Comparison

Peakbagger vs Wainwrights

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

Wainwrights

Discover and navigate the Lake District's fells with an interactive map. Track your climbs of the 214 Wainwright mountains and hills, and optionally log the 116 Outlying Fells. A personal log helps monitor your progress on these iconic peaks.

Highlights
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap for fells
  • User location and grid reference
  • Personal progress log
  • Track 214 Wainwrights
  • Log 116 Outlying Fells
Features
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Explore the fells of the Lake District using an interactive map from OpenStreetMap, with the user's location and grid reference. Track your progress on your personal log. Are you ready for the challenge of climbing the Lake District's Wainwrights? The 214 Wainwright mountains and hills were established by Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in the 1950s and 1960s. There is also an option for logging Wainwright's 116 Outlying Fells. The app supports The Wainwright Society. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors. All images are subject to copyright through Creative Commons Licence.

Screenshots

Peakbagger4 screens
Wainwrights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Peakbagger at 45 against Wainwrights's 1. Wainwrights's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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

Wainwrights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peakbagger has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 89% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, Wainwrights monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Peakbagger versus Wainwrights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeakbaggerWainwrights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (45 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB68 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%

Wainwrights

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative3.7%

In-app purchases

None

Peakbagger

No in-app purchases

None

Wainwrights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peakbagger free?
Peakbagger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wainwrights free?
Wainwrights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Peakbagger or Wainwrights?
Wainwrights is rated higher. Peakbagger averages 4.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Wainwrights averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Peakbagger or Wainwrights have ads?
Neither Peakbagger nor Wainwrights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peakbagger or Wainwrights?
Peakbagger ships an update every 3 months, and Wainwrights monthly. Most recently, Peakbagger was updated on September 10, 2026 and Wainwrights on August 31, 2026.

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