Vertical vs Boolder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertical
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for both outdoor and indoor climbing. Log your ascents, discover new routes and crags worldwide, and access gym topos. It also offers personalized training plans and community features to connect with other climbers.
- Outdoor and indoor climbing route discovery
- Digital climbing guidebooks
- Logbook for climbs and memories
- Personalized training plans
- Gym and global climbing challenges
- Community features and friend connections
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Built by Climbers for Climbers: Vertical-Life is Your Climbing Guide for Outdoor and Indoor Climbing. Keep a log of your climbs and favorite memories, access local beta, and dream about your next adventure. Start exploring new climbing spots and get inspired! CLIMB OUTDOOR: Find sport climbing, bouldering and multi-pitch routes. Hundreds of digital climbing guidebooks available online and offline. Discover routes and boulders, featured on a worldwide map. Authored by local experts, our crags and climbing topos are continuously updated. We support local developers with a portion of our revenue. CLIMB INDOOR: Follow your home gym. Enjoy free access to gym topos and view rankings. Get updates on new routes, log your ascents and connect with climbers in your area. GET PERSONALIZED TRAINING: Enjoy customized training plans by professional coaches. Tailored to your level, our plans align with your gym's routes and boulders. Also, explore our free, single-day workouts to spice up your gym sessions. JOIN CHALLENGES & COMPETITIONS: Gym and global challenges are the perfect motivation boost. Move up the ranking ladder, reach new goals, unlock achievements, and win exciting prizes! FIND FRIENDS & COMMUNITY: Join a global network of climbers. Follow friends, share your successes, encourage your peers, and climb as a team for your local gym. ACCESS FROM THE WEB: Find your synced logbook and profile on https://www.vertical-life.info. Discover daily climbing news and a community-built route database with millions of ascents and insightful comments on Vertical-Life Web. GET MORE WITH PREMIUM: Premium unlocks all outdoor content in the app and gives you the digital convenience of having topos, additional beta, training plans, parking navigation and digital maps, in your pocket, online and offline. - All guidebooks available on your phone - Millions of ascents and comments for the best beta - GPS navigation to crags - Detailed map, with precise topos and route information Learn more: https://www.vertical-life.info/premium Terms of Use: https://www.vertical-life.info/en/pages/legal
Boolder
Discover bouldering routes in Fontainebleau with this comprehensive guide. Features a GPS-enabled map with topo photos to find boulders suited to your skill level across over 80 areas. Save your ascents and favorite problems, with offline access for uninterrupted exploration.
- GPS-enabled map
- Topo photos
- Over 80 bouldering areas
- Save ascents and favorites
- Offline mode
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Boolder is the perfect guide to enjoy bouldering in Fontainebleau. It's a breeze to find boulders that are suited for you thanks to the map with GPS and topo photos. More than 80 areas are available, for all levels: Franchard Isatis, Cuvier, Apremont, Rocher Canon, Cul de Chien, 95.2, La Roche aux Sabots, .... Other features: • Save your ascents and your favorite problems • Offline mode: you don’t need any internet connection to enjoy the app Boolder Premium: yearly auto-renewable subscription, cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://www.boolder.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.boolder.com/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boolder at 96% against Vertical's 23%. Boolder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). Vertical's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Vertical sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month and Boolder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Boolder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Vertical's written reviews are positive against 96% of Boolder's.
Vertical ships an update every 8 days, Boolder fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Vertical | Boolder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertical-Life srl | Ivann, Pascal, Nikola MORICE |
Customer experience
Vertical
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In-app purchases
Vertical
- Premium (1 Month)$8.991 Month
Boolder
- Boolder Premium (1 year)$12.991 Year
