Ascend vs Onsight Climb

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.

Onsight is the climbing journal built for climbers who care about progress. Now with Apple Watch support. log climbs from your wrist. Record beta videos, share sessions with climbing partners, and get smarter insights into your progression. All without creating an account. Track your training, and watch yourself get stronger. LOG CLIMBS IN 3 TAPS Start a session, tap a grade, tap Log. That's it. Onsight gets out of your way so you can focus on the wall. Choose how you log: after each climb, quick-tap during the session, or just run the timer and grade everything at the end. APPLE WATCH READY Log climbs from your wrist using the Digital Crown grade picker. Auto-detect ascents using the Watch barometer. Haptic training timer for hangboard sessions. Watch face complications. Interactive Smart Stack widgets to start a session or quick-log a climb without opening the app. Apple Watch Ultra users can map any Onsight action to the Action Button. RECORD BETA VIDEOS Capture short videos of your climbs to study sequences and review beta later. Up to 3 minutes per climb, 720p, stored locally on your device. CLIMB WITH FRIENDS Pair with climbing partners to share sessions and see each other's streaks. Tag partners on your sessions to remember who you climbed with. Lightweight by design. no public feed, no leaderboards, no followers. Just your crew. SESSION PHASES Structure your sessions with optional warm-up and cool-down phases. Onsight tracks your warm-up time separately from climbing and suggests stretches when you're done. 76+ TRAINING ROUTINES Hangboard protocols (Max Hangs, Repeaters, Abrahangs, 7-53), power endurance circuits, campus board drills, core workouts, antagonist training, mobility flows, mental training, technique drills, and outdoor prep. From beginner to elite. STRUCTURED PROGRAMS Follow multi-week programs: 8-Week Finger Strength Builder, Send Season Prep, Competition Prep, Beginner's First 4 Weeks, and more. Track your progress week by week. INJURY TRACKING Log tweaks on a body map, track severity over time, and see how your climbing volume correlates with pain. Your A2 pulleys will thank you.