Boulder Log vs Callus
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.
Callus
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Callus is a climbing training log for climbers who train with intention. Log hangboard work, pull strength, sends and attempts, and project sessions — then read your season on a map-inspired dashboard. LOG WHAT MATTERS • Hangboard — edge depth, load, sets, hang time, and session quality • Pull strength — weighted work and bodyweight reps with automatic % bodyweight • Climbing — grades, sends, attempts, session counts, and optional project links • Notes and custom entries for mobility, rehab, or anything else in your plan SEE YOUR TRAINING • Home — PRs, latest send, training mix, and recent volume • Stats — hangboard peaks by edge and pull strength summaries • Charts — grade progression and session trends over time • Path — goal-grade benchmarks, weakness radar, and waypoints • Projects — linked sessions with automatic send detection CLIMB WITH YOUR CREW (optional) • Find real climbing gyms and crags near you on a map styled like a topo sheet • Plant a flag to show your crew where you're headed — and see who else is out • A shared calendar of check-ins, plus crew and per-gym session chat • Private by design — only your crew sees your flags. Create or join a crew with a code or QR, and leave anytime — Callus Membership is an auto-renewing subscription: $2.99/month after a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRkVWIjRbIyry7lHSvzjYGMnBEx6eMRqniZVhvFGLrbkQpQGmCLKRaIWvss8jzbGIQwMhvS7MEDrIho/pub
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boulder Log at none against Callus's 1. Boulder Log also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Callus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Boulder Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boulder Log ships an update every 11 days, Callus every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Boulder Log | Callus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAXWELL WILLIAM LEMASTERS | Phong Davis Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Boulder Log
No in-app purchases
Callus
- Callus Membership7 Days trial$2.991 Month








