Comparison

payFit vs BoulderBuilder

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

Head to head
About

payFit

Features
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payFit puts your own money behind the promise you keep breaking. You decide what a skipped day costs. You fund that amount up front. Every day you train, you take a photo — that clears the day and the money stays yours. Miss one, and it comes out of your balance. That's the whole product. No coach, no streak confetti, no leaderboard of strangers. HOW A DAY IS CLEARED Take a photo. At the gym, on the trail, in your front room — whatever you're doing. Nobody reviews it. You chose to put your own money up, so there is nobody to fool but yourself. Forgot to check in? Check in the next morning and the money comes straight back to your balance. THE MONEY IS YOURS You fund a balance in advance rather than handing over a card and hoping. A missed day comes out of that balance — so there is no surprise charge, nothing to decline, and nothing to dispute. Whatever is left is yours. Withdraw it at any time and it goes back to the card that funded it. WHAT IT NEVER DOES • Your check-in photos never leave your phone. Not uploaded, not reviewed, not added to your camera roll, and kept out of iCloud backups. • Nothing about a workout is ever sent anywhere. What payFit does report — how the app is used, never what you did in it — is spelled out in the privacy policy. • If you connect Apple Health, payFit reads workouts and nothing else. No heart rate, no steps, no sleep, no weight. • Nothing before the day you arm your stake can ever be charged. PAYFIT PRO — $10/MONTH • Days clear themselves. An Apple Watch or Health workout counts on its own, so the daily photo becomes optional. • Stake as little as $1 a day. Free starts at $5. • Earn a day back. Clear 7 days in a row and one missed day is returned to your balance. Free works on its own, forever. Pro is for people who want the chore gone. Questions: hello@payfit-app.com Privacy: https://payfit-app.com/privacy Terms: https://payfit-app.com/terms

About

BoulderBuilder

Log climbing sessions with detailed context like grade, result, and movement styles. Visualize your climbing performance with progress pyramids to identify strengths, weaknesses, and training priorities. Track your progress over time with style breakdowns and grade trends.

Highlights
  • Log climbs with grade, result, and notes
  • Build performance pyramids by grade
  • Track progress over time
  • Customize grade systems
  • Private by design, data stays on device
  • Career-wide V-scale view
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BoulderBuilder turns your climbing log into performance pyramids that make strengths, gaps, and progress easier to see. Keep the details from today's session and give your next one a clear goal. LOG CLIMBS WITH CONTEXT Record grades, results, attempts, dates, notes, and movement styles. Use quick session logging at the wall or add the details afterward. Track bouldering with V-grades or custom colors and grade ranges that match your gym. SEE YOUR PYRAMID GROW Build a pyramid for each gym and a career-wide view. Follow your activity, revisit session history, and set climbing goals. Archive a gym while keeping its history, then restore it when you return. START FREE Explore without an account. Free includes 20 logged climbs and one active gym, plus bouldering pyramids, activity, sessions, and goals. New setup climbs do not count toward the 20-climb allowance. Existing saved history remains available when you reach a limit or your subscription ends. CLIMB WITH FRIENDS Sign in with Apple and create a profile to use Friends. After your profile is approved, find friends by username or share an invite link or QR code. Accepted friends can see your approved posts and photos, like and comment, and send private climb challenges. Friends, comments, likes, and challenges are free; posting climb photos requires Pro. Profiles and shared posts, comments, and challenge descriptions are reviewed before others can see them. Your climbing log is not shared automatically: choose the climb details and photos to upload, with gym names optional. Report content, block users, or remove a friendship in the app. GO FURTHER WITH BOULDERBUILDER PRO • Unlimited logged climbs and active gyms. • Rope climbing alongside bouldering, with YDS and French grades. • Projects with attempt history, beta notes, and photos to revisit next session. • Career progression, send rate, flash rate, and climbing-style insights. • Grade Progress, weekly pyramid targets, climbing streaks, and weekly recaps. • Climb and progress share cards, plus photo posts for accepted friends. • Optional Apple Health sync for climbing workouts and estimated energy burned. • Optional weekly check-in reminders. Saved project history and existing photos remain readable if Pro expires. New project attempts, beta notes, and photos require Pro. YOUR LOG, YOUR CHOICE Your personal climbing log and unshared photos are stored on your device. Friends uses an online service for the profiles and content you choose to share. Optional Face ID or Touch ID helps protect access to the app. Account and data deletion is available in Settings. BoulderBuilder Pro offers monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/terms Privacy Policy: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/privacy

Screenshots

payFit4 screens
BoulderBuilder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: payFit at none against BoulderBuilder's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. payFit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $10.00 per month and BoulderBuilder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

payFit ships an update every 5 days, BoulderBuilder every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
payFit versus BoulderBuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpayFitBoulderBuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan CrinquandKEYAN AZBIJARI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

payFit

Subscriptions1
  • payFit Pro$10.001 Month
2 purchases

BoulderBuilder

Subscriptions2
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is payFit free?
payFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoulderBuilder free?
BoulderBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do payFit or BoulderBuilder have ads?
BoulderBuilder shows ads; payFit does not.
Which is updated more often, payFit or BoulderBuilder?
payFit ships an update every 5 days, and BoulderBuilder every 8 days. Most recently, payFit was updated on October 31, 2026 and BoulderBuilder on October 31, 2026.

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