Comparison

The Bouldering Guidebook vs Climbly

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

Head to head
About

The Bouldering Guidebook

This app provides personalized bouldering training programs, structured strength and conditioning, and detailed progress tracking for intermediate to advanced climbers. It includes gym, hangboard, and climbing workouts, along with recovery protocols. Access requires a subscription after a free two-week trial.

Highlights
  • Personalized bouldering training program
  • Structured strength & conditioning
  • Gym, hangboard, and climbing workouts
  • Progress tracking & analytics
  • Recovery protocols
  • Future program updates
Features
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The Bouldering Guidebook is a subscription-based training system for intermediate and advanced boulderers. The app requires an account to access any features. Creating an account starts a free two-week trial, after which a monthly subscription is required for continued access. All features and screenshots shown are available only to trial users or active subscribers. Included With Free Trial / Subscription: • Full personalised bouldering training program • Structured strength & conditioning sessions • Gym, hangboard, and climbing workouts • Progress tracking & analytics • Recovery protocols • All future program updates included

About

Climbly

This app helps climbers track their ascents, analyze their progress, and improve their performance. It offers detailed logging of routes, boulders, and attempts, with visualizations of climbing trends. Focuses on individual progress without social distractions.

Highlights
  • Log every route, boulder, and attempt
  • Track progress and visualize sends over time
  • Analyze training patterns and grade trends
  • Detailed session history
  • Advanced performance statistics
  • No social feed, focus on individual data
Features
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Track your climbing and bouldering sessions, see your progress, and connect with other climbers. Climbly brings your logbook, training, and climbing community together in one place. Log your climbing sessions Record routes, boulder problems, and attempts. Add grades, styles, notes, and outcomes so you can return to your session history and learn from each climb. Follow your progress Review your climbing history, explore your statistics, and follow your progress toward your target grade. Keep your goals in view as you complete climbing and training sessions. Make training part of your routine Organize your workouts and climbing sessions around the goals that matter to you. Connect with other climbers Find other climbers and stay connected with your climbing community. Climbly Pro Get access to advanced statistics and detailed session history with Climbly Pro. Monthly and yearly subscription options are available. Whether you are starting out, working on a project, or building a more consistent routine, Climbly helps you keep your climbing journey in view. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Bouldering Guidebook4 screens
Climbly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Climbly at freemium against The Bouldering Guidebook's subscription. The Bouldering Guidebook's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Bouldering Guidebook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.00 per month and Climbly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Bouldering Guidebook against 5.0 for Climbly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
The Bouldering Guidebook versus Climbly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Bouldering GuidebookClimbly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB35 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBouldering Guidebook LLCNatan Smogor

Customer experience

The Bouldering Guidebook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Climbly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Bouldering Guidebook

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$39.001 Month
2 purchases

Climbly

Subscriptions2
  • Climbly Pro Monthly14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Climbly Pro Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is The Bouldering Guidebook free?
The Bouldering Guidebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Climbly free?
Climbly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Bouldering Guidebook or Climbly?
The Bouldering Guidebook and Climbly are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do The Bouldering Guidebook or Climbly have ads?
Neither The Bouldering Guidebook nor Climbly shows ads.

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