Comparison

Grasshopper Board vs Woods Board

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover boulder problems
  • Create new boulder problems
  • Log ascents
  • Browse logbook
  • Share beta videos
  • LED hold lighting integration
Features
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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

About

Woods Board

This app connects to a specialized training board, allowing users to access and create climbing routes. It facilitates logging climbs, personalizing profiles, and engaging with a community leaderboard. Users can filter climbs by various criteria for tailored training sessions.

Highlights
  • Access and create climbing routes
  • Log your successful climbs
  • Personalize user profiles
  • Community leaderboard
  • Filter climbs by multiple criteria
  • Bluetooth route lighting
Features
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The Woods Board app is the one and only app designed to connect you to the Woods Board training board. With this app, you can create an account to access the entire database of climbs made for the Woods Board. This app allows you to connect to any Woods Board control box and light up any route via Bluetooth. The Woods Board climbs follow a Standard system to generate a universal grade system for all climbs. What does the app do? - Allow access to view and create any climb to submit to the official Woods Board database - Log your sends of Woods Board climbs - Personalize your own account information - Specify specific climb rules for climbs you publish - Allows the ability to compete against other climbers with a Leaderboard Our goal for the Woods Board app is to create a platform based around community involvement and interaction. We hope to foster an individual user experience based on interaction between you and the community. With the leaderboard (weekly and all-time) system, we hope to encourage a competitive and refreshing dynamic between users. Additionally, our goal with the playlist system is to enable user personalization for enjoyment and training purposes. Our filtering system includes the option to filter by: hold, author, climb type, wall angle, grade, and more.

Screenshots

Grasshopper Board2 screens
Woods Board2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Grasshopper Board at 4.0 against Woods Board's 2.0. Grasshopper Board also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 19%) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grasshopper Board holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grasshopper Board has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Grasshopper Board's written reviews are positive against 19% of Woods Board's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grasshopper Board ships an update every 2 months, Woods Board monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grasshopper Board versus Woods Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrasshopper BoardWoods Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (21 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better18.8% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurora Climbing Inc.Menagerie Climbing LLC

Customer experience

Grasshopper Board

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Woods Board

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral25.0%
Negative56.3%

In-app purchases

None

Grasshopper Board

No in-app purchases

None

Woods Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grasshopper Board free?
Grasshopper Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Woods Board free?
Woods Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grasshopper Board or Woods Board?
Grasshopper Board is rated higher. Grasshopper Board averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Woods Board averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Grasshopper Board or Woods Board have ads?
Neither Grasshopper Board nor Woods Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grasshopper Board or Woods Board?
Grasshopper Board ships an update every 2 months, and Woods Board monthly. Most recently, Grasshopper Board was updated on November 3, 2026 and Woods Board on November 3, 2026.

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