Comparison

Boulder Challenge vs Bimano Boulder

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

Head to head
About

Boulder Challenge

Easily create and share custom climbing boulder problems by taking a photo of the wall. Define holds, difficulty, and descriptions to document your routes or outdoor projects. Discover and rate boulders created by others, and track your climbing progress.

Highlights
  • Create custom boulder problems from photos
  • Define hand and foot holds
  • Specify difficulty and descriptive text
  • Search and rate existing boulders
  • Track climbed and favorite boulders
  • Export data to Excel
  • Follow other climbers and view news feed
Features
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App to create and share your own boulder problems on every climbing wall / spray wall / training wall / system wall / chaos wall / boulder block by simply taking a picture and easily specifying the definition as detailed as you like. - No additional costs like many other apps. Create as many walls and boulders as you like - Search for locations / boulder walls that have already been added or add them yourself - Suitable for all artificial boulder walls and also for saving the beta of your outdoor projects - Take a picture of the wall area you want, select an image that is already stored in the app or from the gallery of your smartphone - Define the start and end of your boulder - Define hand and foot holds (optionally separately and explicitly for left / right if desired) - Optionally define fixed hold sequences by specifying numbering - Various ways of displaying the markers - Smoothly fade out markings to be able to see details "behind" the markings - General descriptive text for a boulder and also possible per hold - Optional specification of the wall angle - Specification of difficulty in Fontainebleau / Hueco V scale or without - Mark boulders that have been resetted to see directly that they are no longer on the wall - Edit, delete and clone boulders - Rate and comment boulders - Submission of individual difficulty ratings with graphical display of the difficulty distribution per boulder - Search for boulders by name, creator, difficulty from / to, rating, climbed, favorite, wall angle, resetted - Sorting of boulders by created on, climbed on, name, difficulty, number of ascents, popularity - Random boulder selection in a certain difficulty range for e.g. warm-up - Lists for your favorite and already climbed boulders - Share boulders outside of the app as an image, direct link and QR code - Display of news per location / boulder wall - Display of the difficulty distribution per location / boulder wall - Display of the locals per location / boulder wall - "Bulletin board" per location / boulder wall - Share locations / boulder walls outside of the app as direct link and QR code - Follow other users and see what they've been up to in your personal news feed - Get score points for your created boulders, climbed boulders or e. g. if one of your boulders has been rated well by others - Optional private profile if your activities should not be visible to others - Send and receive private messages - Automatically kept logbook to easily display your activities for a period of your choice - Export of all your created and climbed boulders in Microsoft Excel format for further individual evaluation Have fun!

About

Bimano Boulder

Discover bouldering locations across Switzerland and Europe with detailed photo topos, maps, and area information. Navigate to parking and public transport, and contribute missing details. The content is regularly updated with new areas and features.

Highlights
  • Extensive bouldering location database
  • Detailed photo topos and area maps
  • Access and public transport information
  • User-submitted feedback for missing data
  • Regular content updates
  • Navigation to parking areas
Features
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With the Bimano Boulder App, you have access to almost all bouldering possibilities in Switzerland as well as some of the best-known areas in Europe. All bouldering opportunities are documented with detailed photo topos, area maps and overview sketches. Each area is described with accesses, general info, special features and special information. Navigation to parking areas and information on public transport is integrated. The contents of the app are constantly being revised and expanded. New areas, new boulders and additional information are constantly added and updated. Missing information can be added by the user with a feedback button. The app will continue to be equipped with new functions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://bimano.ch/boulder/impressum/

Screenshots

Boulder Challenge4 screens
Bimano Boulder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bimano Boulder at Free against Boulder Challenge's $2.99. Boulder Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (71% vs 40%). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Bimano Boulder is free to download; Boulder Challenge costs $2.99 up front. Bimano Boulder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Boulder Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boulder Challenge ships an update every 6 weeks, Bimano Boulder every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Boulder Challenge versus Bimano Boulder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulder ChallengeBimano Boulder
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian FenzlBimano GmbH

Customer experience

Boulder Challenge

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

Bimano Boulder

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Boulder Challenge

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bimano Boulder

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$60.991 Year

Questions

Is Boulder Challenge free?
Boulder Challenge costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bimano Boulder free?
Bimano Boulder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Boulder Challenge or Bimano Boulder have ads?
Neither Boulder Challenge nor Bimano Boulder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boulder Challenge or Bimano Boulder?
Boulder Challenge ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bimano Boulder every 2 months. Most recently, Boulder Challenge was updated on September 22, 2026 and Bimano Boulder on October 3, 2026.

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