Comparison

Satellite Pics vs ClimbingNote+

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

Head to head
About

Satellite Pics

This app allows users to highlight climbing routes within their gyms for their Satellite profile. It offers easy-to-use tools like customizable brushes and layers to create clear, accurate images of routes.

Highlights
  • Highlight climbing routes
  • Create Satellite profile images
  • Customizable brushes
  • Layer support
  • Easy-to-use tools
Features
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Satellite Pics is a new photo editing App exclusively for Satellite Registered climbing gyms! The app will enable users to quickly highlight routes within their gyms for their Satellite profile. A range of easy-to-use tools including customizable brushes, layers, and more have been specifically developed to create a clear accurate image.

About

ClimbingNote+

Features
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Log every climb in seconds, then use your data to see what is improving. ClimbingNote+ is a focused climbing log for bouldering, top-rope, lead and trad climbing. Record sessions at the gym or crag, track every attempt and send, and review your progress without creating an account or joining a social feed. FAST CLIMBING LOG • Start a gym or outdoor session quickly • Record boulder problems, top-rope climbs and lead routes • Mark each climb as an attempt or send • Add grades, tags and session duration • Reuse tags for movement, wall angle, hold type or route color GRADES THAT MATCH WHERE YOU CLIMB • Bouldering: V Scale, Fontainebleau and Japanese Dankyu • Roped climbing: YDS, French, UIAA and Ewbank • Trad climbing: British Trad and supported roped grade systems • Choose personal defaults for bouldering, roped and trad climbing • Override the grade system for an individual gym or crag • Create reusable custom bouldering scales for gyms using colors, numbers or names • Keep the original recorded grade while viewing approximate equivalents INSIGHTS YOU CAN USE • See a meaningful progress highlight on the home screen, even before you add tags • Analyze sends, attempts and send rates by tag, location or grade • Filter by time period, gym or crag, climbing style, grade and tag • Compare recent periods to see what is improving • Find the tags or grades with the most unsent climbs • Review monthly, yearly and all-time activity • See climbing volume and hardest completed grades GYMS, CRAGS AND ROUTES • Save the gyms and crags you visit • Optionally use your location to identify and sort nearby places • Create outdoor boulder, sport and trad routes • Link logged climbs to saved outdoor routes YOUR LOG, YOUR DATA • Your climbing log is stored in a local database on your device • No account is required • Core logging and history work offline • Export a portable JSON backup • Import a backup and merge newer records safely • Optional usage analytics can be disabled in Settings ClimbingNote+ is built for climbers who want a quiet, structured logbook with useful insights and control over their own data. Grade conversions are approximate. Area, gym, route style and individual experience can change how a grade feels. British Trad grades also describe seriousness and protection.

Screenshots

Satellite Pics4 screens
ClimbingNote+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ClimbingNote+ at none against Satellite Pics's shown. ClimbingNote+ also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 28 months). Satellite Pics's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Satellite Pics ships an update every 28 months, ClimbingNote+ every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Satellite Pics versus ClimbingNote+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatellite PicsClimbingNote+
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunabashi Rocky Co.,Ltd.xu zhangxuan

In-app purchases

None

Satellite Pics

No in-app purchases

None

ClimbingNote+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Satellite Pics free?
Satellite Pics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClimbingNote+ free?
ClimbingNote+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Satellite Pics or ClimbingNote+ have ads?
Satellite Pics shows ads; ClimbingNote+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Satellite Pics or ClimbingNote+?
Satellite Pics ships an update every 28 months, and ClimbingNote+ every 6 days. Most recently, Satellite Pics was updated on October 7, 2026 and ClimbingNote+ on October 24, 2026.

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