Grasshopper Board vs Beta Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grasshopper Board
This app allows users to find, create, and log climbing boulder problems. It features LED integration to light up holds and a logbook to track ascents. Users can also share beta videos.
- Discover boulder problems
- Create new boulder problems
- Log ascents
- Browse logbook
- Share beta videos
- LED hold lighting integration
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Climb and train on the Grasshopper Board with the Grasshopper Board app! Search and climb boulder problems of all difficulty levels. Create new boulders. Log ascents and browse your logbook. 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
Beta Direct
Easily create and share climbing routes on any wall by uploading a photo. Draw climbs, track your progress, and collaborate with friends by sharing your wall and their routes. Update your wall's configuration as holds change.
- Upload and adjust climbing wall photos
- Draw and create custom climbs
- Track and sort all created climbs
- Update wall configurations with new photos
- Share walls and climbs with friends
- Climb friends' routes on your wall
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Beta Direct allows any climber to make the most of their climbing wall - a home wall or even any gym wall. Take a photo of a climbing wall, add it to Beta Direct, and start creating climbs. Share your wall with friends and let them add climbs too. When some climbing holds change - take a new photo, adjust it so the holds still line-up, and keep climbing. Features: * Easily upload a photo of a climbing wall * Adjust your wall photos to best fit the climbing holds * Create climbs by drawing over your wall photo * Track and sort all climbs on your wall * Update your wall at any time - adjust a new photo so that old existing holds still line-up * Share your wall with friends, including your wall photo * Climb your friend’s climbs on your wall
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grasshopper Board at none against Beta Direct's 3. Grasshopper Board also leads on ads (none vs shown). Beta Direct's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Beta Direct sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Grasshopper Board asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Grasshopper Board against 4.0 for Beta Direct. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Grasshopper Board's written reviews are positive against 60% of Beta Direct's.
Grasshopper Board ships an update every 2 months, Beta Direct every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grasshopper Board | Beta Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (20 ratings) | 4.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurora Climbing Inc. | Robert Pierce |
Customer experience
Grasshopper Board
Beta Direct
In-app purchases
Grasshopper Board
No in-app purchases
Beta Direct
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Wall Image Credit$0.99
- Unlimited Wall Image Credits$4.99
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