Comparison

Peakbagger vs Ethel Ready

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

Ethel Ready

Discover and track your progress climbing hills over 400m in the Peak District. Features an interactive map and a personal log to record your ascents. Offers a bonus challenge upon completing the main Ethels.

Highlights
  • Explore Peak District hills over 400m
  • Track progress with a dated log
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap
  • Bonus Peak 75 challenge
  • Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4
Features
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Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite (the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park), the Ethels are all of the Peak District hills over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills. Fewer, lower, easier and (for most of the UK's population) closer than the Munros of Scotland and the Wainwrights of the Lake District. Explore the highest hills of the Peak District. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map from OpenStreetMap. Bonus level of the Peak 75 hills, on completion of the Ethels. Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4 The app is supported by the Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Registered Charity Number 1094975). The app provides links to the charity's website if you want to make a donation or pay for membership. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors © OpenTopoMap All images are subject to copyright © 2021 Doug Colton (or are used through Creative Commons Licence).

Screenshots

Peakbagger4 screens
Ethel Ready4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Peakbagger at 48 against Ethel Ready's 1. Ethel Ready's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Ethel Ready holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peakbagger has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Peakbagger's written reviews are positive against 92% of Ethel Ready's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, Ethel Ready every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Peakbagger versus Ethel Ready: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeakbaggerEthel Ready
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (48 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KirmseDoug Colton

Customer experience

Peakbagger

All ratings48 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

Ethel Ready

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

None

Peakbagger

No in-app purchases

None

Ethel Ready

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peakbagger free?
Peakbagger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ethel Ready free?
Ethel Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Peakbagger or Ethel Ready?
Ethel Ready is rated higher. Peakbagger averages 4.8 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Ethel Ready averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Peakbagger or Ethel Ready have ads?
Neither Peakbagger nor Ethel Ready shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peakbagger or Ethel Ready?
Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, and Ethel Ready every 2 months. Most recently, Peakbagger was updated on November 6, 2026 and Ethel Ready on November 3, 2026.

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