Comparison

BoulderBot vs Hangs Free

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

Head to head
About

BoulderBot

Generate and track bouldering routes on your home climbing wall. Features procedural generation for infinite climb variations, manual creation, and progress logging. Supports various wall types and works offline.

Highlights
  • Procedural climb generation
  • Manual climb creation
  • Progress tracking and logging
  • Wall setup wizard
  • Offline functionality
  • Search and filter problems
Features
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BoulderBot is your personal bouldering Spray Wall setter, tracker and organizer. Challenge yourself and find new inspiration by using the experimental Procedural Generation algorithms, quickly creating an infinite number of new climbs on your wall! You can customize parameters like Difficulty and Length to create problems suited to your needs. The generation algorithms are experimental and under active development, but even if they don't produce perfect results, you can immediately edit the generated problems in a few seconds (which is also a great way to improve your setting skills). You can also easily create your own custom problems from scratch. Problems can be saved for tracking your progress and logging ascents, and functionality like searching, filtering and sorting is available to find problems for your training sessions. ADDING YOUR WALL An interactive wizard procedure will allow you to add your wall in the application, guiding you in specifying all required information (this procedure will take around 5 to 10 minutes): - An image of the wall (specific instructions are given to ensure the best generation results) - Attributes like height and angle - The position of the holds on your wall, and their relative difficulty rating This procedure needs to be performed only when you add a new wall or reset the current one. Once a wall is added, all other functionality (like generating problems, or creating them manually) is immediate and takes no extra set up time. An in-app help system is also available if you have any doubt about the application. The application supports Home Climbing Walls, Spray Walls, Woodys, and Training Boards. The generation algorithms work only on generally flat walls which can be pictured in a single image; highly featured walls with many different angles, corners and roof sections are not supported at the moment. NO MANDATORY INTERNET CONNECTIVITY The Application can work completely offline: you can choose to use the App without an account, making the image you select and the Boulder problems you create all stored on your device's internal storage. PROBLEM RULES The boulder problems should be climbed by starting with both hands on green "Start" holds (either one hand per hold if there are two holds, or with both hands matching the single hold). Blue "Hold" holds can be used with both hands and feet, while yellow "Foot" holds cannot be touched by hands. The problem is considered complete once you hold for a couple of seconds onto the red "End" holds (either one hand per hold if there are two holds, or with both hands matching the single hold). DISCLAIMER Climbing is an inherently dangerous activity. Climbs shown in the App are random in nature, there is no guarantee about their safety, quality or correctness, please always judge the safety of the climbs before attempting them.

About

Hangs Free

Features
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Hangs Free is a simple app for climbing finger strength no-hang training. Supported features: - Real-Time Weight Tracking: View accurate weight (force) data during your training - Max Force Measurement: Track your peak strength and calculate it as a percentage of your body weight - Force Change Chart: Analyze your performance over time with a graph displaying force variations during your session - Copy to Clipboard: Copy your set summary to you training log or notes in one click - Devices support: WH-C06 and Tindeq

Screenshots

BoulderBot4 screens
Hangs Free4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hangs Free at none against BoulderBot's 3. Hangs Free also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BoulderBot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hangs Free asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoulderBot ships an update every 5 weeks, Hangs Free every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BoulderBot versus Hangs Free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulderBotHangs Free
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB31 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLuca DellanaKarma Roman Batsenko

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BoulderBot

One-time3
  • BoulderBot Pro Pass - 3 Months$7.99
  • BoulderBot Pro Pass - 1 Year$17.99
  • BoulderBot Pro$27.99
None

Hangs Free

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoulderBot free?
BoulderBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hangs Free free?
Hangs Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BoulderBot or Hangs Free have ads?
Neither BoulderBot nor Hangs Free shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoulderBot or Hangs Free?
BoulderBot ships an update every 5 weeks, and Hangs Free every 2 weeks. Most recently, BoulderBot was updated on August 30, 2026 and Hangs Free on July 17, 2026.

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