Comparison

Boulder Log vs Topout

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

Head to head
About

Boulder Log

Easily track your bouldering sessions with this intuitive log. Record climbs with essential details or add more depth with notes and attempts. Review your progress, view grade breakdowns, and celebrate milestones.

Highlights
  • Log bouldering sessions live or manually
  • Track sends, flashes, attempts, and projects
  • Save grades, notes, and tags
  • Support for V-scale and Font scale
  • Review session history and best grades
  • View progress and grade breakdowns
  • Earn climbing milestones
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Boulder Log is a free, flexible climbing journal for logging bouldering sessions, tracking progress, and saving the moments you want to remember. Use it however you like. Record every attempt, tag, and note, or keep things simple with just a grade and result. Log during your session at the gym or add everything later. The private Gallery gives you a place to build a visual history of your climbing. Save photos and videos, add optional details like grades, gyms, notes, and tags, and connect memories to the sessions or climbs they came from. Boulder Log supports both V-scale and Font scale. Use Boulder Log to: • Log live bouldering sessions • Add sessions manually after climbing • Save private climbing photos and videos • Add grades, gyms, notes, and tags to your memories • Build a visual history of the climbs and moments you want to remember • Track sends, flashes, attempts, and projects • Save grades, attempts, notes, and tags • Review session history and best grades • See progress, grade breakdowns, send rates, and tag trends • Earn simple climbing milestones • View and share session recaps • Choose between V-scale and Font scale Whether you care about every attempt or just want somewhere to remember the climbs and moments that mattered, Boulder Log gives you a clean place to keep it all.

About

Topout

Features
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Made Topout better at helping you return to the wall with context and momentum. • New Today improvements like Next Up, Since Last Visit, and weekly recap highlights • Better project memory with revisit cues, next-try notes, and faster project actions • New session calendar plus clearer progress insights and cleaner charting • Upgraded session recaps with intent, feel, and simpler share exports • Better widgets and gym preset support, including Bouldering Hive and Pie Scale • Starting a session now continues your streak automatically without needing a separate check-in

Screenshots

Boulder Log4 screens
Topout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Topout at every 3 days against Boulder Log's every 11 days. Boulder Log's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

Boulder Log ships an update every 11 days, Topout every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Boulder Log versus Topout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulder LogTopout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMAXWELL WILLIAM LEMASTERSSamuel Jedidiah Uy

In-app purchases

None

Boulder Log

No in-app purchases

None

Topout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boulder Log free?
Boulder Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Topout free?
Topout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boulder Log or Topout have ads?
Neither Boulder Log nor Topout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boulder Log or Topout?
Boulder Log ships an update every 11 days, and Topout every 3 days. Most recently, Boulder Log was updated on October 31, 2026 and Topout on October 31, 2026.

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