Comparison

BoulderBot vs Mountain Notebook

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

Mountain Notebook

This app serves as a professional logbook for outdoor enthusiasts, allowing them to meticulously record climbing ascents and backcountry ski tours. Capture detailed information about routes, conditions, and gear, and enhance entries with hands-free voice notes that are transcribed on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Structured logging of ascents and tours
  • Record route details, elevation, and conditions
  • Log gear used
  • Hands-free voice note recording
  • On-device voice transcription
  • Organize with photos
  • Searchable activity history
Features
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Mountain Notebook is a professional logbook for climbers and backcountry skiers. Capture each ascent or tour in a structured format—route details, elevation, conditions, and gear—so every outing is recorded with clarity and precision. Log hands-free with voice notes and keep everything organized alongside your photos. Voice notes are transcribed on-device using Apple’s built‑in speech recognition, so your audio never leaves your device and works without sending data to external servers. Built for serious mountain athletes, Mountain Notebook helps you track progress, review conditions, and plan future objectives with confidence. Whether you’re documenting a hard send or a long tour day, your history stays detailed, searchable, and ready for reflection.

Screenshots

BoulderBot4 screens
Mountain Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mountain Notebook at 5.0 against BoulderBot's 4.4. Mountain Notebook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). BoulderBot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Notebook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoulderBot ships an update every 2 months, Mountain Notebook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BoulderBot versus Mountain Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulderBotMountain Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLuca DellanaYanjue Yan

Customer experience

BoulderBot

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Mountain Notebook

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Mountain Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoulderBot free?
BoulderBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mountain Notebook free?
Mountain Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BoulderBot or Mountain Notebook?
Mountain Notebook is rated higher. BoulderBot averages 4.4 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Mountain Notebook averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BoulderBot or Mountain Notebook have ads?
Neither BoulderBot nor Mountain Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoulderBot or Mountain Notebook?
BoulderBot ships an update every 2 months, and Mountain Notebook weekly. Most recently, BoulderBot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mountain Notebook on October 8, 2026.

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