GearLog vs Moon Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GearLog
Manage your equipment with this app, storing details, photos, and manuals. Receive inspection alerts, track usage, and manage loans and reservations. It also supports QR code labeling and data import for comprehensive gear oversight.
- Store gear details, photos, and manuals
- Inspection alerts and audit trails
- Cloud sync across devices
- QR code generation and scanning
- Manage loans, returns, and reservations
- Track gear usage and financial investment
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Take your equipment management to the next level with GearLog: - Store all your gear including photos and manuals - Get alerts when it's time to inspect your gear - Store your data in the cloud and access it on any device - Keep an audit trail of all your inspections - Generate QR code labels for your gear - Scan your QR code labels with the GearLog app - Build gear lists for expeditions and trips - Record how and when your gear is used - Manage equipment loans and returns - Manage equipment reservations - Record qualifications held and when they expire - Import your gear and inspections from a spreadsheet - Record the financial investment made in your gear - Securely share access across multiple sites
Moon Board
This app enhances the climbing experience on both standard and LED MoonBoards. It allows users to view, light up, and add climbing problems, sort and filter them, and track their progress. Users can also create custom lists of problems and share them with others.
- Choose MoonBoard hold setup
- View and light up climbing problems
- Add, sort, and filter problems
- Grade and rate problems
- Create custom problem lists
- Log climbing sessions and track progress
- Share problems and lists
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MoonBoard App – Train Smarter. Climb Harder. The MoonBoard App is the official companion for both standard and LED MoonBoards, giving you instant access to thousands of problems, powerful training tools and seamless board control from your phone or tablet. Key Features Choose your setup — Select the exact hold layout installed on your board. Browse and climb — Explore a global library of MoonBoard problems. Light up problems — Illuminate holds instantly on LED MoonBoards via Bluetooth. Create and share — Add new problems and share them with friends or training partners. Sort and filter — Quickly find climbs by grade, style, rating and more. Track your progress — Log sessions and monitor improvement over time. Build lists — Organise warm‑ups, projects, favourites and training circuits. Easy login — Sign in with your Apple or Google account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GearLog at 95% against Moon Board's 10%. GearLog also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Moon Board's advantage is ratings volume (184 vs 35). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Moon Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $100.00 per year. GearLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
GearLog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moon Board has 184 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of GearLog's written reviews are positive against 10% of Moon Board's.
GearLog ships an update weekly, Moon Board every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GearLog | Moon Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (35 ratings) — better | 1.6 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 9.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 184 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kit Kline | Moon Climbing Ltd |
Customer experience
GearLog
Moon Board
Bugs and requests
GearLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Moon Board
Reported bugs
5 issues- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Logged climbs disappearing from logbook
- Filters and settings not persisting
- Bluetooth connectivity problems
- Inconsistent behavior when switching users
Requested features
5 requests- Add V-grade support
- Improve filtering and search
- Implement auto-disconnect feature
- Sync logbook and favorites across devices
- Provide better error handling and feedback
In-app purchases
GearLog
No in-app purchases
Moon Board
- Gym Plan – Single Wall$100.001 Year
- Gym Plan – Multi Wall$200.001 Year
- Unlock Home Wall$39.99
- Unlock Commercial Wall$79.99
