Stōkt Climbing vs Boardsesh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stōkt Climbing
This app allows climbers to discover, create, and log climbing routes on spray walls. It supports community-generated problems, personal route setting, and performance tracking with detailed analytics. Connect with other climbers and enhance your training experience.
- Create and share climbing routes
- Log climbs and track progress
- Browse community-created problems
- Automatic wall scanning for home walls
- Connect with other climbers
- Performance analytics and charts
- Tag and filter climbs by style
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Stōkt is the app for spray wall climbing — at the gym or on your own wall. Browse community problems, set your own, log sends, and track your training. There are more than 2000 walls on Stōkt, and we're always adding more. If you don't see yours, send us a message and we'll get in touch with your gym. HOW IT WORKS Select your gym wall and get started. Climb problems from your community, or put your setting to the test and create new ones. To set a problem, select the holds, hit publish, and it's ready for others. Check the accuracy of your grading against the setter and the crowd. We support Hueco, Font, and DanKyu. Or add your own wall: take a photo, Stōkt scans the holds, and you can start setting and climbing for free. HOME WALLS Stōkt is built for training at home too. Set up your wall in minutes with automatic wall scan — take a photo and Stōkt detects the holds. Edit, move, or add holds whenever you want. Invite friends to set problems for you and keep sessions interesting. You can start free and upgrade when you need more. COMMUNITY Connect with friends and climbers from your gym and see who can send your problems. Search for and follow other climbers to grow your network. Add comments to share beta, tips, or just cheer people on. Get notified when someone likes or comments on your problem. PERFORMANCE & TRAINING Log climbs and attempts to see how you're progressing. Take on fresh problems to push your climbing. Use detailed charts and stats to get a clear view of your training. MORE FEATURES Follow climbers and see activity from your gym in the feed. Create public or private lists — warm-ups, projects, or a style you want to work on. Tag problems (crimpy, slopey, pinchy) and filter by style to find the next climb. STŌKT PRO Stōkt Pro is the gym subscription that enhances your experience: Create official gym lists and add up to 4 extra admin accounts. Benchmarking: Create benchmarks or tag existing climbs so climbers have clear goals. Gym analytics: See how your wall is used — climbs created, sends, active climbers, and trends over time. Competitions: Run competitions from gym lists. Adjustable walls: Support for adjustable-angle walls (coming soon). LEDS Light up any spray wall with the Stōkt LED kit. The kit works on home walls and gym walls. We supply LED strips, available now in the EU and UK, and coming soon elsewhere. If you have questions, feedback, or ideas, email us at team@getstokt.com Subscription Restore & Renewal Info: Monthly subscriptions are billed via Apple's subscription service. Terms of Use https://www.getstokt.com/terms-and-conditions Apple's Subscriptions Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://www.getstokt.com/privacy-policy Are you ready to get Stōkt?
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boardsesh at none against Stōkt Climbing's 20. Stōkt Climbing's advantage is ratings volume (977 vs 29) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Stōkt Climbing sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Boardsesh asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stōkt Climbing holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stōkt Climbing has 977 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Stōkt Climbing's written reviews are positive against 77% of Boardsesh's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stōkt Climbing ships an update every 3 weeks, Boardsesh every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stōkt Climbing | Boardsesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (977 ratings) — better | 4.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 977 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stokt LLC | Marco de Jongh |
Customer experience
Stōkt Climbing
Boardsesh
Bugs and requests
Stōkt Climbing
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not loading or freezing
- Climbs not updating or changing
- Profile information unable to be edited
- Google sign-up not working
- Foot holds sometimes deleted after saving
Requested features
5 requests- Add video option for climbs
- Implement grade filtering and distribution
- Add ability to create and manage personal climb lists/folders
- Enable commenting on climbs
- Improve multi-angle wall support
Boardsesh
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stōkt Climbing
- Stōkt Free Trial1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Home Wall Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Stōkt+1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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- Stōkt Pro1 Month trial$19.991 Month
- Home1 Month trial$36.001 Year
- Large Setup$39.991 Month
- Gym1 Month trial$143.991 Year
- Home Plus1 Month trial$200.001 Year
- Gym Plus1 Month trial$359.991 Year
- X-Small Wall$34.99
- X-Small Wall$39.99
- Small Wall$59.99
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- Small Wall$64.99
- X-Small Symmetrical Adjust$79.99
- Medium Wall$84.99
- Medium Wall$99.99
- Small Wall Symmetrical Adjust$114.99
- Large Wall$199.99
- X-Large Wall$299.00
- Large Wall Symmetrical Adjust$339.99
Boardsesh
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stōkt Climbing free?
Is Boardsesh free?
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