Comparison

Rockclimbr App vs Boulder Coach

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

Head to head
About

Rockclimbr App

Discover and document climbing routes with visual guides created by a community of climbers. Find new climbs, contribute your own route maps, and track your progress, whether you're at an outdoor crag or an indoor gym. Access detailed, up-to-date information offline.

Highlights
  • Visual climbing route maps
  • Community-contributed beta
  • Offline area downloads
  • GPS-based climb discovery
  • Send tracking and ticklists
  • Indoor wall documentation
Features
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The premier community-built visual climbing guides: Visual climbing guidebook with color-coded route maps, built by climbers. From local crags to home walls, quickly find the newest route beta—or create it for spots that deserve better coverage. Every crag deserves quality coverage: From the Gunks to your backyard boulders, every climbing area can have proper guidebook-quality documentation. Our community of climbers creates visual topos for destinations and hidden gems alike. Found a crag with poor coverage? Create the guide yourself in minutes. The more climbers contribute, the better everyone's beta gets. Guidebook-quality beta on your phone: Pull up visual route maps at the boulder. Download areas for offline access in remote locations. Use GPS to discover climbs near you. Track your sends and build your ticklist. All the detail of a printed guidebook, always up-to-date, always in your pocket. Turn your local crag into a proper guide: You don't need to be a professional author to create quality guidebook coverage. If you climb there, you can document it. Upload a photo of the boulder. Draw the route with our color-coded tool. Add the grade and name. Done. Your crag now has visual topos as clear as any published guidebook. Indoor walls, same visual approach: Spray walls, home walls, gym circuits—document indoor problems with the same photo topos and visual mapping tools. Share routes with your crew, track progression, never forget that perfect problem you set. The only climbing guide that works everywhere you climb. Visual guides for the modern climber: - Photo-first approach; Clear visual route maps instead of confusing text descriptions. See the beta, don't decode it. - Every crag matters; Community-powered coverage means small crags get the same quality documentation as famous destinations. - Always current; Real-time updates from active climbers. No waiting years for the next guidebook edition. Start exploring visual guides: Free to browse, free to contribute. Help build the world's clearest climbing beta.

About

Boulder Coach

Features
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Claude responded: Boulder Coach is the training companion for boulderers who want to climb smarter.Boulder Coach is the training companion for boulderers who want to climb smarter. Most climbers log sessions in their notes app, forget what they worked on, and repeat the same mistakes session after session. Boulder Coach fixes that. Log your climbs in seconds, then let Rocky — your AI climbing coach — debrief your session and help you understand what's actually holding you back. Rocky doesn't just collect data. After each session, Rocky asks you targeted questions about what stopped you, what felt strong, and where you struggled. Over time, Rocky builds a picture of your climbing and gives you something most climbers never have: an honest, data-backed read on your progress. WHAT YOU GET Log every climb in under a minute. Difficulty, grade, holds, wall angle, result, attempts — everything that matters, captured fast so you can get back to climbing. Session debrief with Rocky. When you're done for the day, Rocky analyzes your session and opens a conversation. Three focused questions. Honest feedback. A clear focus for next time. Grade progression tracking. See your average sent grade trend across your last sessions. Know whether you're improving, plateauing, or pushing into new territory. Session history. Every session saved, every climb logged. Review what you climbed, how many you sent, and where you fell. Multi-gym support. Set up your gym's grade system — Fontainebleau, V Scale, or custom — using a photo of the grade chart. Rocky reads it automatically. WHO IT'S FOR Boulder Coach is for climbers who boulder regularly and want more than just a logbook. If you're trying to break into a new grade, work through a plateau, or just climb more intentionally, Rocky is built for you. Currently in beta. We're actively building based on feedback from real climbers. Your input shapes what comes next.

Screenshots

Rockclimbr App4 screens
Boulder Coach3 screens

Verdict

The call

Rockclimbr App and Boulder Coach are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Rockclimbr App ships an update every 8 days, Boulder Coach every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Rockclimbr App versus Boulder Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRockclimbr AppBoulder Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperOctopus Software LLCFelix Seip

In-app purchases

None

Rockclimbr App

No in-app purchases

None

Boulder Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rockclimbr App free?
Rockclimbr App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boulder Coach free?
Boulder Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rockclimbr App or Boulder Coach have ads?
Neither Rockclimbr App nor Boulder Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rockclimbr App or Boulder Coach?
Rockclimbr App ships an update every 8 days, and Boulder Coach every 6 days. Most recently, Rockclimbr App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Boulder Coach on October 10, 2026.

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