Retro Flash vs CompSesh
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!
CompSesh
Log climbing sessions, compete with friends in real-time multiplayer, and track your progress. Features balanced scoring for fair competition and a community gym directory. Offers advanced analytics for Pro members.
- Track climbing sessions
- Real-time multiplayer competitions
- Balanced scoring for fair play
- Skill Index and progress tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- Community gym directory
- Social sharing and profiles
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Compete with friends, climb the leaderboards, claim the crown. CompSesh is the only live multiplayer app for indoor bouldering. Whether you're logging a quick solo session or throwing down in a multiplayer comp, everything is tracked, scored, and synced automatically. MULTIPLAYER SESSIONS WITH FAIR PLAY This is where CompSesh stands apart. Create a multiplayer session, invite friends, and compete on a live leaderboard that updates in real time. Turn on balanced scoring and use each player's skill rating to level the playing field — so a V3 climber and a V8 climber can go head-to-head and both have a real shot at winning. Now the strongest climber in your group can finally be humbled. SESSION LOGGING MADE SIMPLE Tap a grade and attempts. Done. CompSesh supports any custom gym grade system so it works at any gym, anywhere. Choose your scoring style — Top 5 for competitive sessions, Top 10 for a balanced approach, or No Limit for pure endurance — and let the app handle the math. Prefer something casual? Switch to Casual mode and just count boulders without scores. SKILL INDEX & PROGRESS TRACKING Your Skill Index is a composite performance metric built from your average grade, max grade, flash rate, and efficiency — all visible on your profile. Review session history, spot trends, and see where you're improving over time. Pro members unlock extended analytics: see your full history, score trend charts, grade distribution breakdowns, rating history, and gym-filtered stats. APPLE WATCH APP Track sessions directly from your wrist. View your live score, session timer, and multiplayer rank without pulling out your phone. Designed for chalk-covered hands and fast-moving sessions. COMMUNITY GYM DIRECTORY Find your gym, if it's not in the app, add it. Check gym leaderboards, see who's climbing where, and find your local crew. Claim and moderate your gym's page as an owner or setter. SOCIAL & CONNECTED Follow other climbers. React to their sends. Share sessions in your group chats. Public profiles show Skill Rating, session history, and gym affiliations — so you can keep up with your friends or make sure they don't out-climb you. WHAT'S FREE Log solo sessions, join multiplayer sessions your friends create, track your skill rating and stats up to 1 month, follow your friends and find gyms. No account paywall — just download and climb. COMPSESH PRO Upgrade to Pro and unlock the full experience: → Create and host multiplayer sessions with live leaderboards and handicap scoring → Apple Watch companion app for wrist-based tracking → Extended stats with charts, trends, and up to 1 year of analytics → Attach photos and videos to your sends → Custom profile accent colors and session themes Free 1-month trial. Then $7.99/month or $44.99/year. Join a growing community of climbers who track smarter, compete fairer, and climb harder. Download CompSesh and turn your next gym session into something worth remembering. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CompSesh at every 6 days against Retro Flash's every 3 weeks. CompSesh also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Retro Flash's advantage is ratings volume (226 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and CompSesh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CompSesh holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retro Flash has 226 ratings behind it against 7, 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 CompSesh's.
Retro Flash ships an update every 3 weeks, CompSesh every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Flash | CompSesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (226 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Arcade Bouldering UG (haftungsbeschrnkt) | Aric Burkert |
Customer experience
Retro Flash
CompSesh
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
CompSesh
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
CompSesh
- CompSesh Pro — Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- CompSesh Pro — Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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