Comparison

Clift Climbing vs Boardsesh

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

Head to head
About

Clift Climbing

Features
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Clift - Every Climb Connects Discover new routes, play games, track your progress, and stay connected with the Clift community. The Clift app is here to make your climbs more fun, more connected, and more rewarding. Whether you’re tracking your progress, competing with friends, or pushing your limits, this app is built for climbers, by climbers. Explore Infinite Routes Access a vast collection of routes and boulders on your Clift-enabled wall. Whether you’re preparing for a gym session or planning a personal challenge, explore and select from countless options before even stepping into the gym. Save time, maximize your effort, and climb with purpose. Instant Start, Rate & Share Start a route, rate it, share your experience, and leave tips, all with a single tap. Exchange feedback with the Clift community, inspire others, and learn from fellow climbers. The app turns every climb into a shared experience. Create, Share, and Inspire Create your own routes with just a few taps. Get creative and share them with the climbing community. Be part of the dynamic and growing Clift ecosystem, where inspiration flows both ways. Your creativity can motivate others and keep the stoke alive. Track Your Progress Monitor your progress with detailed stats like grades, duration, and session history. Visualize your improvement, analyze your achievements, and identify areas to work on. The Clift app helps keep you motivated and shows just how far you’ve come. Join Local and Global Challenges Compete in challenges, earn exclusive rewards, and push yourself alongside other climbers from around the world. Local and global competitions keep you driven and focused while giving you a chance to win prizes and recognition. Connect with the Clift Community Join a passionate community of climbers. Share insights, ask for advice, and grow together with like-minded athletes. Whether online or in the gym, the Clift community is here to support, inspire, and challenge you. Who Should Download the Clift App? • Beginner Climbers: Learn and explore safely, and get inspired by experienced climbers. • Experienced Climbers: Track progress, create routes, compete, and connect. • Coaches and Trainers: Design tailored training plans, track performance, and give meaningful feedback. • Routesetters: Unlock new tools for creative, app-driven routesetting. • Gym Owners: Enhance the climbing experience, engage your members, and build a more dynamic community.

About

Boardsesh

This app centralizes climbing data from various training boards and home spraywalls. It allows users to log climbs, track progress, and share sessions with friends. Features include workout building and lock screen control for iOS users.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple climbing board types
  • Spraywall creation and sharing
  • Shared climbing queues for groups
  • Workout builder with various modes
  • Progress tracking and analytics
  • Lock screen control (iOS 17+)
  • Integration with Apple Health
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Climb on Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard and more, plus your Spraywall. Keep your climbs, shared queue and logbook in one app. YOUR BOARDS. ONE APP. Boardsesh works with Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard, Woods, Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Switch between supported boards and keep your climbing history together. Your Spraywall, too A home Spraywall, or a Spraywall at your gym? Photograph it and Boardsesh suggests holds from the photo. Fix what it missed, then set climbs, queue them and log sends in the same logbook as your other boards. No LEDs needed: the holds are highlighted on your photo. Share the Spraywall by link and your crew can set on it too. Stripped the Spraywall? Reset it with a new photo, and the old Spraywall is archived with its climbs and sends. Swap a single hold and any climb that used it is flagged. BOARD HISTORY Share a board and you lose track of the last climb fast, and someone always wipes it by accident. See climbs lit through Boardsesh on that board: the climb name, who lit it, who set it, grade and angle, and recent sends. SESSIONS WITH YOUR CREW Start a session and you and your crew can share one queue everyone can drive. Anyone can light the next climb on the wall. When you're done you get a recap and tracking: sends and attempts, grade spread, your hardest send, and progress over time. CONTROL FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN (iOS 17+) iOS Live Activities tell you what climb is on from your lock screen, and allow you to change it without leaving your lock screen. BUILD A WORKOUT Pick Volume, Pyramid, Ladder or Grade Focus, set a target grade and warm-up, preview the climbs, then push them to the wall one at a time. TRACK YOUR CLIMBING Record sends, flashes and attempts, get a recap with duration, grade spread and your hardest send, and watch your sends and grades climb on the Progress tab. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Save your session to Apple Health, and import your past Kilter and Tension logbook from Aurora Climbing. FIND MORE TO CLIMB Follow your crew and setters, search climbers, and pin playlists from Discover. Supported boards: Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard (2010, 2016, 2024, Masters 2017, Masters 2019), Woods (12x12, 8x10), Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Plus Spraywalls: any Spraywall you can photograph. Boardsesh is a community effort that works with these boards and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any board manufacturer.

Screenshots

Clift Climbing4 screens
Boardsesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clift Climbing and Boardsesh are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Clift Climbing ships an update every 5 weeks, Boardsesh every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clift Climbing versus Boardsesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClift ClimbingBoardsesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCliftMarco de Jongh

In-app purchases

None

Clift Climbing

No in-app purchases

None

Boardsesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clift Climbing free?
Clift Climbing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boardsesh free?
Boardsesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clift Climbing or Boardsesh have ads?
Neither Clift Climbing nor Boardsesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clift Climbing or Boardsesh?
Clift Climbing ships an update every 5 weeks, and Boardsesh every 3 weeks. Most recently, Clift Climbing was updated on November 7, 2026 and Boardsesh on November 9, 2026.

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