Board.Lore vs V8ROCK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Board.Lore
This app enhances your climbing board experience by connecting to LED systems to light up problems. Discover new climbs, log your ascents, and share beta with a community of climbers. It offers a clean interface for tracking progress and interacting with your physical board.
- Bluetooth board connectivity
- Browse and submit climbing problems
- Log ascents and track progress
- User-generated content
- In-app content moderation
- Favorites and personalization
- Accessible interface
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Board.Lore is a community-driven companion app for climbing boards. It helps climbers discover new problems, log ascents, and share beta with others who climb on the same board setups. Whether you’re training at home or climbing at your local gym, Board.Lore makes it easy to explore climbs, track progress, and stay connected with the global climbing community. The app connects to supported climbing board LED systems via Bluetooth, so you can light up problems directly on your physical board from your phone. Select a problem, send it to the board, and start climbing with clearly highlighted holds. Climbers can browse problems, view details, save favorites, and record sends. The app supports user-generated content, including problem submissions and custom board configurations, with built-in tools for reporting inappropriate content to maintain a safe, respectful environment. Board.Lore is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. Built for climbers who want a clean, focused way to interact with their board. Features Bluetooth board connectivity Connect to compatible LED climbing boards and light up selected problems directly from your device. Browse problems Explore a growing library of community-submitted problems for your board setup. Log your sends Track ascents, mark projects, and view your personal climbing history. Submit problems Create and share your own problems with the community. Safety and moderation Report inappropriate content via in-app reporting button. Favorites and personalization Save problems you love and filter down to your desired settings. Accessible, clean interface Designed for clarity and ease of use, with support for VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and adaptive layouts across screen sizes. Privacy Policy https://boardlore-site.pages.dev/privacy
V8ROCK
An offline guide for bouldering in the Dzhan-Tugan and Tyrnauz regions, offering route catalogs, maps, and video beta. Users can save favorites, create personal collections, and engage with the community through profiles and comments.
- Offline bouldering guide
- Route catalog with descriptions
- Area and sector maps
- Video beta for routes
- Favorites and personal collections
- User profiles and comments
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V8ROCK is an offline bouldering guidebook. Boulders, routes, topo photos with marked lines, ascent videos and an area map — everything works without internet. WHAT'S INSIDE • Crag catalog: area → sector → boulder → route, with grades and popularity. • Topo photos with route lines; fullscreen viewing with zoom. • Ascent videos: filterable feed, previews, offline playback. • Search across routes, boulders and sectors. • Favorites and route lists. • Area map (OpenStreetMap) with sectors and boulders. COMMUNITY • An account for likes, comments, follows and video uploads. • No photo of a boulder? Shoot one and send it — we'll mark the routes. • Setter mode: add boulders, routes and topo markup. OFFLINE The route database and topos are stored on your device. Internet is only needed for your account, videos, maps and database updates — everything else works offline. Bouldering data for Djan-Tugan (Elbrus region) and other crags.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Board.Lore at 5 against V8ROCK's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Board.Lore against 5.0 for V8ROCK. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Board.Lore has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Board.Lore | V8ROCK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daniel Koch | ALEKSANDR IVANOV |
Customer experience
Board.Lore
V8ROCK
In-app purchases
Board.Lore
No in-app purchases
V8ROCK
No in-app purchases





