Comparison

hang! vs Dringo Climbing Journal

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

Head to head
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.

About

Dringo Climbing Journal

Features
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Dringo is a climbing notebook for the climbs you are actually working on. Start with a quick project, then build it out over time with move-by-move beta, session notes, photos, and timers. Everything stays together, so you can pick a climb back up weeks later and still know what worked. Use Dringo to: • Keep projects for boulders, sport routes, trad lines, board climbs, and training sessions • Build move-by-move beta with hold tags, movement cues, traits, and crux markers • Log sessions with attempts, conditions, body notes, photos, and carry-forward notes • Run interval timers for rests, repeater sets, hangs, or board sessions • Share a climb as an image card, plain-text beta, or a Dringo beta another climber can import • Keep a personal journal of what happened on the wall and what to try next time Dringo works whether you just want a simple project list or a deeper notebook for climbs that start to matter.

Screenshots

hang!4 screens
Dringo Climbing Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dringo Climbing Journal at weekly against hang!'s every 5 weeks. hang!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

hang! ships an update every 5 weeks, Dringo Climbing Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
hang! versus Dringo Climbing Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhang!Dringo Climbing Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPawel Burdaalexander Wigmore

In-app purchases

None

hang!

No in-app purchases

None

Dringo Climbing Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hang! free?
hang! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dringo Climbing Journal free?
Dringo Climbing Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hang! or Dringo Climbing Journal have ads?
Neither hang! nor Dringo Climbing Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hang! or Dringo Climbing Journal?
hang! ships an update every 5 weeks, and Dringo Climbing Journal weekly. Most recently, hang! was updated on October 27, 2026 and Dringo Climbing Journal on October 25, 2026.

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