Comparison

Touchstone Board vs Woods Board

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

Head to head
About

Touchstone Board

This app allows climbers to find and log boulder problems, create new ones, and share beta videos. It integrates with a special LED kit to illuminate holds for training.

Highlights
  • Search boulder problems
  • Create new boulders
  • Log ascents
  • Follow other climbers
  • Share beta videos
  • LED hold illumination
Features
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Climb and train on the Touchstone Board with the Touchstone Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. Follow other climbers. Find and share beta videos. LED Integration: Connect the app to the LED Kit via Bluetooth and light up the holds. Green = Start Hold Blue = Middle Hold Red = Finish Hold Magenta = Foot Only

About

Woods Board

This app connects to a specialized training board, allowing users to access and create climbing routes. It facilitates logging climbs, personalizing profiles, and engaging with a community leaderboard. Users can filter climbs by various criteria for tailored training sessions.

Highlights
  • Access and create climbing routes
  • Log your successful climbs
  • Personalize user profiles
  • Community leaderboard
  • Filter climbs by multiple criteria
  • Bluetooth route lighting
Features
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The Woods Board app is the one and only app designed to connect you to the Woods Board training board. With this app, you can create an account to access the entire database of climbs made for the Woods Board. This app allows you to connect to any Woods Board control box and light up any route via Bluetooth. The Woods Board climbs follow a Standard system to generate a universal grade system for all climbs. What does the app do? - Allow access to view and create any climb to submit to the official Woods Board database - Log your sends of Woods Board climbs - Personalize your own account information - Specify specific climb rules for climbs you publish - Allows the ability to compete against other climbers with a Leaderboard Our goal for the Woods Board app is to create a platform based around community involvement and interaction. We hope to foster an individual user experience based on interaction between you and the community. With the leaderboard (weekly and all-time) system, we hope to encourage a competitive and refreshing dynamic between users. Additionally, our goal with the playlist system is to enable user personalization for enjoyment and training purposes. Our filtering system includes the option to filter by: hold, author, climb type, wall angle, grade, and more.

Screenshots

Touchstone Board1 screens
Woods Board2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Touchstone Board at 3.3 against Woods Board's 2.0. Touchstone Board also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). Woods Board's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Touchstone Board holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touchstone Board ships an update every 2 months, Woods Board monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Touchstone Board versus Woods Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchstone BoardWoods Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—18.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurora Climbing Inc.Menagerie Climbing LLC

Customer experience

Touchstone Board

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Woods Board

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral25.0%
Negative56.3%

In-app purchases

None

Touchstone Board

No in-app purchases

None

Woods Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touchstone Board free?
Touchstone Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Woods Board free?
Woods Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touchstone Board or Woods Board?
Touchstone Board is rated higher. Touchstone Board averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Woods Board averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touchstone Board or Woods Board have ads?
Neither Touchstone Board nor Woods Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touchstone Board or Woods Board?
Touchstone Board ships an update every 2 months, and Woods Board monthly. Most recently, Touchstone Board was updated on October 24, 2026 and Woods Board on October 24, 2026.

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