Comparison

Vertical vs Boulder Scoring

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Boulder Scoring

This application facilitates live scoring for bouldering competitions. It supports various common competition formats, eliminating the need for manual score tabulation. Set up your event and manage scores seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Live scoring for bouldering competitions
  • Supports common competition formats
  • Eliminates manual score tabulation
  • Easy competition setup
  • Real-time score updates
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Running a bouldering competition shouldn't mean drowning in paper scorecards and spreadsheets. BoulderScoring is the competition management app built specifically for climbing gyms and comp organizers — so you can focus on the event, not the math. Set up in minutes. Create your comp, configure categories, assign boulders, and share a password with your climbers. That's it. No complicated setup, no IT required. Real-time scoring, live leaderboards. Scores update the moment they're entered. Climbers, coaches, and spectators can follow standings live on any device — no refreshing, no waiting. Self-entry or judge mode — your call. Let climbers log their own sends on their phones, or assign judges to boulders for formal competitions where accuracy matters. Both modes work together seamlessly. Flexible enough for many formats. Points-based scoring with tops, zones, and attempt penalties. Redpoint scoring with custom boulder values. Tops-only. Flash bonuses. Configure it to match your comp exactly. Built for real gyms. Separate categories by gender, age, and skill level. Assign different boulder sets to different divisions. Run team competitions alongside individual results. Export final standings when it's done. BoulderScoring is free to use. No subscriptions, no per-event fees — just a better way to run your comp.

Screenshots

Vertical4 screens
Boulder Scoring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boulder Scoring at 100% against Vertical's 23%. Boulder Scoring also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Vertical's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vertical sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Boulder Scoring asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boulder Scoring holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vertical has 46 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Vertical's written reviews are positive against 100% of Boulder Scoring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vertical ships an update every 8 days, Boulder Scoring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Vertical versus Boulder Scoring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerticalBoulder Scoring
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (46 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVertical-Life srlGraf x Apps LLC

Customer experience

Vertical

All ratings46 ratings
Positive34.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative58.7%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative67.1%

Boulder Scoring

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Vertical

Subscriptions4
  • Outdoor (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Training (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Month)$8.991 Month
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  • Friends (1 Month)$14.991 Month
None

Boulder Scoring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vertical free?
Vertical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boulder Scoring free?
Boulder Scoring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vertical or Boulder Scoring?
Boulder Scoring is rated higher. Vertical averages 2.7 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Boulder Scoring averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Vertical or Boulder Scoring have ads?
Vertical shows ads; Boulder Scoring does not.
Which is updated more often, Vertical or Boulder Scoring?
Vertical ships an update every 8 days, and Boulder Scoring every 2 weeks. Most recently, Vertical was updated on September 1, 2026 and Boulder Scoring on September 11, 2026.

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