Boulder Creator vs Red
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boulder Creator
Easily create and share climbing problems with a global community. Document your training sessions by marking holds, assigning difficulty, and tracking your progress. No more physical markers needed to share your latest challenges.
- Create climbing problems
- Share problems with community
- Mark holds on wall photos
- Assign difficulty levels
- Track sends and projects
- Profile for progress tracking
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Take your climbing experience to a new era. Passionate about bouldering? Boulder Creator is the ultimate tool to connect with your gym, track your progress, and bring route setting creativity right to your fingertips. Forget about colored tape, blurry wall markings, or memorizing sequences. Now you can set, share, and climb interactive problems in seconds. What can you do with Boulder Creator? • CREATE WITHOUT LIMITS: Snap a photo of the wall, mark the holds, define grip types, choose the grade, and save your line. Your boulder is instantly available for the entire community. • LOGBOOK AND PROGRESS: Keep a detailed history of your sends, pending projects, and performance metrics for every session. • RANKINGS AND COMMUNITY: Check your position on the leaderboard alongside climbers and routesetters at your local gym. • DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD: Stay updated on active events, gym competitions, and challenge yourself with the Boulder of the Week. Whether you train at a commercial climbing gym or on your private homewall, Boulder Creator keeps your motivation at an all-time high. Download for free and join the new era of climbing.
Red
Discover and navigate rock climbing routes with detailed 3D guides. Access climbing data for over 1300 walls globally, with offline download capabilities for remote areas. Quickly find climbs using a flexible search function.
- High-definition 3D climbing guides
- Offline crag and wall downloads
- Global climbing data (1300+ walls)
- Fast and flexible search
- Supports multiple continents
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Red-Point is the ultimate rock climbing companion. Find climbs easily with our high-definition 3D climbing guides. Download crags and walls for offline use when you're out climbing. Climbing data for over 1300 walls in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Lightning fast, highly flexible search to find climbs at the crag.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boulder Creator at 4.7 against Red's 3.4. Boulder Creator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (89% vs 55%). Red's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Red sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Boulder Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boulder Creator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Boulder Creator's written reviews are positive against 55% of Red's.
Boulder Creator ships an update every 2 months, Red every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boulder Creator | Red |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | 3.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 492 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gustavo Grassi | Alpha Outdoors Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Boulder Creator
Red
In-app purchases
Boulder Creator
No in-app purchases
Red
- Red-Point+ Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Red-Point+ Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
