Comparison

Vertical vs OpenEventor

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

OpenEventor

Features
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OpenEventor is a fast, fully offline timing app for orienteering and endurance sports — running, cycling, skiing, trail, triathlon and more. Run an entire event from your iPhone or iPad — no internet, no account, no cloud. • Live split monitor — punches appear in real time, sorted by finish, with per-leg times. • Works with timing systems (SPORTident-style and OSTIS LOOP) over your local network. • No timing box? Capture finishes by hand with a single tap and match bib numbers later. • Instant results and start protocols, generated on the fly and exported to PDF. • Groups, courses and control points — including parent groups for combined standings. • Built-in problem resolver flags card collisions, broken control order, missing punches and more. • Import competitor lists; everything is stored locally in a single portable file you can back up or share. OpenEventor never collects your data. There is no sign-up and nothing leaves your device unless you choose to export or send it. Built for organisers of small trainings and full competitions alike.

Screenshots

Vertical4 screens
OpenEventor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenEventor at none against Vertical's 1. OpenEventor also leads on ads (none vs shown). Vertical's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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. Vertical sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. OpenEventor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vertical versus OpenEventor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerticalOpenEventor
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVertical-Life srlAndrey Surzhikov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vertical

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Month)$8.991 Month
None

OpenEventor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vertical free?
Vertical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenEventor free?
OpenEventor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vertical or OpenEventor have ads?
Vertical shows ads; OpenEventor does not.

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