Comparison

Boardsesh vs Lyph

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

Head to head
About

Boardsesh

This app connects to various LED climbing boards via Bluetooth to light up holds on your wall. Browse and filter thousands of community-created climbs, build a queue, and track your progress. It supports group sessions for climbing with friends, whether in the same gym or remotely.

Highlights
  • Connects to LED climbing boards
  • Lights up holds on the wall
  • Browse and filter community climbs
  • Build and manage a climb queue
  • Track climbing attempts and sends
  • Supports group climbing sessions
Features
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Search a climb, watch your wall light up. Less time on your phone, more time on the wall. ONE APP FOR EVERY BOARD YOU CLIMB Kilter, Tension and MoonBoard each ship their own app for their own board. Boardsesh works across all of them, plus Woods, Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL, in one place. Your whole climbing history across every board lives here. BOARD HISTORY, ALWAYS ON Share a board and you lose track of the last climb fast, and someone always wipes it by accident. In Boardsesh every board you connect to has a live feed of what's lit on that wall right now: the climb's name, who lit it, who set it, the grade and angle, and recent sends. It updates as the wall changes, so you always know what's up there. SESSIONS WITH YOUR CREW Start a session and you and your crew can share one queue everyone can drive. Anyone can light the next climb on the wall. When you're done you get a recap and tracking: sends and attempts, grade spread, your hardest send, and progress over time. CONTROL FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN (iOS 17+) iOS Live Activities tell you what climb is on from your lock screen, and allow you to change it without leaving your lock screen. BUILD A WORKOUT Pick Volume, Pyramid, Ladder or Grade Focus, set a target grade and warm-up, preview the climbs, then push them to the wall one at a time. TRACK YOUR CLIMBING Record sends, flashes and attempts, get a recap with duration, grade spread and your hardest send, and watch your sends and grades climb on the Progress tab. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Save your session to Apple Health, and import your past Kilter and Tension logbook from Aurora Climbing. FIND MORE TO CLIMB Follow your crew and setters, search climbers, and pin playlists from Discover. Supported boards: Kilter, Tension, MoonBoard (2010, 2016, 2024, Masters 2017, Masters 2019), Woods (12x12, 8x10), Decoy, Touchstone, Grasshopper and So iLL. Boardsesh is a community effort that works with these boards and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any board manufacturer.

About

Lyph

Features
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Your life is connected. Lyph helps you understand how. Sleep affects training. Training affects focus. Food affects energy. A difficult night can change the entire day. Nothing happens in isolation—but most apps only show you one piece. Lyph brings your health, habits and daily context together, then turns it into a clear understanding of how you’re doing, what may be shaping it and what to do next. CAPTURE LIFE AS IT HAPPENS Log a meal, workout, walk, mood, reflection or meaningful moment in seconds. Type naturally, speak it aloud or use quick actions when you want to move fast. No complicated forms. No endless setup. Just capture what happened and keep living. A DAILY READ WITH CONTEXT Lyph gives you a clear view of your day without reducing your life to a single score. See what’s going well, what still needs attention and the next useful action you can take—from closing your step goal to protecting the sleep that supports your best work. DISCOVER YOUR PATTERNS As you continue using Lyph, disconnected moments begin forming a larger picture. Lyph can help you recognize relationships between sleep, movement, nutrition, mood, energy, focus and the routines that shape your days. Not generic trends. Patterns grounded in the life you actually logged. AN AI COACH THAT KNOWS THE CONTEXT Ask Lyph Coach what you’ve been noticing, why something may have changed or what deserves your attention next. Coach draws from your recent activity, check-ins, reflections and emerging patterns to provide guidance that feels relevant to you—not advice written for everyone. SEE HOW YOUR LIFE CHANGES Weekly recaps show what’s working, where consistency is slipping and what Lyph is learning. Your history keeps the details of your days accessible, while longer-term context helps Lyph become increasingly useful over time. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Connect Apple Health to bring in supported signals such as steps, sleep and workouts. You choose what to log and whether to connect your health data. YOUR LIFE, UNDERSTOOD Lyph is for anyone who wants to live with greater awareness, make better-informed decisions and understand the patterns behind how they feel and perform. Keep living. Keep logging. Lyph gets sharper. Lyph provides general wellness guidance and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Screenshots

Boardsesh4 screens
Lyph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boardsesh at every 9 days against Lyph's monthly. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boardsesh ships an update every 9 days, Lyph monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Boardsesh versus Lyph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoardseshLyph
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco de JonghRyan Reid

In-app purchases

None

Boardsesh

No in-app purchases

None

Lyph

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boardsesh free?
Boardsesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lyph free?
Lyph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boardsesh or Lyph have ads?
Neither Boardsesh nor Lyph shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boardsesh or Lyph?
Boardsesh ships an update every 9 days, and Lyph monthly. Most recently, Boardsesh was updated on October 12, 2026 and Lyph on October 3, 2026.

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