Send Hangboarding vs BoulderBuilder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Send Hangboarding
This app helps climbers track their hangboard and gym workouts. It organizes sessions, monitors progress with detailed analytics, and offers guided training protocols. Focus on your training with audio cues and customizable templates.
- Guided hangboard protocols with timers
- Log gym exercises with reps and weight
- Browse 220+ exercises with form cues
- Track progress with volume and frequency trends
- Muscle group heatmaps
- Data export to CSV/JSON
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Send is the workout tracker built for climbers. Whether you're training on a hangboard at home or lifting in the gym, Send keeps your sessions organized, tracks your progress, and helps you train with purpose. HANGBOARD TRAINING - Follow structured hangboard protocols with guided timers - Track edge sizes, grip types, and hang durations - Get audio and haptic cues so you can focus on the hold, not your phone - Customize templates for repeaters, max hangs, and density sets GYM WORKOUTS - Log reps, weight, and sets for any exercise - Browse 220+ exercises with muscle group info and form cues - Build and save custom workout templates - Free-mode logging for flexible sessions TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - See volume and frequency trends over time - View muscle group heatmaps showing where you're training - Review personal bests and exercise history - Export data as CSV or JSON anytime BUILT FOR CLIMBERS, NOT BODYBUILDERS Send understands climbing-specific training. Finger strength protocols, campus board work, and mobility exercises are first-class citizens — not afterthoughts bolted onto a generic lifting app. PRIVACY FIRST All your data stays on your device. No account required. No ads. No tracking. Back up your data to iCloud or export it whenever you want. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BoulderBuilder
Log climbing sessions with detailed context like grade, result, and movement styles. Visualize your climbing performance with progress pyramids to identify strengths, weaknesses, and training priorities. Track your progress over time with style breakdowns and grade trends.
- Log climbs with grade, result, and notes
- Build performance pyramids by grade
- Track progress over time
- Customize grade systems
- Private by design, data stays on device
- Career-wide V-scale view
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BoulderBuilder turns your climbing log into performance pyramids that make strengths, gaps, and progress easier to see. Keep the details from today's session and give your next one a clear goal. LOG CLIMBS WITH CONTEXT Record grades, results, attempts, dates, notes, and movement styles. Use quick session logging at the wall or add the details afterward. Track bouldering with V-grades or custom colors and grade ranges that match your gym. SEE YOUR PYRAMID GROW Build a pyramid for each gym and a career-wide view. Follow your activity, revisit session history, and set climbing goals. Archive a gym while keeping its history, then restore it when you return. START FREE Explore without an account. Free includes 20 logged climbs and one active gym, plus bouldering pyramids, activity, sessions, and goals. New setup climbs do not count toward the 20-climb allowance. Existing saved history remains available when you reach a limit or your subscription ends. CLIMB WITH FRIENDS Sign in with Apple and create a profile to use Friends. After your profile is approved, find friends by username or share an invite link or QR code. Accepted friends can see your approved posts and photos, like and comment, and send private climb challenges. Friends, comments, likes, and challenges are free; posting climb photos requires Pro. Profiles and shared posts, comments, and challenge descriptions are reviewed before others can see them. Your climbing log is not shared automatically: choose the climb details and photos to upload, with gym names optional. Report content, block users, or remove a friendship in the app. GO FURTHER WITH BOULDERBUILDER PRO • Unlimited logged climbs and active gyms. • Rope climbing alongside bouldering, with YDS and French grades. • Projects with attempt history, beta notes, and photos to revisit next session. • Career progression, send rate, flash rate, and climbing-style insights. • Grade Progress, weekly pyramid targets, climbing streaks, and weekly recaps. • Climb and progress share cards, plus photo posts for accepted friends. • Optional Apple Health sync for climbing workouts and estimated energy burned. • Optional weekly check-in reminders. Saved project history and existing photos remain readable if Pro expires. New project attempts, beta notes, and photos require Pro. YOUR LOG, YOUR CHOICE Your personal climbing log and unshared photos are stored on your device. Friends uses an online service for the profiles and content you choose to share. Optional Face ID or Touch ID helps protect access to the app. Account and data deletion is available in Settings. BoulderBuilder Pro offers monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/terms Privacy Policy: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Send Hangboarding at none against BoulderBuilder's shown. Send Hangboarding also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Send Hangboarding sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and BoulderBuilder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Send Hangboarding against 5.0 for BoulderBuilder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Send Hangboarding ships an update every 2 weeks, BoulderBuilder every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Send Hangboarding | BoulderBuilder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seth Robinson | KEYAN AZBIJARI |
Customer experience
Send Hangboarding
BoulderBuilder
In-app purchases
Send Hangboarding
- Send Pro Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Send Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Send Pro — Lifetime$74.99
BoulderBuilder
- BoulderBuilder Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- BoulderBuilder Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
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