Retro Flash vs Boardclimbs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Flash
This app helps climbers maximize their spray wall training with unique tools for setting various problems and supports multiple grading systems. It fosters a community for climbers to share and improve their training.
- Spray wall problem setting
- Supports symmetrical, partly symmetrical, adjustable, and private walls
- Circuit and competition boulder creation
- Fontainebleau, Dankyu, and Hueco grading systems
- Customizable grading systems
- Wall upgrades for new possibilities
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Welcome to Retro Flash and the Arcade Bouldering Community! Retro Flash is the Ultimate Spray Wall App, designed with every member of the climbing community in mind! We have created a lot of unique tools to ensure that everyone has everything they need to get the most out of their spray walls! For example, we support symmetrical, partly symmetrical, adjustable and private walls! Set all kinds of problems on your wall, like circuits or even competition boulders! With our wall upgrades, we upgrade your walls to the next level, opening up a lot of new possibilities! Now, you can even upgrade your walls by yourself!! Retro Flash supports the Fontainebleau, Dankyu and Hueco grading systems. You can also define your own grading systems or even deactivate grading! Download Retro Flash now and become a part of our growing community!
Boardclimbs
Log and share boulder problems on your spraywall. Automatically detect holds with AI and create custom routes. Compete on leaderboards and engage with the climbing community.
- AI hold detection
- Create custom boulder problems
- Share problems with community
- Personalized climber profiles
- Leaderboard competition
- Spraywall photo uploads
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Boardclimbs is an app for climbers to find and share boulder problems on spraywalls. Upload a photo of your wall/board and Hector the hold detector will find and mark all the holds on your wall. You can then create problems on your wall by interactively choosing holds in the app. Personalize your profile with a picture and a display name and engage in the many community features of the app. Try to top the leaderboard for your local wall, as a setter or a climber!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boardclimbs at none against Retro Flash's 8. Boardclimbs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Retro Flash's advantage is ratings volume (226 vs 2). 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. Retro Flash sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Boardclimbs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boardclimbs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retro Flash has 226 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Retro Flash's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boardclimbs's.
| Parameter | Retro Flash | Boardclimbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (226 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Arcade Bouldering UG (haftungsbeschrnkt) | Felix Abrahamsson |
Customer experience
Retro Flash
Boardclimbs
Bugs and requests
Retro Flash
Reported bugs
8 issues- Cannot see sends anymore
- All boulders set to unclimbed for all users
- Statistics are gone
- Won't let me reset wall
- Won't let me delete walls
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- Won't let me add a new wall on a new account
- Camera button to add a photo doesn't do anything
- Can't change the angle of the wall
Requested features
4 requests- Add a tick list of all climbs done
- Show number and distribution of grades
- Copy route feature for minor adjustments
- Ability to edit names or grades of existing boulders
Boardclimbs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Retro Flash
- Unlock Rules for Circles$4.99
- Home Wall Year Pass$4.99
- 1 Month Upgrade Pass$8.99
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- Additional Wall$9.99
- Gym Year Pass Tier 1$14.99
- Add Gym$14.99
- Gym Year Pass Tier 2$29.99
- 6 Months Upgrade Pass$44.99
Boardclimbs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Retro Flash free?
Is Boardclimbs free?
Which has better reviews, Retro Flash or Boardclimbs?
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