Comparison

Mountain Project vs Boulder Scoring

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

Head to head
About

Mountain Project

Discover and navigate to outdoor climbing areas, and find specific routes with detailed filters. Access route beta, photos, and topos offline, and view climbing area statistics. Connect with other climbers in the forum, track your progress, and create to-do lists.

Highlights
  • Find and navigate to climbing areas
  • Sort routes by discipline, difficulty, and rating
  • Search 155,000+ climbing routes offline
  • Download route beta, photos, and topos for offline use
  • View climbing area route statistics and critical info
  • Connect with climbers in the forum
  • Track attempts, sends, and create to-do lists
Features
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Beyond the Guidebook: The Definitive Rock Climbing Resource. • Find outdoor climbing areas near you, and navigate to them, using the map. This super-handy new feature is one of our personal faves. • The much requested route finder: Easily sort routes by discipline, difficulty, star ranking and more. If a 4-star M9 is your thing, we'll help you find it. • Search our entire database of 155,000+ climbing routes, even offline. • Download route beta, photos, and topos state by state for offline use — because the best crags often have the worst reception. • View a climbing area’s route stats (how many 5.11s are there?) and critical info (when is the raptor closure again?) in a single glance. • Chat, ask questions, or put out a call for partners in our forum. • Rate routes and photos, keep track of attempts & sends, or make a to-do list • It's free to download and free of advertising too. Everything you need, nothing you don't.

About

Boulder Scoring

This application facilitates live scoring for bouldering competitions. It supports various common competition formats, eliminating the need for manual score tabulation. Set up your event and manage scores seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Live scoring for bouldering competitions
  • Supports common competition formats
  • Eliminates manual score tabulation
  • Easy competition setup
  • Real-time score updates
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Running a bouldering competition shouldn't mean drowning in paper scorecards and spreadsheets. BoulderScoring is the competition management app built specifically for climbing gyms and comp organizers — so you can focus on the event, not the math. Set up in minutes. Create your comp, configure categories, assign boulders, and share a password with your climbers. That's it. No complicated setup, no IT required. Real-time scoring, live leaderboards. Scores update the moment they're entered. Climbers, coaches, and spectators can follow standings live on any device — no refreshing, no waiting. Self-entry or judge mode — your call. Let climbers log their own sends on their phones, or assign judges to boulders for formal competitions where accuracy matters. Both modes work together seamlessly. Flexible enough for many formats. Points-based scoring with tops, zones, and attempt penalties. Redpoint scoring with custom boulder values. Tops-only. Flash bonuses. Configure it to match your comp exactly. Built for real gyms. Separate categories by gender, age, and skill level. Assign different boulder sets to different divisions. Run team competitions alongside individual results. Export final standings when it's done. BoulderScoring is free to use. No subscriptions, no per-event fees — just a better way to run your comp.

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
Boulder Scoring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boulder Scoring at 100% against Mountain Project's 41%. Mountain Project's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Project holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Mountain Project's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boulder Scoring's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Boulder Scoring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mountain Project versus Boulder Scoring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectBoulder Scoring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Graf x Apps LLC

Customer experience

Mountain Project

All ratings4,557 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral12.6%
Negative46.4%

Boulder Scoring

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mountain Project

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when opening routes or areas
  • Map not showing all available climbs
  • Incorrect date recording for ticks
  • Inability to delete downloaded areas
  • Login issues and account sync problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to add/update routes and areas
  • Implement better offline map functionality
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Add user profile and route tracking features
  • Enhance community engagement tools

Boulder Scoring

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

Boulder Scoring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boulder Scoring free?
Boulder Scoring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Project or Boulder Scoring?
Mountain Project is rated higher. Mountain Project averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Boulder Scoring averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Mountain Project or Boulder Scoring have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor Boulder Scoring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or Boulder Scoring?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and Boulder Scoring every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on September 26, 2026 and Boulder Scoring on September 11, 2026.

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