Peakbagger vs Staff X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Peakbagger
Discover and track your mountain climbs with a comprehensive database of peaks and trip reports. Access route information, weather forecasts, and topographic maps, even offline. Log your ascents, measure progress against lists, and share your adventures with friends.
- Searchable mountain database
- Offline climb tracking
- Peak list progress tracking
- Route information and directions
- Offline topographic maps
- GPS track recording and import
- Weather forecasts
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Bring the mountains with you wherever you go! * Search the huge database of mountains and trip reports from Peakbagger.com and ListsOfJohn.com * Keep track of your climbs, even when offline * Measure your progress against hundreds of peak lists * Get route information and directions from SummitPost and ListsofJohn.com * Find peaks near your current location, or near other peaks * Filter peaks by prominence, or climbed vs. unclimbed, or inclusion on a peak list * See what other peaks are often climbed together with your target peak * Create custom peak lists and order them by your personal priorities * See weather forecasts for all U.S. peaks from the National Weather Service, and for 11,000+ major peaks worldwide from mountain-forecast.com * See topographic maps for anywhere in the world (+/- 60 degrees latitude) * See protected land area coverage in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand * US Forest Service maps * Save a peak to your device for offline use, including topographic maps * Download topographic maps along a route for offline use * Import and display GPS tracks and waypoints instantly * On-screen compass keeps you oriented along your track * Long click on the map to get Street View, elevation, and driving directions * Record your starting elevation, distance, and information about the gear and route you used * Leaderboards show the top climbers for each peak list * See peaks your Peakbagger buddies have climbed recently * Update your buddy list from right in the app * Automatically upload your ascents to ListsOfJohn (U.S. peaks) * Show daily satellite imagery for any location on any day since 2011 * Display elevation profile for a GPS track, and show your current location along the profile * See sunrise and sunset times at a peak, even when offline * Daily forest fire coverage, and historical coverage for the last 20 years (U.S.) * Constantly updated weather radar and smoke layers on the map * Record GPS tracks, including timestamps, and add them to your ascents * Record waypoints along your route * Organize your tracks in folders * Create and edit tracks right in the app * Automatically find survey benchmarks near peaks (U.S.) * Hunt benchmarks and get your finds recorded in the official government benchmark data sheets HOW TO IMPORT GPS TRACKS - 2 OPTIONS 1) Click on the "Load GPS track" link on the ascent details page for an ascent that has a GPS track. 2) Click on a GPX, KML, KMZ, TCX or FIT file on your phone, for example, in an email attachment or on Google Drive
Staff X
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Staff X is an integrated care management system that integrates all of the requirements of running day-to-day operations within human resources organizations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Staff X at every 3 weeks against Peakbagger's every 3 months. Staff X also leads on iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, Staff X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Peakbagger | Staff X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (45 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Kirmse | PANDORA X YAZILIM ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME DANISMANLIK HIZMETI LIMITED SIRKETI |
In-app purchases
Peakbagger
No in-app purchases
Staff X
No in-app purchases








