Comparison

Pebble Climbing vs Hangs Free

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

Head to head
About

Pebble Climbing

This app gamifies your climbing experience by providing personalized grade pyramids to help you improve. Track your progress, discover new climbs, and connect with friends. It also offers workout plans and session tracking for gyms and outdoor adventures.

Highlights
  • Gamified grade pyramids for improvement
  • Friend activity feed
  • Outdoor guidebook with user-added climbs
  • Gym session tracking
  • User-created workout and circuit plans
  • Personalized climb recommendations
  • Climbing progress analysis charts
Features
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Gamify your climbing with Pebble! Pebble helps you improve your climbing by giving you a grade pyramid to complete each week. Finish the pyramid and move up a level. If you don't, you'll get 2 more tries before you drop back down a level. Each level is tailored to your abilities and helps direct you to climbs that are appropriate for you. In addition to the gamification, Pebble offers these other features: • Follow your friends in the FEED to see their sends and media or your gym to see when a new area has been reset or if any events are happening soon. • Find climbs for your next trip in the OUTDOOR GUIDEBOOK or give back by adding climbs that you've sent to the guidebook through the app in a wiki-style. • Track your nightly sessions at the local CLIMBING GYM if they've joined Pebble or even if they haven't. • Find climbing-specific WORKOUTS & CIRCUITS that other users have created to do specifically at your gym, your local crag, or at home. • Get RECOMMENDATIONS based on your current climbing ability and what climbs you need to send to reach the next grade. • ANALYZE your climbing and training using our charts to see your progress and plan your next sessions. • SCHEDULE workouts and sessions and track your successful completion automatically.

About

Hangs Free

Features
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Hangs Free is a simple app for climbing finger strength no-hang training. Supported features: - Real-Time Weight Tracking: View accurate weight (force) data during your training - Max Force Measurement: Track your peak strength and calculate it as a percentage of your body weight - Force Change Chart: Analyze your performance over time with a graph displaying force variations during your session - Copy to Clipboard: Copy your set summary to you training log or notes in one click - Devices support: WH-C06 and Tindeq

Screenshots

Pebble Climbing4 screens
Hangs Free4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pebble Climbing at 4.4 against Hangs Free's 3.0. Pebble Climbing also leads on ratings volume (75 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Pebble Climbing holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pebble Climbing has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pebble Climbing ships an update every 8 days, Hangs Free every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pebble Climbing versus Hangs Free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPebble ClimbingHangs Free
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (75 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPebble Climbing, LLCKarma Roman Batsenko

In-app purchases

None

Pebble Climbing

No in-app purchases

None

Hangs Free

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pebble Climbing free?
Pebble Climbing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hangs Free free?
Hangs Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pebble Climbing or Hangs Free?
Pebble Climbing is rated higher. Pebble Climbing averages 4.4 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Hangs Free averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pebble Climbing or Hangs Free have ads?
Neither Pebble Climbing nor Hangs Free shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pebble Climbing or Hangs Free?
Pebble Climbing ships an update every 8 days, and Hangs Free every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pebble Climbing was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hangs Free on October 24, 2026.

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