u/erinnod

Hello! I have been building a bouldering tracker for a while and it's finally live on iOS. It's called Talus.

You tap your sends and tries per grade and it builds your pyramid and stats without the faff. Free. Would love a few of you to log a session with it and let me know how you find it.

Im a solo dev so my main focus is community building, getting people to shape the app themselves with a suggestion box feature.

My biggest thing with apps is inside ads (has none) and not being able to easily suggest ideas and improvements - both of these I've solved!

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779186802

Im a climber and I'm a bit obsessed with seeing whether I'm actually improving or just feeling like I am. I've tried spreadsheets, the Notes app, gym apps that only count check-ins - none of it really showed me progress in a way that meant anything.

I'm a developer, so I ended up building my own bouldering tracker, log climbs in two taps, see your grade pyramid and send rate over time, works offline so it doesn't die at the crag, and your data stays yours (no selling it on, accounts are private). It's in beta.

But honestly I'm posting because I want to know how you do it:
- Do you track at all, and if so how?
- What would actually be useful to see - beyond "you climbed today"?

If anyone wants to try the beta and tell me where it falls short, I'll happily share it (comment or DM). No pressure - mostly here for the answers.

I've attached an image of the home screen for reference.

https://preview.redd.it/3pdqkj4f788h1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a7caf58e9cfa8dbadf50b777d868740ace8d683

I'm a developer and I climb (mostly indoor, getting out on real rock when I can). For ages I've tracked sessions in a mix of my Notes app, a half-dead spreadsheet, and memory - and it always fell apart the moment I was somewhere with no signal, which outdoors is most of the time.


So I built the thing I wanted: a bouldering app that logs climbs in a couple of taps, saves everything to your phone first and syncs later (so no signal isn't a problem), and shows you actual progress - grade pyramid, send rate, that kind of thing — instead of generic fitness-app numbers. It also has a map for finding boulders and crags nearby.


It's in TestFlight beta right now and I'm genuinely after feedback, not downloads - I want to know what's missing, what's annoying, and whether the stats are the ones you actually care about.


Two real questions for this sub:
- What do you currently use to log sessions, and what do you hate about it?
- For those who climb outside — how do you find new spots, and would offline maps actually be useful or is that just me?


Happy to share a TestFlight link with anyone who wants to poke at it (drop a comment or DM) - but mostly I want to hear how you all track your climbing.

Building a climbing tracker app, launching on iOS soon. First time doing a consumer app and I’ve got no budget for marketing.

TikTok’s been my best channel so far and I’ve got a waitlist going. There’s also a community map of crags and gyms in the app that I’ve been using to pull people in.

a few things I’m stuck on:
Getting waitlist people to actually download on launch day. Obviously signups don’t just convert themselves. If you’ve done a waitlist before what actually got people to download? Was it just the launch email or did something else do the work?

I was thinking of focusing on places climbers already hang out (Reddit, uni clubs, small climbing creators) instead of trying to be everywhere. Is that the right move this early or am I missing easy wins?

For launch day I was gonna do the waitlist email, Reddit, creator shoutouts and Product Hunt all on the same day. Too much at once or is it better to concentrate it?

Mostly just want to hear from anyone who’s launched a niche app with no budget what would you do first and what was a waste of time?