Comparison

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing vs ClimbAlong

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

Head to head
About

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing

Log and track your bouldering ascents on a photo of your wall. Draw routes, rate climbs, and discover new projects. Compete on leaderboards and analyze your performance with detailed stats. Connect with friends and your climbing community.

Highlights
  • Draw boulders on wall photos
  • Log ascents with grades and style
  • Filter and browse boulders
  • Build project lists
  • Climb leaderboards
  • Analyze performance stats
  • Community feed and chat
Features
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The spray wall app your whole crew uses for free. BoulderBook saves every boulder on your spraywall, board or home wall right on a photo of the wall – no subscription, no paid wall setup, no ads. Made by climbers for climbers, in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Czech. DRAW BOULDERS IN SECONDS • Snap a photo of your wall and tap the holds – smart hold detection snaps each tap to the hold • Mark start holds, top and feet; set foothold rules and matching • Number the holds so everyone climbs the exact same sequence LOG EVERY SEND • Tick boulders as flash or redpoint and rate the grade • Thumbs up the best lines, add style tags like crimpy, slopey or dyno • Font or V-scale grades – switch any time FIND YOUR NEXT PROJECT • Browse every boulder on your wall and filter by grade, wall, style tags and what you've already sent • Sort by newest, hardest, easiest or most popular • Build project lists, share public lists or create collaborative circuits with friends CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD • Season rankings for boulderers and setters at your gym • Medals for the season's top three • Global ranking across all gyms KNOW YOUR LEVEL • Season score, grade pyramid and style breakdown • Personal insights: hardest send, flash ceiling and more • Your complete climbing history in one place STAY IN THE LOOP • Live activity feed of flashes, tops and new boulders • Gym chat and comments with photos and GIFs • Push notifications when someone comments or reacts to your boulders FOR EVERY WALL Commercial gyms, climbing clubs and private home walls – set up your gym in a minute, keep it public or invite only your crew. Find gyms near you on the map. Every feature is free for everyone. If BoulderBook helps your climbing, an optional tip in the app keeps it running. Questions or ideas? Use the feedback button in the app – we read everything.

About

ClimbAlong

Features
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ClimbAlong is an app for climbing competitions, designed for both climbers, judges, routesetters and organizers. It helps you register for and manage competitions, find results, and submit scores - Making the competition experience easy and simple. Key Features: - Create your profile with details, photo, and social links - See all your past, current, and upcoming competitions - Register for events online or by scanning a QR code - Self-score as a climber or submit scores as a judge - Manage competition details as a organizer or routesetter - Follow results updating live for each competition - Find results from any competition using ClimbAlong Thank you for using ClimbAlong!

Screenshots

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing4 screens
ClimbAlong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClimbAlong at none against BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing's 9. BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. ClimbAlong asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing ships an update every 3 days, ClimbAlong monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing versus ClimbAlong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulderBook Spraywall ClimbingClimbAlong
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian Zindelnorthtech

In-app purchases

9 purchases

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing

One-time9
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$1.00
  • Tip: a coffee$1.99
  • Tip: a bag of chalk$3.99
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  • BoulderBook Supporter$3.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$4.00
  • Trinkgeld: Pizza nach der Session$8.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$9.00
  • Tip: a gym day pass$17.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$18.00
None

ClimbAlong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing free?
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClimbAlong free?
ClimbAlong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing or ClimbAlong have ads?
Neither BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing nor ClimbAlong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing or ClimbAlong?
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing ships an update every 3 days, and ClimbAlong monthly. Most recently, BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing was updated on October 29, 2026 and ClimbAlong on October 27, 2026.

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