Boolder vs Boardclimbs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boolder
Discover bouldering routes in Fontainebleau with this comprehensive guide. Features a GPS-enabled map with topo photos to find boulders suited to your skill level across over 80 areas. Save your ascents and favorite problems, with offline access for uninterrupted exploration.
- GPS-enabled map
- Topo photos
- Over 80 bouldering areas
- Save ascents and favorites
- Offline mode
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Boolder is the perfect guide to enjoy bouldering in Fontainebleau. It's a breeze to find boulders that are suited for you thanks to the map with GPS and topo photos. More than 80 areas are available, for all levels: Franchard Isatis, Cuvier, Apremont, Rocher Canon, Cul de Chien, 95.2, La Roche aux Sabots, .... Other features: • Save your ascents and your favorite problems • Offline mode: you don’t need any internet connection to enjoy the app
Boardclimbs
Log and share boulder problems on your spraywall. Automatically detect holds with AI and create custom routes. Compete on leaderboards and engage with the climbing community.
- AI hold detection
- Create custom boulder problems
- Share problems with community
- Personalized climber profiles
- Leaderboard competition
- Spraywall photo uploads
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Boardclimbs is an app for climbers to find and share boulder problems on spraywalls. Upload a photo of your wall/board and Hector the hold detector will find and mark all the holds on your wall. You can then create problems on your wall by interactively choosing holds in the app. Personalize your profile with a picture and a display name and engage in the many community features of the app. Try to top the leaderboard for your local wall, as a setter or a climber!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Boolder at 26 against Boardclimbs's 1. Boardclimbs's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Boolder against 5.0 for Boardclimbs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boolder has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Boolder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boardclimbs's.
| Parameter | Boolder | Boardclimbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nicolas Mondollot | Felix Abrahamsson |
Customer experience
Boolder
Boardclimbs
In-app purchases
Boolder
No in-app purchases
Boardclimbs
No in-app purchases
