Comparison

BoulderPad vs Boulder Strength

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BoulderPad

Features
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BoulderPad is a fast, offline bouldering logbook. Log your climbs by grade, track your sends, and watch your progress. Works at any gym, on any wall โ€” no account or internet required. FAST BY DESIGN Log a climb in under 10 seconds. Grade picker, result, done. Built for one-handed use at the wall. Just install the app and start logging. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE โ€” Grade pyramids showing your sends and attempts by grade โ€” Weekly progression chart tracking your best sends and average grade โ€” Best session stats including V-Sum and V-Avg โ€” Wall angle breakdowns (slab, vertical, overhang, roof) โ€” Consistency tracking โ€” weekly streak and average sessions per week โ€” Session history with send rate, duration, and top grade OFFLINE-FIRST Your data lives on your device. No accounts, social features, or cloud dependency. Works in airplane mode, in signal-dead gyms, anywhere. Supports V-Scale and Fontainebleau grading. Built solo, as a passion project for myself and like-minded climbers. The data and insights you want, without the noise you don't.

About

Boulder Strength

Features
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Boulder Strength is a training log built for climbers who care about finger strength, pulling power, and repeaters โ€” not generic gym tracking. Train Build workouts exercise by exercise: max hangs, repeaters, weighted pulls, mobility, and more. Log working sets with the metrics that matter (load, reps, time, edges, grips). Exercise can track edge MM, grip attachments and grip variations, need to track an 8mm crimp? No problem. Optional last-session hints so you can match or nudge your previous protocol. Works offline; sign in to sync across devices. Progress See personal bests by exercise (weight, volume, hangs, repeaters) without drowning in duplicate rows. Weekly charts for hang time and pull peaks. Optional bodyweight-relative stats when you save weight at workout finish. Recovery Quick daily check-ins for soreness, sleep, and stress โ€” turned into a simple readiness view. Readiness can link to finished sessions so you see how you felt on hard days. Accounts Sign in with Apple or Google โ€” no extra passwords. Built for real sessions Dark, focused UI; collapsible blocks so long workouts stay scannable. Training and recovery notes in the app are for your own planning only โ€” they are not medical advice.

Screenshots

BoulderPad4 screens
Boulder Strength4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoulderPad at none against Boulder Strength's 2. BoulderPad also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Boulder Strength sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BoulderPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoulderPad ships an update every 3 days, Boulder Strength every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
BoulderPad versus Boulder Strength: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulderPadBoulder Strength
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.415.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size47 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYik Han SiahDylan Stables

In-app purchases

None

BoulderPad

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Boulder Strength

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is BoulderPad free?
BoulderPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boulder Strength free?
Boulder Strength is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoulderPad or Boulder Strength have ads?
Neither BoulderPad nor Boulder Strength shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoulderPad or Boulder Strength?
BoulderPad ships an update every 3 days, and Boulder Strength every 3 months. Most recently, BoulderPad was updated on September 18, 2026 and Boulder Strength on September 21, 2026.

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