Comparison

Boulder Trainer vs Fingy

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

Head to head
About

Boulder Trainer

Create personalized training routines for climbing and bouldering. Features voice instructions, training reminders, and the ability to save and share your workout plans. Supports over 70 preset fingerboards and allows custom exercise creation for efficient progress.

Highlights
  • Custom workout creation
  • Voice instructions for timing
  • Save and share training plans
  • Training reminders
  • Over 70 preset fingerboards
  • Manage multiple plans
Features
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Boulder Trainer is the training app for your hangboard: 90 boards are built in, you build your own plans in minutes, and a voice tells you when to hang and when to rest - on iPhone or straight from your Apple Watch. Get started right away: 90 common training boards are included with high-resolution artwork. Pick your board, download a ready-made plan or build your own. No account needed, everything works offline. Training + Custom training plans with sets, hang times and rest times + Download ready-made plans and shared community plans - free + Voice cues and signal tones so you never have to look at the screen + Exercise library with photos: hangboard, floor, gym (with weight), prehab + Training reminder every 2, 3, 5 or 7 days Apple Watch + Browse plans on your wrist and start the session from there + Haptic feedback on every change + Recorded as a workout in Apple Health incl. heart rate and activity rings Keep the habit + Habits (daily or with a counter), up to 3 reminders per day + Streaks with celebration moments when you keep the run alive + 31 achievements in four categories + Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center toggle, check off right in the widget Your board is missing? Just photograph it: cut it out, align it, number the holes - done. Or write me: support@boulder-trainer.com Your data + iCloud sync across your devices, no sign-up + Works fully offline + iPhone and iPad These 90 boards are built in: + Metolius: Project, Wood Grips Compact, Wood Grips II Compact, Wood Grips II Deluxe, Wood Grips Training, Contact, Simulator 3D, Rock Rings, Foundry, Campus Blocks, Campus Rungs, Lite Rail, Prime Rib + Beastmaker: 1000, 2000 + So iLL: Blister, Wood Blister, Reaper, Iron Palm, Mini Palm, SlopeyMon, Boost, Remedy, Hangers, All Chalk No Action + Antworks: Power Ant Mini, Strong Ant 1, Strong Ant 2, Strong Ant 2 (old version), Strong Ant 3, Strong Ant 4 Solo + Moon Climbing: Fingerboard, Phat Boy + Tension: Flash Board, Grindstone, Grindstone Pro, Grindstone Mk2 + Crusher Holds: Matrix, Faceon, Megarail, Mission Portable + Kraxl: Classic, Portable, Rock, Xtrem + ERZI: small, medium, large, campus + MAX CLIMBING: MAX CLIMBING, Spinch Solo Easy, Spinch Solo Hard, Spinchboard Easy, Spinchboard Hard + EPUSA / Entre Prises: Kineboard, Hang Time, Training Board + Trango: Rock Prodigy, Rock Prodigy Forge + Eva López: Progression, Transgression + Problemsolver: Hanzo, Trainingsboard + DRCC: V3 Hangboard, V5-12 Hangboard + Vola: Hangboard, Pinch / Sloper + ALPIDEX: PRO 2.0, Large + Nicros: Ultimate, Warrior + Dein Klettershop: EVOLUTION, BB Sport Pro + Single boards: Bergfreunde Flash, Core Fingerboard, OCUN Fingerboard, Ascender X8, Wataaah Transformer Starr, Sic Grips Pocket Rock, Crimpmonster, Captain Fingerfood, Griptonite smartrock, PUC II Domini, Decathlon Ballsy, Kraxel To Go, Danger BuddyBoard, Revolution Grillito, Clevo, Frictitious Megalith, OK Board Crag Developer statement: When I bought my first fingerboard there was no reasonable guide for training on it. That is why I built Boulder Trainer. Please keep in mind: there is no company behind this app, just a small private project. Like Boulder Trainer on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BoulderTrainer Boulder Trainer Pro (subscription / one-time purchase): Starting workouts, habit check-ins and the achievements page require Boulder Trainer Pro - as a weekly subscription, yearly subscription or lifetime one-time purchase. Creating plans, setting up boards and sharing stay free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage and cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. If you bought the app in the past, training stays free for you and you get exclusive loyalty pricing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app-bis-web.de/datenschutz/

About

Fingy

This app provides climbers with a comprehensive hangboard training experience. It offers vocal guidance, detailed progress statistics, pre-made exercises from professionals, and a tool to create your own training routines. Track your performance against the community and share your custom workouts.

Highlights
  • Vocal guidance for hands-free training
  • Detailed progress statistics
  • Exercises created by top climbers
  • Custom exercise creator
  • Community performance comparison
  • Supports a wide range of hangboards
Features
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Fingy contains everything a climber needs for training on hangboards. Vocal guidance, progress statistics, exercises made by top climbers and an exercise creator. Guidance Vocal instructions and sequence countdown allow you to fully concentrate on your practice, while the screen stays simple and clear. If interrupted by different apps or notifications, the ongoing training will pause automatically and allow you to continue where you dropped off. Statistics Fingy´s unrivaled statistics take you to the next level. Based on age or gender, Fingy is able to present gained data in context of the community. Complex overview of your finished training sequences and related data merge with your training diary - your own noted comments. Training Repository Download the training sequences you like or create your own in minutes. Our collection of training sessions is large, there are many levels of difficulty and it is really easy to orientate oneself in the repository. Whether you find or create the perfect sequence for you, share it - privately or with the whole community. Supported Boards • Balkna Summit • Beastmaker 1000 • Beastmaker 2000 • Crusher Megarail • eGUrre Hangboard • Kraxlboard Rock • Linebreaker BASE • Metolius Project • Metolius Simulator 3D • Strong Ant III • Power Ant Mini • Unlimited Board • WhiteOak Hangboard • WhiteOak Portable • WOOD BOARD • WOOD BOARD hobby • WOOD BOARD profi • Wood Grips Compact II • Wood Grips Deluxe II • Workshop 19/50 Ergo • Zlagboard Pro 2.0 • 2Climb Crimp Travel • 2Climb Crux • 2Climb Gamechanger ...and more are coming. Cannot see your board on the list? Let us know at support@fingy.app. Would you like to become a fingy climber too? Strengthen your grip anywhere you mount your hangboard - and take your phone. Fingy will help you get a bit closer.

Screenshots

Boulder Trainer4 screens
Fingy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Boulder Trainer at Free against Fingy's $2.99. Boulder Trainer also leads on ratings volume (859 vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Fingy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

Boulder Trainer is free to download; Fingy costs $2.99 up front. Boulder Trainer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Fingy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Boulder Trainer against 4.5 for Fingy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boulder Trainer has 859 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Boulder Trainer's written reviews are positive against 77% of Fingy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boulder Trainer ships an update every 3 days, Fingy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Boulder Trainer versus Fingy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulder TrainerFingy
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (859 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings859 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan LutherforCandies s.r.o.

Customer experience

Boulder Trainer

All ratings860 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive70.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative22.3%

Fingy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%

Bugs and requests

Boulder Trainer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cannot change hangboard selection
  • Preset workouts don't match selected hangboard
  • Registration/account creation issues
  • Frequent crashes and connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to log/track workout history
  • Integration with fitness apps (Apple Health, Strava)
  • Ability to upload custom hangboard profiles
  • More advanced training plans and recommendations
  • Option to play music in background during workouts

Fingy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Boulder Trainer

Subscriptions4
  • Boulder Pro — Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Boulder Pro Loyalty — Week$1.997 Days
  • Boulder Pro Loyalty — Year$11.991 Year
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  • Boulder Trainer Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Boulder Pro Loyalty Lifetime$24.99
  • Boulder Pro — Lifetime$39.99
None

Fingy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boulder Trainer free?
Boulder Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fingy free?
Fingy costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boulder Trainer or Fingy?
Boulder Trainer is rated higher. Boulder Trainer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 859 ratings, while Fingy averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Boulder Trainer or Fingy have ads?
Neither Boulder Trainer nor Fingy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boulder Trainer or Fingy?
Boulder Trainer ships an update every 3 days, and Fingy weekly. Most recently, Boulder Trainer was updated on October 26, 2026 and Fingy on October 25, 2026.

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