The Climbing Works
V5 · The last move finally went
Sent
Bouldering
Hip in, then lock it off instead of throwing. Went second go.
The complete climbing platform
Climb better.
Together.
Chalkboard is one place for your climbing: log a session in about a minute, train with a plan, set problems on your own spray wall and ask climbers at your gym for beta.
Logging and the Community are free. Chalkboard Pro (£4 a month) adds training plans, guided sessions, full stats and spray walls. Free and Pro compared
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- UK climbing gyms in the directory, each with its own page
- 304
- Every boulder grade, logged in a few taps
- V0 to V17
- Languages, from English to 日本語
- 8
- To log sessions, post and ask for beta
- Free
Climbing sessionToday
- V6Crimp4 attemptsLeft heel on the lip
- V5OverhangFlash
- V4Slab2 attempts
Logged session · 2026-10-03
9 climbs · 6 sends · 1 flash · Hardest V6 · 80 min
New hardest logged send
Sessions and progress
Your climbing life in one place.
Every session, send and training block adds up. Log it at the wall and watch the pyramid fill in underneath your hardest grade.
- Log it between attempts
- Grade, style, attempts or a flash, a note and a photo. A session takes about a minute.
- The training around it
- Strength sessions with about 200 exercises, from weighted pull-ups to antagonist work.
- You decide what is shared
- Your log is yours. Every session has a share switch, and posting to the Community is always your choice.
What the climbing logbook records
Grade pyramid
Example · Chalkboard Pro
- Sessions
- 14
- Sends
- 22
- Hardest
- V7
- Sessions (90 days)
- 31
- Sends (90 days)
- 212
- Flash rate
- 28%
- Hardest send
- V6
Weekly activity
32 sessions in the last 12 weeks
Training
Stronger fingers, on purpose.
When climbing more stops being enough, Chalkboard Pro adds structure: guided finger and power sessions, plans that progress with you, and the numbers to prove it is working.
Hangboard max hangs
Seven second hangs, three minute rests and a timer that runs the session. When every set is close to your limit, it suggests a smaller edge or more weight.
Campus board sessions
Log each attempt and get a power score, so you can see whether you are getting more explosive.
Training plans
Multi-week plans for strength, hypertrophy and endurance, at beginner and intermediate levels.
Full stats
Grade pyramid, weekly trends, personal bests with estimated one-rep max, finger strength and campus power.
How to get Chalkboard Pro
Logging, the Community, gyms and groups are free. Pro is an optional subscription you start in the Chalkboard app for iPhone or Android. Apple or Google handles the payment and shows you the price before you confirm.
How training worksCompare free and Pro
The mobile apps are on the way. Get notified when they launch.
4
Hang
Set 3 of 5
20 mm edge · +10 kg
7 second hangs, 3 minute rests
PauseSpray walls
Your wall. Your problems.
A spray wall has hundreds of problems in it and no record of any of them. Photograph the wall, mark the holds and Chalkboard remembers every climb you set and every attempt you make.
Mark the holds on a photo
Tap a hold, drag the ring into place and label it start, hand, foot or finish.
Keep every problem
Name it, grade it and find it again next session. Projects keep your private notes.
Log the work
Record attempts by date. A send is filed as a flash, a send or a repeat for you.
Spray walls are part of Chalkboard Pro and run in the iPhone and Android apps.
How spray walls workV4 · Left to the lip
Project3 attemptsHome wall
Beta Help
Stuck? Show us the attempt.
Film the move that keeps spitting you off. Climbers who have been there tell you what to change. Then you go back and send it.
- Attempt
- Ask
- Advice
- Retry
- Send
Post the attempt
A clip, the grade and where you come off
@jonah_wMondayBeta help V4 · Feet cut every time on the roof
Open for advice
Get beta
From climbers who have done the move
Advice
@sam.bouldersBeta Help · helped 12 climbersYour hips are square to the wall. Turn the left one in before you reach and the feet stay on.
Helpful to the request author
@imogen.kThere is a toe hook on the lip for your right foot. Easy to miss from below.
Offer advice on this attempt…
Try again
Add a retry and show what changed
Retry 1
Wednesday
Turned the hip in like Sam said. Feet stayed on. Fell matching the lip.
Compare with initial attempt
Send it
Mark it sent and say what worked
@jonah_wFridayBeta help V4 · Feet cut every time on the roof
Sent
Left hip in, right toe hook on the lip, then match. Went first go today. Thanks both.
Allez 237 comments
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Good beta gets noticed. When the climber who asked marks your advice as helpful, it counts towards your Beta Help reputation. Followers and post counts earn nothing.
Open Beta HelpExample request. Usernames and climbs are illustrative. How Beta Help works
Community
Climbers, talking climbing.
Sends, sessions, questions and the projects that won't go. Follow the people you climb with and give an Allez when someone tops out.
The Newsroom
V4 · Feet cut every time on the roof
I get to the lip and my feet swing off before I can match. Where should my hips be?
Open for advice
Bouldering
Yonder
Tuesday volume night
Kept it steady and flashed the new blue on the slab.
Logged session · 2026-09-29
14 climbs · 11 sends · 3 flashes · Hardest V5 · 95 min
V5 × 1 · V4 × 4 · V3 × 6
Half crimp or open hand for max hangs?
Open hand feels kinder on my fingers but my numbers have stalled. What worked for you?
Resole or replace?
The toe rand on my left shoe is just starting to go. Is it too late for a resole?
Alien Bloc
V3 · Foot swap near the top of the slab
I freeze on the swap and step off every time. Is there a hand I am missing?
Open for advice
Bouldering
The Climbing Works
V5 · First of the grade
Six sessions, one split tip and a lot of advice from this lot. It went this morning.
Logged session · 2026-10-03
9 climbs · 6 sends · Hardest V5 · 80 min
New hardest logged send
Dry rock at Burbage on Saturday?
Forecast looks good. Anyone heading out? I have two pads and space in the car.
Depot Climbing Manchester
V6 · Sloper traverse on the comp wall
Could not hold the swing on the third sloper.
Sent
Bouldering
Thumb catch on the second sloper and keep the hips low. Thanks @imogen.k.
Boulder Brighton
Morning crew, same time Thursday?
Best session in weeks. Thanks for the spots and the heckling.
Back after six weeks off
Finger felt fine. Kept it to easy volume and left wanting more.
Logged session · 2026-10-01
10 climbs · 10 sends · Hardest V3 · 60 min
- Beta help
- Progress
- Training
- Outdoor
- Gear
- General
- Everyone, or just your people
- Read the whole Community or switch to Following for the climbers you care about.
- Show the climb, not just the grade
- Add up to four photos or clips, tag your gym, and attach the session you logged.
Gyms and your local scene
Your gym. Your community.
304 climbing walls in 191 UK towns and cities each have a page and a community of their own, whether or not the gym has claimed it yet.
- Make it your home gym
- Posts, Beta Help and shared sessions from your wall, at the top of your Community.
- Ask the people who know the set
- Tag a beta request to your gym and it reaches climbers who have been on the same problem.
- See who climbs there
- Find and follow locals. Only climbers who choose to show their home gym are listed.
Bradford
The Climbing Hub
The Climbing Hub is a bouldering and roped climbing gym in Bradford.
- Bouldering
- Top rope
- Lead
- Auto belays
- Training boards
2 people you follow climb here
Post hereAsk for beta here
Latest posts
@hana.bBeta help
V3 · Where do the feet go on the arete?
Open for advice
In the directory
- The Climbing WorksSheffield
- YonderLondon
- The NewsroomGlasgow
- Boulder BrightonBrighton
- Depot Climbing ManchesterManchester
- Alien BlocEdinburgh
- Boulders Newport RoadCardiff
- BoulderWorld BelfastBelfast
- The Castle Climbing CentreLondon
- The Climbing Hangar Liverpool NorthLiverpool
- The MothershipBristol
- Big Depot LeedsLeeds
- Beacon Climbing CentreCaernarfon
- Newcastle Climbing CentreNewcastle upon Tyne
- Redpoint BirminghamBirmingham
- Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA Ratho)Edinburgh
- The FoundrySheffield
- VauxWall EastLondon
- Rainbow Rocket NorthCambridge
- Transition ExtremeAberdeen
- Freeklime YorkYork
- Dynamic RockSwansea
Groups
Your crew has a home.
Local crews, university clubs, outdoor regulars and training partners. Open groups anyone can join, and private ones where a moderator lets you in.
Public group
Peak Weekenders
Lifts, pads and conditions for gritstone weekends.
86 members
Public group
Thursday Board Club
Forty degrees, same time every week. All grades welcome.
41 members
Private
City Uni Climbing Club
Term-time socials, comps and the minibus list.
132 members
Public group
Dawn Patrol
Before-work sessions. Coffee after.
23 members
Example groups.
Browse groups
Public group
Peak Weekenders
PinnedAnnouncement
@col_on_gritOrganiser
Saturday is on. Meet at 9 by the car park.
Bring a brush and a warm layer. Pads are sorted.
Allez 1411 comments
Event · Peak Weekenders
Saturday outdoor meetup
- Starts
- Saturday, 09:00
- Meeting place
- Plantation car park, Stanage
- Places
- Capacity: 12
Events and challenges
Make a plan. Then go climbing.
Groups can set a meetup with a time, a place and RSVPs, or a shared goal that counts from the sessions you actually log.
Challenge · Complete sessions
Three sessions this month
2 of 3
Keep logging your activity
Challenge · Send a new V grade
Break into a new grade
1 of 1
Target reached in your log
Challenge · Climb at different gyms
Three gyms, one month
1 of 3
Keep logging your activity
Your profile
More than a logbook.
Your Chalkboard profile is your climbing identity: what you climb, where you climb, what you have sent and how you help other people send.
- What you climb and where
- Disciplines, grades and your home gym, next to the sessions and posts you have shared.
- Reputation you earn by helping
- Counted only when the climber who asked marks your beta as helpful. No leaderboards.
- You decide what is public
- Hide your home gym, stats or achievements whenever you like. Body measurements are always private.
Maya
@maya.sends
Member since March 2026
Boulderer. Slab apologist. Usually at the wall on Tuesdays.
The Climbing Works
- Bouldering
- Board climbing
- Sport
- Boulders V5
214 Followers·98 Following
Beta Help · helped 12 climbers
17 helpful requests
Climbing stats
- 64
- Sessions
- 412
- Sends
- V5
- Hardest
- 23
- Helpful
From shared sessions.
Achievements
- V-Standard
- The 1.5× Club
- Precision Engine
Discover
Find useful conversations, open Beta requests and people to climb with.
Open Beta request
Alien Bloc
V3 · Foot swap near the top of the slab
I freeze on the swap and step off every time. Is there a hand I am missing?
Open for advice
Bouldering
Climbers to follow
- @tessa.tSame public home gymFollow
- @arlo.sendsFollowed by a climber you followFollow
- @nina.vdShared climbing disciplineFollow
Public groups
Public group
Thursday Board Club
Forty degrees, same time every week. All grades welcome.
Discover
Find the good stuff.
A personalised For you feed, open beta requests and activity at your home gym. Find climbers to follow, groups to join, and events and challenges that fit your climbing interests. Switch to Trending to see conversations drawing the community in.
Make it yours. Choose private interests, use Not interested to shape your feed, or Reset personalisation to start fresh. Your follows, public gyms and recent public activity help you find relevant posts, with a reason shown for each one.
Open DiscoverFree and Pro
Free to climb. Pro when you want structure.
Logging and the Community are free, with no adverts and no time limit. Chalkboard Pro is an optional £4 a month for training plans, guided sessions, full stats and spray walls.
Free
Everything you need to log and join in
- Climbing logbook
- Strength log
- Logbook and weekly summary
- Interval and rest timers
- Community feed
- Beta Help
- Gym directory and gym communities
- Groups, events and challenges
- Athlete profile and follows
- Public forum
- Data export and account deletion
Chalkboard Pro · £4 a month
The free plan, plus structured training
- Training plans
- Multi-week strength, hypertrophy and endurance plans at beginner and intermediate levels.
- Guided hangboard sessions
- Max hangs with a session timer and a suggestion for the next edge or load.
- Campus board sessions
- Log each attempt and track a power score over time.
- Full stats
- Grade pyramid, weekly trends, personal bests, finger strength and campus power.
- Spray walls
- Map the holds on a wall photo, set problems and log attempts. iPhone and Android apps only.
Pro is bought in the iPhone or Android app and then works on the web too. Compare the plans in full.
Where to get it
One account, wherever you climb.
Sign up once. Your sessions, posts, groups and gym are the same on every device you open Chalkboard on.
Web app
Available now
Everything in the free plan, in the browser on your phone or laptop. Nothing to install, so you can log tonight's session tonight.
iPhone and Android
On the way
The apps are not in the App Store or Google Play yet. Leave your email and we will tell you the day they are.
Available in English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, 日本語, 한국어 and 中文.
Training guides
What is Chalkboard?
Chalkboard is the complete climbing platform for training, tracking, spray walls and community. You log climbing and strength sessions, follow training plans, set your own problems on spray walls, ask other climbers for beta, and join the community at your gym, in groups and at events.
Is Chalkboard free?
Yes. Logging climbs and strength sessions, history, the Community, Beta Help, gym communities, groups, events and challenges are all free. Chalkboard Pro is an optional subscription that adds training plans, hangboard and campus sessions, full stats and spray walls. Compare free and Pro.
How does Beta Help work?
Post a photo or a video of up to 60 seconds, say where you come off, and other climbers reply with advice. Mark the replies that helped, add a retry to show what changed, and mark the request as sent or resolved when you are done. You can add up to four photos or clips to a post or a retry. More about Beta Help.
What are spray walls in Chalkboard?
A spray wall is a wall covered in holds with no set routes. In the Chalkboard apps for iPhone and Android you photograph the wall, mark the holds and save problems you can grade and log. Spray walls are part of Chalkboard Pro. How spray walls work.
Is my gym on Chalkboard?
Search the gym directory to find out. Every listed gym has a page whether or not the gym has claimed it. We are building towards full UK coverage, and you can suggest a missing gym from inside the app.
I run a climbing gym. Can I manage our page?
Yes, and it is free. Open your gym's page from the directory and choose Claim this page. We check every claim with the gym before handing over the listing. Claiming a page never gives a gym access to climbers' data.
Who can see what I log?
You decide for each session. Sessions start private: every session has a Share on my profile switch, and it starts off unless you have chosen in your privacy settings to share new sessions. Posting a session to the Community is a separate step you take yourself. Your profile has its own privacy settings for your location, home gym, stats and achievements, and body measurements are never shown to anyone.
How much does Pro cost, and can I buy it on the web?
Chalkboard Pro is £4 a month in the UK. It is sold through the App Store and Google Play, so the store shows the exact price for your country before you confirm. It cannot be bought on the web, but once you subscribe it works there too. You can cancel any time in your store subscription settings.
When are the iPhone and Android apps coming?
Soon. We will share a date when the store listings are ready. Leave your email and we will tell you when they are live. In the meantime the web app has everything in the free plan.
Which grades can I log?
Boulders are logged on the V-scale, from V0 to V17.
Do you sell my data or show ads?
No. Chalkboard has no ads and we do not sell your data. Our privacy policy lists exactly what we store and why.
How do I delete my account?
In the app, open Settings and choose Delete account. This removes your account and all of your data. If you cannot sign in, email support@chalk-board.app from your account's email address. More about account deletion.
Come climb with us
There is room on the mat.
Bring your projects, your questions and your Tuesday night crew. 304 UK walls already have a community page on Chalkboard. Find your local wall in the directory.
Free account. No card needed. Works in your browser today.