Boulder Creator vs AscentPal
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.
AscentPal
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AscentPal simplifies the tracking of indoor bouldering events. As a first step, organizers add their events to the system. Climbers browse these events and register to them. During an event the climbers will track the completed routes with the app. Either by scanning the route's QR code or tapping on a route on the scoreboard, the climber can mark it as completed or flashed. The total score and current ranking is displayed on the scoreboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Boulder Creator at every 2 months against AscentPal's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Boulder Creator ships an update every 2 months, AscentPal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boulder Creator | AscentPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gustavo Grassi | appforte |
In-app purchases
Boulder Creator
No in-app purchases
AscentPal
No in-app purchases
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