracker and organizer. Challenge yourself and find new inspiration by using the experimental Procedural Generation algorithms, quickly creating an infinite number of new climbs on your wall! You can customize parameters like Difficulty and Length to create problems suited to your needs. The generation algorithms are experimental and under active development, but even if they don't produce perfect results, you can immediately edit the generated problems in a few seconds (which is also a great way to improve your setting skills). You can also easily create your own custom problems from scratch. Problems can be saved for tracking your progress and logging ascents, and functionality like searching, filtering and sorting is available to find problems for your training sessions. ADDING YOUR WALL An interactive wizard procedure will allow you to add your wall in the application, guiding you in specifying all required information (this procedure will take around 5 to 10 minutes): - An image of the wall (specific instructions are given to ensure the best generation results) - Attributes like height and angle - The position of the holds on your wall, and their relative difficulty rating This procedure needs to be performed only when you add a new wall or reset the current one. Once a wall is added, all other functionality (like generating problems, or creating them manually) is immediate and takes no extra set up time. An in-app help system is also available if you have any doubt about the application. The application supports Home Climbing Walls, Spray Walls, Woodys, and Training Boards. The generation algorithms work only on generally flat walls which can be pictured in a single image; highly featured walls with many different angles, corners and roof sections are not supported at the moment. NO MANDATORY INTERNET CONNECTIVITY The Application can work completely offline: you can choose to use the App without an account, making the image you select and the Boulder problems you create all stored on your device's internal storage. PROBLEM RULES The boulder problems should be climbed by starting with both hands on green "Start" holds (either one hand per hold if there are two holds, or with both hands matching the single hold). Blue "Hold" holds can be used with both hands and feet, while yellow "Foot" holds cannot be touched by hands. The problem is considered complete once you hold for a couple of seconds onto the red "End" holds (either one hand per hold if there are two holds, or with both hands matching the single hold). DISCLAIMER Climbing is an inherently dangerous activity. Climbs shown in the App are random in nature, there is no guarantee about their safety, quality or correctness, please always judge the safety of the climbs before attempting them.

Screenshots

Satellite4 screens
BoulderBot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BoulderBot at 75% against Satellite's 25%. BoulderBot also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Satellite sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BoulderBot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BoulderBot holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Satellite's written reviews are positive against 75% of BoulderBot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Satellite ships an update monthly, BoulderBot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Satellite versus BoulderBot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatelliteBoulderBot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (8 ratings)4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings811 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB74 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFunabashi Rocky Co.,Ltd.Luca Dellana

Customer experience

Satellite

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive24.5%
Neutral18.9%
Negative56.6%

BoulderBot

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Satellite

Subscriptions8
  • Gold Plan (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Light Plan (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (Monthly)$4.991 Month
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  • Premium Plus Plan (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Light Plan (Annual)$24.991 Year
  • Gold Plan (Annual)$28.491 Year
  • Premium Plan (Annual)$49.991 Year
  • Premium Plus Plan (Annual)$69.991 Year
3 purchases

BoulderBot

One-time3
  • BoulderBot Pro Pass - 3 Months$7.99
  • BoulderBot Pro Pass - 1 Year$17.99
  • BoulderBot Pro$27.99

Questions

Is Satellite free?
Satellite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoulderBot free?
BoulderBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Satellite or BoulderBot?
BoulderBot is rated higher. Satellite averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while BoulderBot averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Satellite or BoulderBot have ads?
Satellite shows ads; BoulderBot does not.
Which is updated more often, Satellite or BoulderBot?
Satellite ships an update monthly, and BoulderBot every 5 weeks. Most recently, Satellite was updated on September 23, 2026 and BoulderBot on August 30, 2026.

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