Grasshopper Board vs BETA Climbing
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 Climbing
This app offers a comprehensive solution for climbing gyms. Users can log their climbs, give feedback on routes, and manage their entry passes digitally.
- Track climbing sessions
- Provide routesetter feedback
- Digital entry pass management
- Complete modern climbing gym solution
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The BETA app is the complete modern solution to the modern climbing gym: track your climbs, provide feedback to routesetters, and keep your entry passes all in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grasshopper Board at 56% against BETA Climbing's 0%. Grasshopper Board also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.6). BETA Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Grasshopper Board holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Grasshopper Board's written reviews are positive against 0% of BETA Climbing's.
Grasshopper Board ships an update every 2 months, BETA Climbing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grasshopper Board | BETA Climbing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (20 ratings) — better | 1.6 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurora Climbing Inc. | Chalk Technologies OU |
Customer experience
Grasshopper Board
BETA Climbing
In-app purchases
Grasshopper Board
No in-app purchases
BETA Climbing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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