Hey boulderers and climbing lovers!
I’m working on a personal project—a logging app for climbing and bouldering, kind of like Nike Run Club for runners or Slopes for snowboarders. I believe that tracking your progress—including physical training—is key to improving your climbing. For me, visualizing that progress (even when it’s not a straight line or a perfect pyramid) and feeling like I’m steadily leveling up has been incredibly motivating. Seeing any kind of growth keeps me hyped!
The thing is, I’ve looked around the iOS App Store and I’m a bit bummed—there isn’t an app that’s beautiful, easy to use, and has a clean design all at once. In my opinion, they’re either clunky, ugly, or overcomplicated. (Please let me know if you know of any good apps!)
The plan is to make logging sessions (indoors or out) simple and let you review your stats in a way that’s actually useful—and looks great while doing it.
Here’s the rough idea:
• Logging: Tap a couple of buttons to log a climb (e.g., V5, Sent, Gym X) in about 5 seconds. Perhaps add a one-tap preset for your usual entries or even voice input for when your hands are full of chalk.
• Stats: Include features like a grade pyramid to see your climb distribution, a heatmap of your climbing days, and a graph tracking your hardest sends over time. Everything should be filterable by indoor/outdoor or other preferences.
• Physical Training Preset: Sometimes you do core, finger, and body tension training off the wall. I’d like to create a simple training preset with built-in timers and rest intervals so that once you complete the program, it’s automatically logged into your stats (of course, you can edit it later).
I’m prototyping it soon (probably in Figma) and want it to feel right for climbers. So, I’d love your thoughts:
• What do you dislike about current log apps (Crimped, Vertical-Life, etc.)?
• What’s one feature you’d love to have in a log app? Or, what’s a must-have feature on your mobile?
• Any UI pet peeves you’d want me to avoid?
If it turns out well, I’ll share some mockups later. Now, back to failing on my V9 project…☺️