Comparison

Climbly vs Piton Climbing

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

Head to head
About

Climbly

This app helps climbers track their ascents, analyze their progress, and improve their performance. It offers detailed logging of routes, boulders, and attempts, with visualizations of climbing trends. Focuses on individual progress without social distractions.

Highlights
  • Log every route, boulder, and attempt
  • Track progress and visualize sends over time
  • Analyze training patterns and grade trends
  • Detailed session history
  • Advanced performance statistics
  • No social feed, focus on individual data
Features
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Track every climb. Own your progress. Become a better climber. Climbly is the climbing tracker built for boulderers and sport climbers who want more than just a logbook. Whether you're projecting your first V5 or pushing into double digits, Climbly gives you the tools to climb with intention. — LOG YOUR SESSIONS — Record every route, boulder problem, and attempt. Add grades, styles, notes, and outcomes so nothing gets forgotten. Your history is always one tap away. — TRACK YOUR PROGRESS — See how far you've come. Visualize your sends over time, spot patterns in your training, and watch your grades trend upward. Progress isn't just felt — it's seen. — STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS — No noise. No social feed. Just you, your routes, and your data. Climbly is designed to stay out of your way and let you climb. — CLIMBLY PRO — Unlock the full experience with Climbly Pro. Get access to advanced stats, detailed session history, and everything you need to train smarter. Available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Try it and see the difference. — Whether you're training for a comp, chasing a project, or just starting your climbing journey — Climbly is the partner that keeps up with you. Your sends. Your data. Your wall. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Piton Climbing

Features
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Piton is a climbing tracker for Apple Watch and iPhone. It answers two questions: how is my training going, and am I getting closer to sending the things I care about? Capture Start a session on the watch and climb. The altimeter, motion, and heart rate do the logging. Forgot the watch? The phone can capture a session on its own. Heights come from the barometer, and pressure moves with HVAC, doors, or a storm rolling in, so vert is close, not foot for foot. Falls count Most trackers zero out a failed attempt. Piton records the height you actually reached, because on a project the high point on attempt seven is the data that matters. A transparent detector When auto-detect marks a lap you can see why, replay the raw sensor trace, and tune the thresholds per gym. Two gyms never behave the same, and the detector should not pretend they do. One screen Today, Week, Month, Lifetime. Each window answers a different question about your training arc. No feed, no leaderboards, no streaks. Harness or wrist Harness mount with a chest strap, or wrist with optical heart rate. Pick per session. Bouldering too V-grades, sends, attempts, hardest send. Rope and boulder sessions sit side by side. AI that stays on the device Coach's Notes and Ask Piton run on Apple Intelligence, on the phone. No account, no API key, no server. The voice is observational: it tells you what happened, never what to do next session. Requires a device with Apple Intelligence; everything else works without it. Private by default No accounts. No analytics. No ads. Your data stays on your devices. Privacy policy: fieldnotes.cc/piton/privacy Climbing is dangerous. Piton is a logging tool, not a coach and not a safety system. The first screen of the app says exactly that.

Screenshots

Climbly4 screens
Piton Climbing3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piton Climbing at none against Climbly's 2. Piton Climbing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Climbly's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Climbly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Piton Climbing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Climbly ships an update weekly, Piton Climbing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Climbly versus Piton Climbing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClimblyPiton Climbing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatan SmogorJEFFREY PHILIP SCHWERDTFEGER

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Climbly

Subscriptions2
  • Climbly Pro Monthly14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Climbly Pro Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Piton Climbing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Climbly free?
Climbly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piton Climbing free?
Piton Climbing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Climbly or Piton Climbing have ads?
Neither Climbly nor Piton Climbing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Climbly or Piton Climbing?
Climbly ships an update weekly, and Piton Climbing every 2 days. Most recently, Climbly was updated on September 11, 2026 and Piton Climbing on September 18, 2026.

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