Comparison

Battle Boards vs WorkoutSmith

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

Head to head
About

Battle Boards

Compete with climbers on specialized boards, whether you're in the same gym or miles apart. Engage in timed turns to complete the same climbing problems, track your progress with detailed stats, and build your climbing rating.

Highlights
  • Head-to-head climbing challenges
  • Compete on Kilter and Tension boards
  • Timed climbing turns
  • Ranked and casual matches
  • Interactive board view with zoom
  • Bluetooth board lighting
  • Seasonal Elo rating system
Features
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Turn every board session into a head-to-head challenge. Battle Boards lets you compete with climbers on Kilter and Tension boards, wherever and whenever you each climb. Post a public challenge, invite a friend, or find an open match that fits your board. Choose your angle and grade range, then climb the same problem under the same rules. Each player gets a focused ten-minute turn, so you can compete without needing to be at the same gym—or even climb at the same time. ### CLIMB YOUR WAY • Play ranked matches when you want the result to count • Keep it relaxed with casual challenges • Challenge a friend directly or take on the wider community • Filter open matches by board, angle, mode, and more • Set your preferred grade range, wall angle, and supported board setup ### SEE EVERY MOVE Follow the selected climb on a clear, interactive board view. Pinch to zoom and pan for a closer look at every hold. On compatible Aurora-powered setups, connect over Bluetooth and light the problem on the physical board. ### BUILD YOUR BOARD RATING Ranked results shape a separate seasonal Elo rating for each board, helping you measure progress where you actually climb. Compare your standing across All Boards, Kilter, and Tension leaderboards—or see how you stack up within your friends list. ### KNOW YOUR CLIMBING Go beyond wins and losses with performance stats for sends, attempts, flashes, matches, and more. Explore board-specific results, revisit your match history, and review climbs from completed battles. ### CLIMB TOGETHER, EVEN APART Find friends by handle, share your profile, send direct casual challenges, and track your head-to-head record. Match and friend notifications help you know when it is your turn without keeping both climbers on the same schedule. ### EARN THE PROOF Unlock trophies as you play and build a Trophy Case that highlights your accomplishments. Your public profile brings together your boards, ratings, friends, trophies, and recent matches in one place. Whether you are chasing the leaderboard, settling a friendly rivalry, or looking for extra motivation during a solo session, Battle Boards makes every problem a competition worth sending. Battle Boards currently supports compatible Kilter Board and Tension Board setups. Access to supported climbing-board hardware and an internet connection are required for gameplay. Bluetooth lighting requires a compatible Aurora-powered setup. Always climb within your ability and follow your gym's rules and the board manufacturer's safety guidance. Kilter Board, Tension Board, and Aurora are trademarks of their respective owners. Battle Boards is not affiliated with or endorsed by those owners.

About

WorkoutSmith

Log workouts, track steps, and compete with friends in custom challenges. Features an extensive exercise library, RPG-style motivation, and Apple Watch integration. Offers optional AI coaching and real-time race building.

Highlights
  • Log every workout set
  • Track steps and set goals
  • Build custom workout plans
  • Compete in step and workout challenges with friends
  • Extensive exercise library with video links
  • RPG-style progress incentives
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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I built this app for my family and me, but was advised to share it. I wanted an easy-to-use app on my phone and watch to log every set in structured workout programs built by me, AI, or a real trainer. Also, my mom missed our old step challenges after the app we used removed them; they were fun, and we all walked more. Finally, motivation for me is an issue, so I wanted some sort of progress incentives in an RPG like format. This App: - Syncs with Apple Health for steps and metrics. - Log every set, track steps, build custom plans, share workouts, invite friends and create custom challenges (for steps and workouts) for them. - Set your step goal, earn badges and passport stamps, and create a virtual walking journey to real destinations that turns your miles into a trip toward landmarks. - Expansive exercise library with over 350 exercises, including 30+ Yoga Poses. All have short descriptions and public video links to watch how to do them. Catalog searchable by name, muscle, and equipment. Build your multi-day exercise program with custom exercises, rests, sets and reps counts, leverage heart-rate zone targets, or time based as applicable. - Create your workout plan in the App or on a Google Spreadsheet (your account). Edit it there, and import your changes back. - Invite your friends to compete with them on workouts. Challenges are free and support eight metrics: workouts, tonnage, sets and points, plus steps, distance and running time from your watch. Everyone is scored against their own daily goal, so a beginner and a marathoner race honestly. Keep private groups of friends, cheer somebody mid-set, and climb eight weekly league divisions. - Race in real life by building a course of up to twelve stops anywhere. Races are private and invite-only: people you ask, or people who used your link and whom you approved. The board shows each racer's last checked-in stop and when they reached it. - RPG-style game underneath with points, levels, stats, achievement ladders, and a trophy case for a little extra motivation if you need it. - Apple Watch support to run the workout session: log sets, see live heart-rate zones, pause, resume and mark a segment. It can run a whole workout on its own with no phone nearby. - Coaching: A real coach can build and share an exercise plan with you. Adopt their program, train it, and share back how it went, one toggle per person, and off until you turn it on. Your coach can then see your shared progress and provide feedback. - Muscle map colored by what you trained this week, a lighter week offered when your lifts slip, an opt-in view of your overnight heart rate, HRV and sleep, and progress charts going back as far as you do. - AI: Bring your own or don't use it at all. The optional AI coach runs on a free Google Gemini key you fetch yourself and paste into Settings. We do not sell you AI and we never charge for tokens: the key stays on your device. Everything else here works with no key at all. - Private by Default: Your training history, health data, and home location stay on your phone. Your home is a coordinate, never an address, and it never leaves the device. No feed and no messaging, by design. Social features do nothing until you sign in, sharing is opt-in per metric, and adding a friend shares nothing. Export everything as JSON or delete it anytime. - Free, no subscription: steps, streaks, journeys and routes, friends, groups, challenges, history, progress and export. - Two Plans (renew monthly until cancelled): - WorkoutSmith Premium, $4.99 a month, adds your daily training session, plan building, races and leagues, and coaching up to two people. - WorkoutSmith Coach, $24.99 a month, is for trainers who coach more than two people: it adds their plans, their progress and their shared workouts in one place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mig1278.github.io/workoutsmith/privacy

Screenshots

Battle Boards4 screens
WorkoutSmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Battle Boards at none against WorkoutSmith's 2. Battle Boards also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). WorkoutSmith's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WorkoutSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Battle Boards asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Battle Boards against 5.0 for WorkoutSmith. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battle Boards 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battle Boards ships an update monthly, WorkoutSmith every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Battle Boards versus WorkoutSmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattle BoardsWorkoutSmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB30 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSend Labs LLCMichael Lee

Customer experience

Battle Boards

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WorkoutSmith

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

In-app purchases

None

Battle Boards

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

WorkoutSmith

Subscriptions2
  • WorkoutSmith Premium3 Months trial$4.991 Month
  • WorkoutSmith Coach3 Months trial$24.991 Month

Questions

Is Battle Boards free?
Battle Boards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WorkoutSmith free?
WorkoutSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Battle Boards or WorkoutSmith?
Battle Boards and WorkoutSmith are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Battle Boards or WorkoutSmith have ads?
Neither Battle Boards nor WorkoutSmith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Battle Boards or WorkoutSmith?
Battle Boards ships an update monthly, and WorkoutSmith every 3 days. Most recently, Battle Boards was updated on November 5, 2026 and WorkoutSmith on November 6, 2026.

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