BETA Climbing vs Prep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BETA Climbing
This app helps climbers manage their gym experience by tracking ascents, offering feedback to route setters, and storing entry passes digitally. It aims to be a comprehensive tool for modern climbing gyms.
- Track climbing ascents
- Provide feedback to routesetters
- Store entry passes digitally
- Modern climbing gym solution
- Comprehensive user management
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The BETA app is the complete modern solution to the modern climbing gym: track your climbs, provide feedback to routesetters, and keep your entry passes all in one place.
Prep
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PrepIQ is a powerful, privacy-first calorie tracker built for serious lifters, physique athletes, and data-driven dieters who care about trends — not just today’s numbers. Unlike typical tracking apps, PrepIQ runs 100% locally on your device. No cloud syncing. No accounts. No data harvesting. Just you and your data. Designed with contest prep and performance goals in mind, PrepIQ emphasizes week-to-week and month-to-month trend analysis, helping you see the bigger picture behind your calories, macros, bodyweight, and activity. Instead of obsessing over daily fluctuations, you can identify real progress, plateaus, and needed adjustments with clarity. Key Features Weekly & Monthly Trend Visualization – Spot patterns in calories, macros, weight, and steps over time. Fully Local Storage – Your data stays on your device. Period. Progress-Focused Insights – Built for long-term physique and performance tracking. Lightweight & Fast – No bloated dashboards, just clean data and actionable trends. Prep-Ready Design – Ideal for bodybuilding prep, powerlifting cuts, or structured nutrition phases. PrepIQ isn’t about chasing perfect days — it’s about mastering long-term consistency. Track smarter. Adjust with confidence. Execute your prep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: BETA Climbing at 3 against Prep's 1. BETA Climbing also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BETA Climbing | Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chalk Technologies OU | Eric Partridge |
In-app purchases
BETA Climbing
No in-app purchases
Prep
No in-app purchases
