Wainwrights vs BoulderPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Interactive OpenStreetMap for fells
- User location and grid reference
- Personal progress log
- Track 214 Wainwrights
- Log 116 Outlying Fells
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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.
BoulderPad
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wainwrights ships an update monthly, BoulderPad every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wainwrights | BoulderPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doug Colton | Yik Han Siah |
In-app purchases
Wainwrights
No in-app purchases
BoulderPad
No in-app purchases








