Ascend vs Climbing Log
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.
Climbing Log
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Climbing Log is a simple, clean climbing logbook for boulderers and rope climbers — built first and foremost for indoor climbing. Record your sessions in a few taps and track your progress with detailed stats. KEY FEATURES: • Session logging: gym, duration, routes, flashes, attempts, sends • Choose your grade system — boulder: color tags, Font or V-scale; rope: French, YDS or UK • Attempts, style (flash, onsight, redpoint…) and character tags • Statistics: weekly stats, training time, grade pyramid, calendar and more • Quick session summary (see at a glance which routes you climbed, in what order) • Offline logging — works in the gym even with no signal • Light and dark mode • Sign in with Apple, Google or an email link (no password) Climbing Log is free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ascend at every 2 weeks against Climbing Log's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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, Climbing Log every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascend | Climbing Log |
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Truong | Adattenger Kft. |
In-app purchases
Ascend
No in-app purchases
Climbing Log
No in-app purchases
