Peakbagger vs Pulse Link
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
Pulse Link
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See your heart rate on compatible gym equipment and training apps. Pulse Link shares readings from your watch or supported earbuds through your iPhone, so you can follow your effort as you train. TRAIN YOUR WAY Start a workout on your watch, or on your phone with earbuds that measure heart rate. Follow an earbud workout on your watch and switch to the watch for heart-rate readings when you want to. CONNECT BEFORE YOU START Use Broadcast Warmup to connect your equipment before you begin. Once you turn it on, it stays ready between workouts until you turn it off. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Check your heart rate, workout time and connection at a glance. Follow your workout from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. If heart-rate readings stop, Pulse Link lets you know. FOLLOW YOUR EFFORT Heart-rate zones help you see how hard you're working. Follow your zones on a colour-coded chart as you train. Tap a section to see when it started and how long it lasted, then review the chart and time in each zone after your workout. PERSONALISE YOUR ZONES Base your zones on your age, or on your maximum and resting heart rate. Use details from Apple Health or enter them yourself. Turn on watch alerts to feel a tap when you reach Zone 5, the highest zone. MORE ROOM FOR YOUR WORKOUT On iPhone Duo, check your workout on the outer screen or unfold for more space. Turn your phone sideways to see your workout and chart side by side. Swipe between your chart and time in each zone. LOOK BACK AT YOUR WORKOUT Choose from cycling, running, rowing, cooldowns and more. Your summary shows workout time, average and highest heart rate, active calories and time in each zone, when available. CHOOSE WHAT TO SAVE Save workouts to Apple Health automatically, or decide after each workout. If automatic saving is off, your workout is saved there temporarily until you choose to keep or delete it. You can still make that choice after closing and reopening the app. PRIVATE AND READY OFFLINE No account, no adverts, and no tracking of how you use the app. Your settings and workout progress are saved on your devices. Sharing heart rate over Bluetooth does not need an internet connection. WHAT YOU NEED • An iPhone running iOS 17.6 or later. • For watch workouts: a paired Apple Watch running watchOS 10.6 or later. • For earbud workouts: compatible AirPods that can measure heart rate, and an iPhone running iOS 26 or later. AirPods without heart-rate measurement cannot be used for this feature. • Equipment or a training app that can connect to a Bluetooth heart-rate monitor. Your iPhone is needed to share heart rate with your equipment, whether you use your watch or earbuds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Peakbagger at Free against Pulse Link's $3.99. On update cadence, 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
Peakbagger is free to download; Pulse Link costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Peakbagger | Pulse Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Kirmse | Humble Mars LTD |
In-app purchases
Peakbagger
No in-app purchases
Pulse Link
No in-app purchases









