BoulderBuilder vs IRLXP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
IRLXP
Transform your daily habits into an engaging RPG experience. Earn experience points for completing tasks and achieving goals, leveling up your character and unlocking new gear. Integrate with Apple Health for automatic tracking of workouts and sleep.
- RPG character leveling
- Habit tracking with XP
- Apple Health integration
- To-do list functionality
- Friend duels and leaderboards
- Customizable skills and gear
- Offline functionality
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IRLXP is the habit tracker that lets you level up in real life. Tap a habit when you do it, or let Apple Health log your workouts, walks and 7+ hour nights for you. Every bit of XP levels up your RPG character and unlocks new gear. TRACK HABITS IN ONE TAP • Pick your character, skin tone and name, and start with a ready-made set of habits in seconds • Tap a habit when you do it to earn XP; slips cost XP, so bad habits hurt • Add amounts and notes: minutes trained, pages read, hours of deep work • A streak counter, a daily reminder at the time you pick, and a streak alert before a streak ends LEVEL UP FOUR SKILLS • Health, Wealth, Happiness and Intelligence each have their own Skill Level, and together they drive your character level • Rename, recolor, reorder or add your own skills, habits and XP values • Character Stats: daily and weekly charts and where your XP came from, plus a weekly recap you can share APPLE HEALTH (OPTIONAL) • Turn on Apple Health in Settings and your workouts, walking and 7+ hour nights add XP to your Health skill automatically, even while IRLXP is closed • Read-only: IRLXP never writes to Apple Health, and Health data is never used for ads TASKS THAT PAY XP • A to-do list where every finished task earns XP, with due dates, repeats and steps • Quick templates for chores, errands and health, and an optional Apple Reminders import APPLE WATCH • Log habits and check off tasks from your wrist, with one-tap undo • Watch face complications show your level, or the next piece of gear you'll unlock WIDGETS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your level and log a habit with one tap (iOS 17 or later) EARN GEAR AS YOU GO • Seven gear tiers to unlock piece by piece: Wood, Metal, Cobalt, Emerald, Sapphire, Infernal and Eternal • A legendary set for big milestones in each skill, a streak set and Bows for sharing • Gear: equip what you like and preview gear before you earn it • Wear the full Eternal set for a glowing aura DUEL YOUR FRIENDS • Challenge a friend and your last 7 days of habits fight for you, with combos, critical hits and a replay • A weekly leaderboard with everyone's character card • Add friends by name, invite link or QR code, and choose who can see what you log • Share your holographic character card anywhere MAKE IT YOURS • Four looks: Glass, Light, Gray and Dark • A Coin Shop with real-life rewards you set yourself, paid for with coins from your XP • Works offline. A free account backs up and syncs across your iPhone, iPad and the web at irl-xp.com Free, with no ads and no tracking. Your log stays private unless you share it with a friend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IRLXP at none against BoulderBuilder's 2. IRLXP also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). On price, rating and review sentiment 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. BoulderBuilder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. IRLXP asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BoulderBuilder against 5.0 for IRLXP. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BoulderBuilder ships an update every 8 days, IRLXP daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | BoulderBuilder | IRLXP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | KEYAN AZBIJARI | ZACHARY GACCIONE |
Customer experience
BoulderBuilder
IRLXP
In-app purchases
BoulderBuilder
- BoulderBuilder Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- BoulderBuilder Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
IRLXP
No in-app purchases









