Boulder Log vs Ascend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Ascend
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Level up your climbing with **Ascend**, the ultimate digital logbook built specifically for climbers. Whether you are projecting a tough outdoor route or training at your local bouldering gym, Ascend gives you the tools to track your progress, dial in your beta, and become a stronger climber. TRACK, ANALYZE AND IMPROVE - Log Every Session: Create detailed journal entries for your climbing days. Keep a record of which routes and boulders you tried, the ones you finally sent, and your overall training volume. - Visualize Your Progress: Stay motivated with beautiful, insightful statistics. Ascend features a dynamic training heat map and detailed charts tracking your highest grades so you can see exactly how your performance is trending over time. MASTER YOUR PROJECTS - The Ultimate Beta Book: Create dedicated profiles for your hardest climbs. Jot down your sequence using the text editor, or upload a photo of the wall and **draw your beta directly over the image**. - Integrated Journaling: Your projects are deeply tied to your daily logs. Every time you register an attempt in your journal, your project history is automatically updated, giving you a clear timeline of your progression. - Share Your Beta: Did a friend ask how you got past the crux? Easily export and share your project notes, photos, and drawn betas directly with your climbing partners. BUILT FOR THE CRAG - 100% Offline Support: Deep in the canyon with no cell service? No problem. Ascend works entirely offline, allowing you to log your sends and review your notes exactly when and where you need them. - Seamless iCloud Sync: The moment you are back online, your climbing data is safely backed up and synced across all your Apple devices via iCloud. Download now and start improving!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boulder Log at none against Ascend's 1. Boulder Log also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Ascend's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). 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
Both are free to download. Ascend sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Boulder Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boulder Log ships an update every 11 days, Ascend every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boulder Log | Ascend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAXWELL WILLIAM LEMASTERS | Rodrigo Schio Wengenroth Silva |
In-app purchases
Boulder Log
No in-app purchases
Ascend
- Unlimited$14.99





