Comparison

Moon Board vs hang!

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

Head to head
About

Moon Board

This app enhances the climbing experience on both standard and LED MoonBoards. It allows users to view, light up, and add climbing problems, sort and filter them, and track their progress. Users can also create custom lists of problems and share them with others.

Highlights
  • Choose MoonBoard hold setup
  • View and light up climbing problems
  • Add, sort, and filter problems
  • Grade and rate problems
  • Create custom problem lists
  • Log climbing sessions and track progress
  • Share problems and lists
Features
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MoonBoard App – Train Smarter. Climb Harder. The MoonBoard App is the official companion for both standard and LED MoonBoards, giving you instant access to thousands of problems, powerful training tools and seamless board control from your phone or tablet. Key Features Choose your setup — Select the exact hold layout installed on your board. Browse and climb — Explore a global library of MoonBoard problems. Light up problems — Illuminate holds instantly on LED MoonBoards via Bluetooth. Create and share — Add new problems and share them with friends or training partners. Sort and filter — Quickly find climbs by grade, style, rating and more. Track your progress — Log sessions and monitor improvement over time. Build lists — Organise warm‑ups, projects, favourites and training circuits. Easy login — Sign in with your Apple or Google account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

hang!

This app helps climbers train smarter with customizable hangboard timers. Organize workouts into folders, log sessions with notes and RPE, and sync with Apple Health for progress tracking. Designed for efficiency, it streamlines your training routine.

Highlights
  • Customizable hang and rest timers
  • Workout organization by focus
  • Session logging with notes and RPE
  • Apple Health synchronization
  • Climber-designed interface
Features
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Crush Your Training with hang! - The Hangboard App Built for Climbers Trying to level up your climbing? hang! helps you train smarter, not just harder. Whether you're gunning for your next redpoint, piecing together a project, or just keeping those fingers crimp-ready, hang! has you covered. Here's What Makes hang! a Go-To: - Custom Timers That Fit Your Style: Max hangs, repeaters, whatever your thing is - set your own hang time, rest, and reps. No more tweaking stopwatches. - Train From Your Wrist: Your timers sync straight to the Apple Watch app. Run the whole session from your wrist with haptics, live heart rate, and the workout saved to Apple Health. - Organize Like a Pro: Group your timers into folders by focus - power endurance, warm-ups, finger strength - so you're not digging through a mess every session. - Log It or Lose It: Keep track of every session. Add notes, log RPE, and see your progress stack up over time. - Apple Health Sync: Your workouts automatically show up in Apple Health - helpful for tracking overall load and recovery. - Simple, Fast, No B.S. Designed by climbers who'd rather be training than tapping through menus. Whether you're training for comps, chasing your first V5, or just trying to stay strong between weekend trips - hang! keeps you dialed in and ready to send. Download hang! and get after it.

Screenshots

Moon Board4 screens
hang!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: hang! at 100% against Moon Board's 10%. hang! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Moon Board's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (184 vs 30). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Moon Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $100.00 per year. hang! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

hang! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moon Board has 184 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Moon Board's written reviews are positive against 100% of hang!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moon Board ships an update every 8 days, hang! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Moon Board versus hang!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoon Boardhang!
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (184 ratings)5.0 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings184 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoon Climbing LtdPawel Burda

Customer experience

Moon Board

All ratings184 ratings
Positive11.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative86.4%
Written reviews254 reviews
Positive9.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative87.4%

hang!

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Moon Board

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Logged climbs disappearing from logbook
  • Filters and settings not persisting
  • Bluetooth connectivity problems
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add V-grade support
  • Improve filtering and search
  • Implement auto-disconnect feature
  • Sync logbook and favorites across devices
  • Provide better error handling and feedback

hang!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Moon Board

Subscriptions2
  • Gym Plan – Single Wall$100.001 Year
  • Gym Plan – Multi Wall$200.001 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Home Wall$39.99
  • Unlock Commercial Wall$79.99
None

hang!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moon Board free?
Moon Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hang! free?
hang! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moon Board or hang!?
hang! is rated higher. Moon Board averages 1.6 out of 5 from 184 ratings, while hang! averages 5.0 from 30 ratings.
Do Moon Board or hang! have ads?
Neither Moon Board nor hang! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moon Board or hang!?
Moon Board ships an update every 8 days, and hang! every 5 weeks. Most recently, Moon Board was updated on September 27, 2026 and hang! on September 22, 2026.

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