Climbly vs AdventureLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climbly
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Climbly is a simple, fast logbook for climbers. Log a climb in a few taps at the gym or the crag, and watch your projects, sends and grades come together over the season. LOG A CLIMB IN SECONDS Pick the location, the route and how it went. Climbly remembers your last gym, so after the first climb it's mostly one tap for the ascent. Big, clear buttons work even with chalky fingers. EVERY ASCENT, THE WAY CLIMBERS COUNT THEM Onsight, flash, redpoint, repeat or attempt, on lead, top rope or a boulder. Climbly only offers what's actually possible: once a route is sent, the next clean go is a repeat, and onsight and flash only count on the first try. FOLLOW YOUR PROJECTS Every route keeps a timeline of your goes. See how many tries a project took, how many days it was from the first go to the send, and the date you finally clipped the chains. YOUR SESSIONS AT A GLANCE Climbs from the same day and place are grouped into a session, with the number of routes and sends. Swipe a climb to log another go on the same route, edit it or delete it. STATS THAT MEAN SOMETHING • Grade pyramid of your sends, for the year or all time • Hardest send and number of climbs and sends • Climbs per month, with your sends highlighted • How much you lead compared to top rope Each route counts once, at its first send, so repeats don't inflate your pyramid. ALL YOUR GYMS AND CRAGS Keep your gyms and crags apart, each with its own routes and boulders. Gym routes get the color of their holds; outdoor routes show single or multi-pitch. Every location shows its number of routes and grade range. THE GRADE SYSTEM YOU USE UIAA, French, YDS, Australian (Ewbank) and UK for routes; Hueco (V) and Font for boulders. Choose the grade system for each location and set your default once. PRIVATE AND IN SYNC Your logbook is stored on your device and synced through your own iCloud account to your other iPhones. No account, no sign-up, no ads. CLIMBLY PRO Climbly is free for one location. A one-time purchase of Climbly PRO unlocks unlimited locations. Questions or ideas? Write to me from Settings – I read every message.
AdventureLog
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AdventureLog is the best tool to document your tours. For all hikers, runners, tourers, mountaineers, climbers, bikers, motorcyclists, paragliders and water enthusiasts. On AdventureLog.io you can easily create your own tour diary. For your eyes only or for the whole world - you decide. No advertising, no binding to a manufacturer. Import your tracks from Garmin, Suunto and Polar devices - and of course you can upload your FIT and GPX files, too. AdventureLog is a new app for the existing Web app "www.adventurelog.io" that is running for over 4 years now. Not all functions of the web app are included yet, but we are actively working on including all features. In the free version you can import 5 tours per year. For a payment of 25€ for one year you can unlock unlimited tours and more features. After the subscription period (no auto-renewal) ends, you will still be able to access all your tours with all details. AdventureLog is built with privacy in mind. We value your data. We don't share your data. We will never do advertising. Promised.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AdventureLog at every 4 weeks against Climbly's every 6 months. AdventureLog also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). 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. Climbly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AdventureLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Climbly ships an update every 6 months, AdventureLog every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climbly | AdventureLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomas Pollak | Jens Hassler |
In-app purchases
Climbly
- Pro version$4.99
AdventureLog
- AdventureLog PLUS 1 year$22.99








