ClimbPin vs Sqrls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClimbPin
This app serves as a digital archivist for your climbing journey, transforming your climbing experiences into precise metrics. It automatically detects and records climbing data, helps manage projects, and visualizes your progress with exclusive performance grades.
- Professional career log for bouldering and lead climbing
- Smart auto-detection of climbing height and heart rate
- Exclusive Climbing Performance Grade (CPG)
- Exclusive Climbing Effort Grade (CEG)
- Dedicated project management for routes
- Send Pyramid visualization for training intensity
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Climbing is not just about going up; it is a dialogue with yourself. ClimbPin is dedicated to being the digital archivist of your climbing career. Through advanced data analysis models, we transform vague "feelings" into precise "metrics." From every attempt at the gym to your Redpoint moment on the crag, we are here to record, analyze, and witness your journey. 【Key Features】 Professional Career Log: Stop relying on memory alone. Whether it's Bouldering or Lead climbing, ClimbPin helps you build a complete climbing database, ensuring every ascent leaves a mark. Smart Auto-Detection: Free your hands and focus on the climb. Paired with your smart devices, ClimbPin automatically detects and records your climbing height and heart rate changes. In the peaks and valleys of your heart rate, we see not just altitude, but your composure and explosiveness on the wall. Exclusive Metrics: CPG (Climbing Performance Grade): Quantify your progress, giving you tangible proof of every improvement in your ability. CEG (Climbing Effort Grade): Visualize your effort. We focus not just on the result, but respect every drop of sweat you pour in. Your Dedicated Project Management :"When a route gets a name, it becomes a Project." Our dedicated Project module helps you manage those routes you are projecting. Log attempts, review cruxes, and track your journey until the Redpoint. Send Pyramid :Visualize your ability at a glance. The pyramid model intuitively displays your ascent distribution and ability boundaries, helping you scientifically plan your training intensity. 【To Every Climber】 ClimbPin is not just a tool; it is your partner on the wall. Let's Quantify your passion, visualize your progress.
Sqrls
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sqrls is the climbing companion that turns every gym visit into measurable progress. Scan a route's QR code, log your send in one tap, and watch your stats grow. Whether you're chasing your first send of a new grade or grinding through a long-term project, sqrls keeps your climbing history in one place — no more spreadsheets, paper logs, or trying to remember what you sent last Wednesday. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan QR codes at your home gym to instantly log ascents • Track recent ascents with starthold and route photos to remember every send • See your completion rate by difficulty, sector, or hold color • Browse all the routes currently set — grouped by sector or grade • Add friends, follow their climbs, and compare progress BUILT FOR SETTERS, TOO Gym staff and routesetters can use sqrls to manage their wall: • Create QR codes for new routes • Edit difficulty, sector, hold color, or setter attribution from the gym floor • Capture a starthold and route photo so climbers can find the line at a glance • Take down routes in batches when it's time to re-set • Everything syncs across the team in real time WHO IT'S FOR sqrls works best at climbing gyms that have adopted the QR-per-route system. Ask your gym if they're partnered, or send them our way — we're rolling out to more walls. SUBSCRIPTION The core app is free. A Pro subscription unlocks logging ascents on the top two grades at your gym, plus future Pro-only features. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled. Manage or cancel any time in iPhone Settings. Questions, ideas, or want sqrls at your gym? Reach out via the support link below. Privacy Policy: https://sqrls.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sqrls at every 4 days against ClimbPin's every 2 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. ClimbPin sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sqrls sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ClimbPin ships an update every 2 weeks, Sqrls every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ClimbPin | Sqrls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CyberCorner | Mathias Steger |
In-app purchases
ClimbPin
- A Chalk Block$1.99
- A Carabiner$2.99
- A Quickdraw$7.99
Sqrls
- Premium$0.991 Month
- Premium · 30 days$0.99
- Premium · 90 days$2.99
- Premium · 180 days$4.99








