Comparison

Boulder Creator vs Wall Rat

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create climbing problems
  • Share problems with community
  • Mark holds on wall photos
  • Assign difficulty levels
  • Track sends and projects
  • Profile for progress tracking
Features
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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.

About

Wall Rat

Features
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See your climbing wall before you build it. Wall Rat uses AR to drop a full-scale bouldering setup right into any room in your home. Set the angle, height, and width — then walk up and reach the holds. It's really there, at true size, before you spend a dime. Love it? Wall Rat hands you the complete build kit: - Exact materials list - Real cost estimate - Step-by-step guide — no carpentry experience needed - PDF export for the hardware store From a mellow slab to a 40° overhang, build the home wall that gets you strong — skip the drive, ditch the gym fees, and climb with friends any night of the week. Stop dreaming about it. Download Wall Rat, plan your build, and start climbing at home.

Screenshots

Boulder Creator4 screens
Wall Rat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wall Rat at every 9 days against Boulder Creator's every 6 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boulder Creator ships an update every 6 weeks, Wall Rat every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Boulder Creator versus Wall Rat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulder CreatorWall Rat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustavo GrassiDmitry Kalashnikov

In-app purchases

None

Boulder Creator

No in-app purchases

None

Wall Rat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boulder Creator free?
Boulder Creator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wall Rat free?
Wall Rat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boulder Creator or Wall Rat have ads?
Neither Boulder Creator nor Wall Rat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boulder Creator or Wall Rat?
Boulder Creator ships an update every 6 weeks, and Wall Rat every 9 days. Most recently, Boulder Creator was updated on November 3, 2026 and Wall Rat on October 31, 2026.

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