Comparison

NRTH vs Boulder Strength

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

Head to head
About

NRTH

Features
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NRTH is adaptive training for hybrid athletes, built around a community that keeps you accountable. Your plan responds to every session you log, and the people you train with are right there to push you on. Your training lives in Blocks: Endurance, Strength, Weight Optimisation, Skill and Mobility. Choose the ones you want and NRTH builds your week around them, then adapts as you go. Lifts progress, core holds build, and your runs anchor to paces from your real race times. Whether you're laying down your first base or chasing a Hyrox podium, the plan scales to where you are and gets harder as you do. Every athlete gets a unique @handle, your identity across the app and a shareable link to your profile, with your training, challenges and milestones all in one place. The supporter feed brings your people's training together too: their workouts, milestones and 15-second challenge clips, all in NRTH's card style. Respect and comment on what they do, get a notification when someone supports you back, and keep each other going. You stay in control of what you share. Weight and life-context are private by default, and everything else is your call, kept to yourself or shown off to the NRTH community. Start training for free, and with NRTH Pro when you want more. Privacy policy: https://www.nrth.co.uk/Privacy Terms of use: https://www.nrth.co.uk/Terms

About

Boulder Strength

Features
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Boulder Strength is a training log built for climbers who care about finger strength, pulling power, and repeaters โ€” not generic gym tracking. Train Build workouts exercise by exercise: max hangs, repeaters, weighted pulls, mobility, and more. Log working sets with the metrics that matter (load, reps, time, edges, grips). Exercise can track edge MM, grip attachments and grip variations, need to track an 8mm crimp? No problem. Optional last-session hints so you can match or nudge your previous protocol. Works offline; sign in to sync across devices. Progress See personal bests by exercise (weight, volume, hangs, repeaters) without drowning in duplicate rows. Weekly charts for hang time and pull peaks. Optional bodyweight-relative stats when you save weight at workout finish. Recovery Quick daily check-ins for soreness, sleep, and stress โ€” turned into a simple readiness view. Readiness can link to finished sessions so you see how you felt on hard days. Accounts Sign in with Apple or Google โ€” no extra passwords. Built for real sessions Dark, focused UI; collapsible blocks so long workouts stay scannable. Training and recovery notes in the app are for your own planning only โ€” they are not medical advice.

Screenshots

NRTH3 screens
Boulder Strength4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NRTH at weekly against Boulder Strength's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. NRTH sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Boulder Strength sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NRTH ships an update weekly, Boulder Strength every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
NRTH versus Boulder Strength: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNRTHBoulder Strength
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwenty Third C Technology LimitedDylan Stables

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NRTH

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • UK$9.991 Month
  • Premium committed$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Boulder Strength

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is NRTH free?
NRTH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boulder Strength free?
Boulder Strength is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NRTH or Boulder Strength have ads?
Neither NRTH nor Boulder Strength shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NRTH or Boulder Strength?
NRTH ships an update weekly, and Boulder Strength every 3 months. Most recently, NRTH was updated on September 18, 2026 and Boulder Strength on September 21, 2026.

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