climbfinder vs PlankNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
climbfinder
Discover and analyze cycling climbs worldwide. This app helps you find new challenges, track your performance on ascents, and compare your efforts with others. Get detailed insights into your rides and celebrate personal bests.
- Discover new cycling climbs
- In-depth performance analysis
- Automatic climb completion marking
- Time loss and gain identification
- Achievable time calculation
- Follow other cyclists and view feed
- Personal best (PR) notifications
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Analyze your climbs. Plan better routes. Improve your performance. Discover what’s possible. For many cyclists, climbs are where everything comes together. The effort, the pain in your legs, and the reward of reaching the top. It’s where you push your limits — and where progress becomes visible. With climbfinder, every climb you ride turns into valuable insight. Track your efforts and get a clear analysis of your performance. See exactly where you lose time, where you started too fast, and where you can improve. Compare your times with other cyclists and discover your potential on climbs around the world. Join over 100,000 cyclists who use climbfinder to track and improve their climbs. With the climbfinder Route Planner, planning your next ride has never been easier. Build routes by quickly connecting climbs, see all the climbs waiting for you at a glance, and get warnings for gravel, poor road surfaces, tunnels, and other potential obstacles. Share routes with friends and export them directly to your GPS. Turn every climb into progress: • Analyze your climb times and performance in detail • See exactly where you lose or gain time on a climb • Discover your achievable time on any climb worldwide • Automatically track and log every climb you ride • Compare your performances with friends • Get notified when you set a new PR Plan your perfect route: • Build routes by quickly connecting climbs • See all climbs on your route at a glance • Get warnings for gravel, poor road surfaces, tunnels, and more • Share routes with friends and export them directly to your GPS • Easily plan challenging rides Discover climbs everywhere: • Find the perfect climb with smart filters • Explore rankings based on popularity, difficulty, gradient, and more • Discover climbs near you and track what you’ve completed • See which climbs are still waiting for you Ride together: • Follow other cyclists and see their activities in your feed • Compare your performances and potential times • Share your rides and experiences climbfinder helps you plan smarter, ride harder, and get more out of every climb. Terms of Service: https://climbfinder.com/en/terms
PlankNote
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PlankNote is the client tracker built for solo and freelance personal trainers. Everything a trainer needs to run their client relationships, in one place: CLIENT OVERVIEW See every client at a glance: status, goals, next session, last check-in. Search and filter your roster instantly, even with dozens of active clients. PROGRESS TRACKING Log weight, measurements, and photos after every session. Watch trends unfold in clean, simple charts. Compare before-and-after photos side by side to show clients exactly how far they've come. APPOINTMENTS, SYNCED Book sessions and they show up right in your calendar app: no double entry, no separate scheduling tool. Edit in PlankNote or your calendar, they stay in sync. EXERCISE TEMPLATES Build a workout once, reuse it across every client who needs it. Stop retyping the same sets and reps for every session. DASHBOARD Open the app and know exactly what your day looks like: today's sessions, which clients are overdue for a check-in, and how the month's shaping up. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Your next appointment and check-ins due, right on your home screen: no need to open the app to know what's next. PRIVATE BY DESIGN PlankNote runs entirely on your device, synced securely through your own iCloud account. No accounts, no company servers holding your clients' data, no ads. FREE TO START Manage up to 3 clients free, forever. Try PlankNote Pro free for 14 days for unlimited clients: subscribe only if it earns a place in your day. Built for trainers who'd rather spend time coaching than fighting software. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: climbfinder at 15.0 against PlankNote's 26.0. 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. climbfinder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and PlankNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | climbfinder | PlankNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | climbfinder | ALEXANDRU CORNEL CHIREA |
In-app purchases
climbfinder
- Climbfinder Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
PlankNote
- Pro Monthly14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year









