Comparison

Peakbagger vs Trail Router

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Searchable mountain database
  • Offline climb tracking
  • Peak list progress tracking
  • Route information and directions
  • Offline topographic maps
  • GPS track recording and import
  • Weather forecasts
Features
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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

About

Trail Router

Discover new running paths with an intelligent routing algorithm that prioritizes parks, forests, and water features while avoiding busy roads. Create custom routes or let the app automatically plot round trips based on your preferences for nature, lighting, or terrain.

Highlights
  • Automatic round-trip route plotting
  • Manual point-to-point route creation
  • Preference for nature and water
  • Avoids busy roads
  • Route export to GPX/KML
  • Customizable route preferences (nature, lighting, hills)
Features
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Trail Router helps you discover new running routes. Our routing algorithm prefers paths that go through parks, forests or by water, and avoids busy roads wherever possible. Here's a few things you can do with Trail Router: * Automatically plot a round-trip route of a desired distance. * Manually create your own point-to-point route that prefers greenery and water. * Choose whether you'd prefer routes that involve nature, well-lit streets or a lack of hills. * Export your routes to GPX or KML, suitable for use on GPS watches

Screenshots

Peakbagger4 screens
Trail Router4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Trail Router at every 3 weeks against Peakbagger's every 3 months. Trail Router also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Peakbagger's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 73%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Peakbagger holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Peakbagger's written reviews are positive against 73% of Trail Router's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, Trail Router every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Peakbagger versus Trail Router: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeakbaggerTrail Router
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (45 ratings) — better4.6 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KirmseSam Crawford

Customer experience

Peakbagger

All ratings45 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

Trail Router

All ratings33 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Peakbagger

No in-app purchases

None

Trail Router

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peakbagger free?
Peakbagger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trail Router free?
Trail Router is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Peakbagger or Trail Router?
Peakbagger is rated higher. Peakbagger averages 4.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Trail Router averages 4.6 from 33 ratings.
Do Peakbagger or Trail Router have ads?
Neither Peakbagger nor Trail Router shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peakbagger or Trail Router?
Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, and Trail Router every 3 weeks. Most recently, Peakbagger was updated on September 10, 2026 and Trail Router on September 19, 2026.

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