Comparison

Peakbagger vs Y Marilyns

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

Y Marilyns

Challenge yourself to climb the 159 Welsh Marilyns, hills defined by their height above the surrounding land. Track your ascents with a personal log and an interactive map. Discover these unique geographical features.

Highlights
  • Climb 159 Welsh Marilyns
  • Track progress
  • Personal log
  • Interactive map
  • OpenStreetMap data
Features
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Are you ready for the challenge of climbing the 159 Welsh Marilyns (y Marilynau)? Marilyns are hills that are 150m higher than the surrounding land. Track your progress on your own personal log and with an interactive map from OpenStreetMap. The Marilyn classification was created by Alan Dawson in his 1992 book The Relative Hills of Britain. The Yr Marilyns app is brought to you by the Relative Hills Society. © 2022 Doug Colton Walk descriptions © 2022 Relative Hills Society Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors All images are subject to copyright or are used through Creative Commons Licence

Screenshots

Peakbagger4 screens
Y Marilyns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Peakbagger at 88% against Y Marilyns's 33%. Y Marilyns's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, Y Marilyns every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Peakbagger versus Y Marilyns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeakbaggerY Marilyns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KirmseDoug Colton

Customer experience

Peakbagger

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

Y Marilyns

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Peakbagger

No in-app purchases

None

Y Marilyns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peakbagger free?
Peakbagger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Y Marilyns free?
Y Marilyns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Peakbagger or Y Marilyns have ads?
Neither Peakbagger nor Y Marilyns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peakbagger or Y Marilyns?
Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, and Y Marilyns every 3 weeks. Most recently, Peakbagger was updated on October 14, 2026 and Y Marilyns on October 3, 2026.

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