Comparison

Send Hangboarding vs BoulderBuilder

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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BoulderBuilder turns your climbing log into performance pyramids that make strengths, gaps, and next steps easy to see. LOG CLIMBS WITH CONTEXT Record grade, result, attempts, date, notes, gym, and movement styles such as crimps, slopers, slab, overhang, compression, dyno, and coordination. SEE THE SHAPE OF YOUR CLIMBING Build a pyramid for each gym and a career-wide V-scale view. Compare volume at every grade, spot thin layers, and understand what to train next. TRACK PROGRESS OVER TIME Review activity, weekly rhythm, sessions, and goal progress. BUILT FOR REAL GYMS Use the V-scale or create color and grade-range systems that match how your gym sets. KEEP YOUR CLIMBING HISTORY CLOSE Your climbing history and photos stay on your device. Use guest mode or Sign in with Apple, and optionally protect the app with Face ID or Touch ID. GO FURTHER WITH BOULDERBUILDER PRO • Unlimited gyms and career progression analytics. • Rope climbing alongside bouldering, with YDS and French grades. • Projects that span sessions, with attempt timelines, beta notes, and optional photos. Archive completed projects and return to their history. • Clear outcome choices: Flash, RP, Attempt, Repeat, and Onsight for rope climbs. • Send rate, flash rate, and climbing-style filters and breakdowns. • Grade Progress across 30 days, 90 days, or all time, plus a weekly pyramid target. • Consistency insights with current and best climbing streaks and your top send grade. • Share cards for climbs, progress, and weekly recaps. Include your gym name only when you choose to. • One photo per climb, saved on your device. • Optional Apple Health sync for climbing workouts and estimated energy burned. • Optional weekly check-in reminders. Saved projects and existing climb photos remain readable if Pro expires. Adding project attempts, beta notes, and new photos requires Pro. BoulderBuilder Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/terms Privacy Policy: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/privacy

Screenshots

Send Hangboarding4 screens
BoulderBuilder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Send Hangboarding at 15.1 against BoulderBuilder's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Send Hangboarding ships an update every 2 weeks, BoulderBuilder every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Send Hangboarding versus BoulderBuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSend HangboardingBoulderBuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeth RobinsonKEYAN AZBIJARI

Customer experience

Send Hangboarding

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BoulderBuilder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Send Hangboarding

Subscriptions2
  • Send Pro Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Send Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Send Pro — Lifetime$74.99
2 purchases

BoulderBuilder

Subscriptions2
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Send Hangboarding free?
Send Hangboarding is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoulderBuilder free?
BoulderBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Send Hangboarding or BoulderBuilder?
Send Hangboarding and BoulderBuilder are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Send Hangboarding or BoulderBuilder have ads?
Neither Send Hangboarding nor BoulderBuilder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Send Hangboarding or BoulderBuilder?
Send Hangboarding ships an update every 2 weeks, and BoulderBuilder every 8 days. Most recently, Send Hangboarding was updated on October 7, 2026 and BoulderBuilder on October 3, 2026.

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