Sequence or Blok Sessions for coaching climbers?
Short answer
Both are made for climbing. Sequence charges $5 per active client a month on top of the coach's own Sequence subscription, and it's good at one-on-one coaching, with live chat and a library of Climb Strong plans. Blok Sessions is free for 5 climbers, then €10 a month or €99 a year for up to 25, and it runs squads as well as one on one: weekly team trainings, attendance, several coaches and youth squads with a parent's yes. Sequence lists team management as coming soon. We make Blok Sessions.
Coaching climbers? The coach area is free for up to 5 climbers: their plans, what they log and who has a sore finger, in one place.
See the coach areaWe make Blok Sessions. What Sequence does comes from its own website in October 2026.
The short version
| Sequence | Blok Sessions | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Climbers and their coaches | Climbing coaches, one on one or squads |
| Coach pays | $5 per active client a month, plus a Sequence subscription | Free for 5 climbers, then €10 a month or €99 a year for 25 |
| Squads and team trainings | Coming soon | Yes, with attendance and several coaches |
| Youth climbers | Not found | Youth squads, a parent says yes for under-16s |
| Before training | Not found | Check-in on sleep, body, head and pain, finger pain on top |
| Talking to climbers | Live chat with read receipts | Messages with a subject, for adults |
| Tests | Your own test templates | Five built-in, your own, Tindeq force tests |
| Plans to start from | 40+ Climb Strong plans | Your own library; the coach area has no ready-made plans |
| Climber pays? | No | No |
| Runs on | Web, iPhone, Android | Browser and iPhone; Android in review, the browser until then |
What it costs as you grow
Sequence's price grows with every climber. Ours goes up in steps of 25 or more.
| Climbers | Sequence, a month | Blok Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | $25 plus your subscription | Free |
| 25 | $125 plus your subscription | €10 a month or €99 a year |
| 50 | $250 plus your subscription | €18 a month or €179 a year |
| 100 | $500 plus your subscription | €30 a month or €299 a year |
Sequence's help pages give its prices in Australian dollars and its coaching page doesn't name a currency. Ours include 21% BTW.
Where Sequence is better
One-on-one coaching with a lot of back and forth. Its chat has read receipts and reactions, the workout library takes a CSV, and multi-week templates go onto any client. It comes with more than 40 training plans written by Climb Strong's coaches, and it's been on the App Store and Google Play longer. If you coach a few climbers closely and want to start from a big set of ready plans, it's a good choice.
Where Blok Sessions is better
Groups, and anyone counting the cost per climber.
- A squad has its own code. Climbers join with it, a coach lets them in, and every coach on the team sees the same climbers.
- Weekly team trainings show up on each climber's phone on that day. You tick off who came, change what's on for tonight, and run the guided timer for the whole group.
- Youth squads: a parent says yes before a climber under 16 shares anything, you can log heights, and hangboard, campus and added weight stay out of the exercise list.
- The check-in before training asks about sleep, body, head and whether anything hurts, and where. Finger pain goes to the top of your screen.
- Climbers log each boulder as a flash, a send or an attempt, with grade, goes and a note, and Tindeq Progressor tests run from the app.
- On a paid plan your climbers get the guided timer for your plans and their own Workload, free.
What Blok Sessions doesn't do
No live chat (messages work like short emails, and only with adults), no ready-made plans for coaches, no import from another app, and no way to bill your clients. The Android app is still in review at Google. It's new and small.
Which to pick
A coach with a handful of climbers who wants live chat and Climb Strong's plans to start from: Sequence. A coach with a squad, a youth team, or more than a handful of climbers: Blok Sessions, free for your first 5.
Questions
How much does Sequence cost a coach?
Its coaching page says $5 per active client a month. Its help pages add that the coach needs a Sequence subscription of their own, and they give both prices in Australian dollars. Pending and inactive clients aren't billed. Check its pricing page for today's numbers.
What do 25 climbers cost in each?
In Sequence, 25 active clients at $5 is $125 a month, plus your own subscription. In Blok Sessions, up to 25 climbers is €10 a month or €99 a year, BTW included, with as many coaches as you like.
Can I run a squad in Sequence?
In October 2026 its coaching page lists managing a whole coaching team as coming soon. In Blok Sessions a squad has its own join code and weekly team trainings with attendance, and a head coach lets other coaches in.
Do climbers pay in either?
No. Sequence is free for clients while you coach them. Blok Sessions climbers use the free app, and on a paid plan they also get the guided timer for your plans and their own Workload.
Can I bring my plans over?
There's no import from Sequence. Email hello@bloksessions.com with one of your plans and we'll build it in your coach area with you, so you can try it on a real climber.
Coach your first 5 climbers free
Write each climber's plan, see what they log and read their check-ins before training. Paid plans start at €10 a month for up to 25 climbers.
Free for up to 5 climbers