BETA Climbing vs Gecko Climbing
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.
Gecko Climbing
Easily log bouldering sessions, track your progress with visual session strips, and see your climbing trends. Connect with other climbers through a social feed and share your achievements.
- Log climbs in seconds
- Visual session strips
- Customizable grade scales
- Progress analytics
- Social feed
- Offline functionality
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Log your climbs in seconds. Gecko is the simplest way to track your bouldering sessions and watch yourself get stronger. A LOOK BUILT FROM THE GYM Every grade has its own hold color, and each session appears as a colorful strip you can read at a glance. LOG EVERY CLIMB Start a session, pick a grade, tap an outcome: flash, send, or attempt. Add tries, photos, and your gym. Logging takes seconds, so you stay on the wall. YOUR GRADES, YOUR SCALE See grades the way your gym shows them: V Scale, Fontainebleau, or circuit colors. Your data stays the same, the display is up to you. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Highest grade, flash rate, grade pyramid, weekly streaks, and a week in review that shows how your climbing is trending. CLIMB WITH YOUR CREW Share sessions to the feed, like and comment on sends, and meet climbers like you with suggestions based on how and where you climb. BUILT FOR CLIMBERS No bloat, no clutter. A clean, focused tool that helps you climb harder. - Log sessions with grades and outcomes in seconds - Session strips show your whole session in one glance - V Scale, Fontainebleau, and circuit grade display - Flash rate, send rate, grade pyramid, and streaks - Weekly recaps - Social feed with likes, comments, and photos - Light and dark mode with an appearance setting - Works offline with local data storage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gecko Climbing at 5.0 against BETA Climbing's 1.6. BETA Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gecko Climbing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BETA Climbing has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BETA Climbing ships an update every 3 weeks, Gecko Climbing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BETA Climbing | Gecko Climbing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chalk Technologies OU | AMIR ABASKANOV |
Customer experience
BETA Climbing
Gecko Climbing
In-app purchases
BETA Climbing
No in-app purchases
Gecko Climbing
No in-app purchases
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