A climbing journal that works wherever you climb.
It doesn't need your gym to be a partner or your crag to be in a database. Your sessions live on your phone and work with no signal at all.
Why Chalky
Every other climbing app forces a trade-off. I didn't want to make one.
Community-DB apps
theCrag, Mountain Project, 8a.nu
Your log only works at venues already in their database. Public-by-default.
Gym-partnered apps
KAYA, Sloper, Stokt
Useless outside their gym network. A walled garden.
Training apps
Crimpd, Lattice, Hooper’s Beta
Built for hangboards and session plans. Not a journal.
Generic journals
Day One, Notion
No grades, no disciplines, no climbing structure.
No trade-offs
Chalky doesn't need a gym partnership, a route database or a phone signal, so it works wherever you climb. Your logbook stays private by default and yours to export anytime.
Why offline-first matters
Most climbing is done somewhere with bad reception. Chalky works the same at the gym as it does two hours down a dirt road.
Works offline
Log your climbs at the crag without mobile signal. Your data syncs automatically when you're back online.
Backed up
Your log is backed up and synced across your devices, so a lost phone doesn't cost you years of climbing.
Opens instantly
Everything lives on your phone, so it opens instantly, even after thousands of sessions.
What's in it
I use Chalky for my own climbing, so the list is short on purpose. Everything here is something I wanted badly enough to build.