Comparison

Wainwrights vs BoulderPad

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

Head to head
About

Wainwrights

Discover and navigate the Lake District's fells with an interactive map. Track your climbs of the 214 Wainwright mountains and hills, and optionally log the 116 Outlying Fells. A personal log helps monitor your progress on these iconic peaks.

Highlights
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap for fells
  • User location and grid reference
  • Personal progress log
  • Track 214 Wainwrights
  • Log 116 Outlying Fells
Features
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Explore the fells of the Lake District using an interactive map from OpenStreetMap, with the user's location and grid reference. Track your progress on your personal log. Are you ready for the challenge of climbing the Lake District's Wainwrights? The 214 Wainwright mountains and hills were established by Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in the 1950s and 1960s. There is also an option for logging Wainwright's 116 Outlying Fells. The app supports The Wainwright Society. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors. All images are subject to copyright through Creative Commons Licence.

About

BoulderPad

Features
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BoulderPad is a fast, offline bouldering logbook. Log your climbs by grade, track your sends, and watch your progress. Works at any gym, on any wall — no account or internet required. FAST BY DESIGN Log a climb in under 10 seconds. Grade picker, result, done. Built for one-handed use at the wall. Just install the app and start logging. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE — Grade pyramids showing your sends and attempts by grade — Weekly progression chart tracking your best sends and average grade — Best session stats including V-Sum and V-Avg — Wall angle breakdowns (slab, vertical, overhang, roof) — Consistency tracking — weekly streak and average sessions per week — Session history with send rate, duration, and top grade OFFLINE-FIRST Your data lives on your device. No accounts, social features, or cloud dependency. Works in airplane mode, in signal-dead gyms, anywhere. Supports V-Scale and Fontainebleau grading. Built solo, as a passion project for myself and like-minded climbers. The data and insights you want, without the noise you don't.

Screenshots

Wainwrights4 screens
BoulderPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BoulderPad at every 3 days against Wainwrights's monthly. Wainwrights's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). 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

Wainwrights ships an update monthly, BoulderPad every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wainwrights versus BoulderPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWainwrightsBoulderPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoug ColtonYik Han Siah

In-app purchases

None

Wainwrights

No in-app purchases

None

BoulderPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wainwrights free?
Wainwrights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BoulderPad free?
BoulderPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wainwrights or BoulderPad have ads?
Neither Wainwrights nor BoulderPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wainwrights or BoulderPad?
Wainwrights ships an update monthly, and BoulderPad every 3 days. Most recently, Wainwrights was updated on August 31, 2026 and BoulderPad on September 18, 2026.

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