hang! vs Stone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable hang and rest timers
- Workout organization by focus
- Session logging with notes and RPE
- Apple Health synchronization
- Climber-designed interface
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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.
Stone
This app helps climbers track their progress and training. Log routes, record attempts with photos and videos, and visualize your climbing journey over time. It also helps manage gym passes and create structured training plans.
- Quick climbing logs
- Apple Watch integration
- Media capture for routes
- Long-term progress visualization
- Route and journey organization
- Gym pass management
- Structured training plans
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Stone is a training app built for climbers. Whether you are bouldering at your local gym, training on sport routes, or celebrating a memorable send, Stone helps you capture every route, attempt, session, and memory — making your progress visible. - Quick Climbing Logs Organize your sessions by date and record route names, grades, colors, completion status, attempts, locations, and notes. Quick Log mode lets you mark climbs by grade while training, making it easy to record multiple routes without interrupting your session. - Apple Watch Training Start sessions, log climbs, and finish workouts directly from your wrist. Stone syncs workout data such as heart rate and calories, so you can stay focused on your next climb instead of your phone. - Capture Every Attempt Add photos and videos to your routes, whether you sent them or are still projecting. Import, organize, edit, and download your media to review movement, analyze performance, or share your best moments. - See Your Long-Term Progress Review your training calendar, statistics, trends, and heatmaps to understand your climbing frequency, volume, and grade progression. Turn your sessions into clear training summaries and see how far you've come. - Organize Routes & Your Climbing Journey Create custom collections for projects, favorite routes, and training goals. Explore your climbing history through locations and gyms, gradually building your own climbing map. - Manage Gym Passes Track punch cards, memberships, prices, expiration dates, and remaining visits. Link your sessions to your passes and always know your gym access status. Structured Training Plans Create personalized training plans by combining exercises, sets, and repetitions. Save templates and reuse them to make every session more focused. Your climbing data stays private and is stored locally or in your personal iCloud account. From your first route to your next breakthrough, Stone is with you — recording every attempt along the way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stone.ifffff.cn
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hang! at none against Stone's 3. hang! also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Stone's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Stone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. hang! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for hang! against 5.0 for Stone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hang! has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
hang! ships an update every 5 weeks, Stone every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hang! | Stone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Burda | 杨洋 冯 |
Customer experience
hang!
Stone
In-app purchases
hang!
No in-app purchases
Stone
- Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
- Yearly Membership$3.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$9.99









