KAYA: THE CLIMBER’S APP

In-app purchases
3.8
545 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

KAYA is your ultimate climbing guide—built by climbers, for climbers. Use KAYA to discover new climbs, watch beta videos, log your sends, and track your progress over time. Whether you're projecting your hardest grade or exploring a new area, KAYA helps you climb smarter with GPS maps, offline topos, and real-time updates from trusted guidebook authors. Connect with friends, share your beta, and celebrate every send with the most psyched community in climbing.

-Guide-
All the data, beta, and resources in one place. KAYA PRO makes outdoor climbing more accessible and convenient than ever before with verified GPS coordinates, interactive topos, and detailed climb descriptions. Official KAYA Guides are available for classic areas like Bishop, Joe’s Valley, and more — all available offline for when the service gets rough.

- Track Progress -
With thousands of gyms and climbing areas in our database, KAYA offers a superior logging experience. Videos, ascents, comments, and star ratings are all available within each climb page. If you’ve kept a logbook with another app or website in the past, you can easily upload it into KAYA through your profile page.

- Connect -
KAYA is community-focused. You’ll be notified when your buddy breaks into a new grade so you can leave ‘em a fist-bump and a comment. In-app messenger allows you to connect with other climbers, and, if your gym is on KAYA, receive new set notifications when the routesetting team finishes slinging the freshies.

- Compete -
KAYA challenges are one of the best ways to stay motivated and interact competitively with the climbing community. Go up against the world’s best or compete with your friends at your local competition.

It doesn’t stop there. We are always making changes and improvements to KAYA. Keep your updates turned on so you won’t miss a thing.

KAYA Pro Subscription: includes detailed climb info, GPS, offline mode, and training tools.
$59.99 / year
$9.99 / month

Subscription Restore & Renewal Info:
Yearly and monthly subscriptions are billed via Apple's subscription service. Subscriptions are linked to your Apple ID & KAYA user, so if you switch devices your KAYA user will still be subscribed to Pro -- no manual "restore" is required.

Terms of Use
https://kayaclimb.com/terms-of-service

Apple's Subscriptions Terms of Use
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Privacy Policy
https://kayaclimb.com/privacypolicy
Updated on
Apr 16, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity and App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Health and fitness and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.8
542 reviews
Ria Kim
April 29, 2025
Really slow and buggy. Can't even upload videos after ticking at the crag, and have them link. Which to me, is the biggest + about Kaya. So why does the feature not work? Kaya could be so much but in the end it's just laggy and buggy, so I'm loathe to pay. Too much focus on UI/UX and not enough on performance. I will always opt for the quicker app (Mountain Project).
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KAYA Climbing
May 1, 2025
Hey Ria, thanks for the feedback, I'm sorry for the frustrations. Could you please email support@kayaclimb w/ more details around the exact buggy experiences you're encountering so I can prioritize them? I have significant optimizations coming for Android. Video upload is currently limited to network only, offline logging is on the roadmap. Thanks!
Jaden B
April 15, 2025
had this app over a year. too many glitches and "connectivity issues" regularly. currently no way to filter by grade. they also moved useful filters from free to behind paywall
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KAYA Climbing
April 16, 2025
Hey Jaden, thanks for the feedback. Just to be clear, we have not moved any features behind a paywall recently. Is it possible you climb at a circuit gym? Some circuit gyms have elected to hide their grades (which does affect the filters) -- please contact your gym if you'd like to see grades return. Please contact support@kayaclimb.com for info.
DS Meier
January 4, 2025
Sounded like a good idea and still does but it didn't really work. Downloaded the Yosemite guide while out in the valley where the service isn't great and the app was slow and laggy. I have a brand new cell phone so it wasn't for lack of tech. Would consider again if offline guide book service worked.
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KAYA Climbing
January 6, 2025
I'm so sorry to hear you had a less than ideal experience in spotty service. When service is poor the app defaults to offline mode; however, spotty service can cause strange cases. We recommend flipping to airplane mode in these cases. Please also keep the app open when downloading. I'd love to help more if you'd email us @ support@kayaclimb.com 🙏

What’s new

- updated home page + global map
- bug fixes & enchancements