Ascend vs SendIt Crux
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.
SendIt Crux
Log every climbing session, track your progress with detailed analytics, and visualize your performance. This app helps you improve your climbing skills, whether indoors or outdoors, and connect with a community of climbers.
- Session tracking for indoor/outdoor climbs
- Grade pyramid visualization
- Hangboard training timer
- Outdoor crag and beta logging
- Progress analytics and recaps
- Achievement unlocking
- Offline functionality
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TRACK YOUR CLIMBING PROGRESS SendIt Crux is your complete climbing companion for bouldering, lead climbing, and outdoor adventures. Log every send, track your personal records, and watch your skills improve over time. FEATURES • Session Tracking – Start indoor or outdoor sessions with one tap. Log climbs by grade, track attempts, and mark sends, flashes, and onsights. • Grade Pyramid – Visualize your climbing distribution across V-scale and YDS grades with beautiful charts. • Hangboard Training – Built-in timer for fingerboard workouts. Track holds, edge sizes, and added weight. See PRs and progress over time. • Outdoor Beta – Save crags, log outdoor ticks, and get weather forecasts for your climbing destinations. • Progress Analytics – See your hardest sends, streak history, send rate trends, and weekly recaps. • Achievements – Unlock milestones as you climb. From your first V0 to your first V10, celebrate every step. • Community – Connect with climbing partners, share sessions, and compete on leaderboards. • Works Offline – Log climbs even without signal. Data syncs when you're back online. • Privacy-First – Your data stays yours. No ads, no tracking. Free forever. Whether you're crushing your first V2 or projecting V10, SendIt Crux helps you climb smarter and send harder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SendIt Crux at 100% against Ascend's 0%. SendIt Crux also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SendIt Crux holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ascend's written reviews are positive against 100% of SendIt Crux's.
Ascend ships an update every 2 weeks, SendIt Crux every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascend | SendIt Crux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Truong | ARA MATEVOSSIAN |
Customer experience
Ascend
SendIt Crux
In-app purchases
Ascend
No in-app purchases
SendIt Crux
No in-app purchases








