Comparison

Griptonite vs Rockclimbr App

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

Head to head
About

Griptonite

Enhance your climbing experience by discovering beta, routes, and inspiration from a community of climbers. Track your progress, identify areas for improvement, and compete with others through global and venue-specific rankings.

Highlights
  • Discover beta and routes
  • Learn from community experience
  • Track personal progress
  • Identify areas for improvement
  • Global and venue rankings
  • Filterable leaderboards
Features
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The Griptonite app is a perfect companion to your climbing life. Discover what's important to you. Be it beta, routes, or inspiration. Our community ticks thousands of routes every day and we enable you to learn from their experience. Everyone loves to get better, and seeing gains is a crucial part of staying motivated. In climbing, it's often hard to pin these down and so progression tends to plateau. The app helps you drill into the areas you can improve at your own pace. Got a competitive or curious side. Or, just want to smash your own PB? The app has both global and venue linked rankings that are fully filterable to help you in your quest.

About

Rockclimbr App

Discover and document climbing routes with visual guides created by a community of climbers. Find new climbs, contribute your own route maps, and track your progress, whether you're at an outdoor crag or an indoor gym. Access detailed, up-to-date information offline.

Highlights
  • Visual climbing route maps
  • Community-contributed beta
  • Offline area downloads
  • GPS-based climb discovery
  • Send tracking and ticklists
  • Indoor wall documentation
Features
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The premier community-built visual climbing guides: Visual climbing guidebook with color-coded route maps, built by climbers. From local crags to home walls, quickly find the newest route beta—or create it for spots that deserve better coverage. Every crag deserves quality coverage: From the Gunks to your backyard boulders, every climbing area can have proper guidebook-quality documentation. Our community of climbers creates visual topos for destinations and hidden gems alike. Found a crag with poor coverage? Create the guide yourself in minutes. The more climbers contribute, the better everyone's beta gets. Guidebook-quality beta on your phone: Pull up visual route maps at the boulder. Download areas for offline access in remote locations. Use GPS to discover climbs near you. Track your sends and build your ticklist. All the detail of a printed guidebook, always up-to-date, always in your pocket. Turn your local crag into a proper guide: You don't need to be a professional author to create quality guidebook coverage. If you climb there, you can document it. Upload a photo of the boulder. Draw the route with our color-coded tool. Add the grade and name. Done. Your crag now has visual topos as clear as any published guidebook. Indoor walls, same visual approach: Spray walls, home walls, gym circuits—document indoor problems with the same photo topos and visual mapping tools. Share routes with your crew, track progression, never forget that perfect problem you set. The only climbing guide that works everywhere you climb. Visual guides for the modern climber: - Photo-first approach; Clear visual route maps instead of confusing text descriptions. See the beta, don't decode it. - Every crag matters; Community-powered coverage means small crags get the same quality documentation as famous destinations. - Always current; Real-time updates from active climbers. No waiting years for the next guidebook edition. Start exploring visual guides: Free to browse, free to contribute. Help build the world's clearest climbing beta.

Screenshots

Griptonite4 screens
Rockclimbr App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rockclimbr App at 5.0 against Griptonite's 3.0. Rockclimbr App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Griptonite's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 6). 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. Griptonite sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Rockclimbr App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rockclimbr App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Griptonite ships an update every 3 weeks, Rockclimbr App every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Griptonite versus Rockclimbr App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGriptoniteRockclimbr App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB46 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCascom LtdOctopus Software LLC

Customer experience

Griptonite

All ratings21 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative47.6%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral14.0%
Negative40.7%

Rockclimbr App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Griptonite

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • App constantly erroring
  • Filters won't reset or apply
  • Projects not registered properly
  • App freezes when uploading video
  • App crashes frequently
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  • Login screen freezes
  • White screen of death on sign-in
  • Filters not filtering properly
  • Feed is glitchy
  • Cannot log anything
  • App crashes on iOS 16.3.1
  • UI lags and jumps when scrolling
  • Phantom notification icons
  • Cannot clear notification badges
  • Novice/intermediate/advanced grading inaccurate
  • Ability breakdown doesn't show all grades
  • Notification badges not clearing
  • Grading of beginner/novice out of line with French system
  • Blank screen after entering name
  • App instant crashes on opening
  • Latest update not working on older iOS
  • Cannot get past sign-up page
  • Password not visible due to privacy
  • Slide to tick interaction not working
  • Delay on feedback requests
  • Cannot correct age category
  • App crashes after a few minutes of usage
  • UI is broken, cannot make account
  • App crashes on iPhone 12
  • App crashes on older iPhone/iPad

Requested features

34 requests
  • Social sign-in (Apple/Google)
  • Total grades/routes climbed count
  • Sortable monthly gym results table
  • Quick navigation between map and stats
  • REST API for data access
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  • More holistic progress tracking (training, mood)
  • Integration with health apps (Google Fit, Apple Health)
  • Privacy mode (hide from leaderboards)
  • Ability to log climbs offline
  • Star/favorite problems
  • Filter for routes not completed this month
  • Visual indicator for attempted problems
  • Add friends and leaderboards for friends
  • Trophy section for comp achievements
  • Check beta videos on profile
  • Add/follow other climbers
  • Clear breakdown for grade progression (novice to advanced)
  • Search gyms by name
  • Follow gyms for reset notifications
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Option to log 'clean/dogged' status
  • Nominate incorrect grades
  • Option to permanently skip video submission
  • Toggleable option for route reset points
  • Dark mode option
  • AI driven training plans
  • Filter by grade in free version
  • More detailed analysis of climbs
  • Sort completed climbs by grade
  • League table for top ten climbs
  • Line graph of points or top ten grades over time
  • Ability to add line pics
  • See which problems you’ve attempted at least once on the gym view
  • Make it easy to see which problems you’ve attempted at least once on the gym view (eg making the number amber)

Rockclimbr App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Griptonite

Subscriptions6
  • Griptonite Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Griptonite Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Griptonite Pro$39.991 Year
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  • Griptonite Pro1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Griptonite Pro$49.991 Year
  • Griptonite Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Rockclimbr App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Griptonite free?
Griptonite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rockclimbr App free?
Rockclimbr App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Griptonite or Rockclimbr App?
Rockclimbr App is rated higher. Griptonite averages 3.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Rockclimbr App averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Griptonite or Rockclimbr App have ads?
Neither Griptonite nor Rockclimbr App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Griptonite or Rockclimbr App?
Griptonite ships an update every 3 weeks, and Rockclimbr App every 8 days. Most recently, Griptonite was updated on October 29, 2026 and Rockclimbr App on October 24, 2026.

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