Ascend vs SendBoulder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascend
Log your climbing sessions, track project progress, and analyze your performance over time. This app helps you train smarter by providing insights into your technique and strength, all with an offline-first design.
- Log climbing sessions with grades and attempts
- Track project progress
- Offline-first design
- Analyze technique and strength
- View progress over time
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Reach new heights with Ascend, a modern logbook designed for climbers of all levels. Track your sessions, log problems, manage projects, and view your progress over time. Train smarter with session logs, and insights that help you improve technique and strength. Features: • Log climbing sessions with grades, attempts, and sends • Track project progress and attempts • Offline-first design — works anywhere • Lightweight, fast, and built specifically for climbers Ascend does not require an internet connection and does not use personal health data.
SendBoulder
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Bouldering isn’t just a climb—it’s pure session energy, chill vibes, and that subtle flex when you nail the hardest wall in the gym. SendBoulder is built for indoor boulderers who want more than logbooks and empty leaderboards. This is where raw sessions spark, beta flies, and every send becomes a quiet story. Snap a pic and tag holds—AI finds grips, you dial in those sneaky wall moves Build any gym with every grade, create new problems for the whole tribe Share every route, attempt, and send—subtle bragging rights baked in Sign-up is instant and super easy—just tap into the app, climb, and go Add grades fast, update problems, and keep the wall fresh Growth is pure sharing: your gym, your problems, your session—free for all, just share and send Stay chill, send hard, and keep the beta flowing. Everything you create is live for the whole crew. Ready to session? Download SendBoulder, bring the energy, and join the tribe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ascend at every 2 weeks against SendBoulder's every 10 months. SendBoulder'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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ascend ships an update every 2 weeks, SendBoulder every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascend | SendBoulder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Truong | CostBits Aps |
In-app purchases
Ascend
No in-app purchases
SendBoulder
No in-app purchases








