Comparison

thesarvo vs NBVA Live

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

Head to head
About

thesarvo

This app serves as a comprehensive climbing guide for Tasmania, offering detailed route descriptions, topos, maps, and photos for rock climbing and bouldering. It functions offline, allowing access to downloaded guides without a signal, and includes GPS sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Offline access to climbing guides
  • Route descriptions and grades
  • Topos with routes drawn on photos
  • Crag and boulder field maps
  • GPS point sharing (KML/GPX)
  • Search and recent pages list
  • Community forum access
Features
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thesarvo is the climbing guide to Tasmania: route descriptions, topos, maps and photos for rock climbing and bouldering across the state. • Works offline: download the guides once and use them at the crag with no signal. • Topos with routes, grades, belays and lower-offs drawn on the photos. • Map of every crag and boulder field, grouped by area, with directions to the car park in Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze. • Share GPS points as KML or GPX. • Search all guides, and keep a list of recent pages. • Sign in with Apple, Google or your thesarvo account to join the forum and, if you are an editor, update the guides. Areas include Freycinet, Mt Wellington, Ben Lomond, the North and South Esk, Frenchmans Cap, Federation Peak, the Hobart craglets and boulders, Oatlands and Handsome Crag, with over 3000 routes and 1500 problems. The guides are written and kept up to date by Tasmanian climbers. All proceeds go to the running costs of www.thesarvo.com.

About

NBVA Live

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Northern Beaches Volleyball Association (NBVA) holds a number of Beach Volleyball tournaments throughout the year and now you can get match scores and results as they are published. Score and submit tournament matches right from the app, see who's winning and progressing through the event, see their scores and see what matches are coming up. Go deeper with Coach Options: record how each point was won and where it landed, then explore heat maps, momentum and player stats. You can also score your own standalone matches anywhere, even offline, with a range of ready-to-go presets.

Screenshots

thesarvo4 screens
NBVA Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NBVA Live at every 4 months against thesarvo's every 12 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

thesarvo ships an update every 12 months, NBVA Live every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
thesarvo versus NBVA Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterthesarvoNBVA Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerthearvo.comBrenden Frost

In-app purchases

None

thesarvo

No in-app purchases

None

NBVA Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is thesarvo free?
thesarvo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NBVA Live free?
NBVA Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do thesarvo or NBVA Live have ads?
Neither thesarvo nor NBVA Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, thesarvo or NBVA Live?
thesarvo ships an update every 12 months, and NBVA Live every 4 months. Most recently, thesarvo was updated on November 6, 2026 and NBVA Live on November 3, 2026.

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