Gunks vs Red
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gunks
Access digital guidebooks for rock climbing and bouldering with detailed route information, photos, and GPS navigation. Track your climbs with a tick list and cloud backup. Essential for climbers of all levels.
- Digital guidebooks
- Searchable and filterable climb lists
- High-resolution zoomable photos and topos
- GPS navigation to climbs
- Tick List & To-Do List
- Cloud backup
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The Gunks app provides digital guidebooks for rock climbing and bouldering written by local authors. Climbs are accessed from a list, which can be searched and filtered. Selecting a climb reveals a base photo, the route's description, and a high-resolution zoom-able aerial photo, topo, or GPS-enabled map. The photos include belays, descent information, variations, and new link-ups. The app uses GPS to provide navigation and find the nearest climb. It also includes a Tick List & To-Do List with cloud backup. This app was created by local climbing fixtures Christian Fracchia and Byron Igoe, and further content was contributed by Andy Salo, Char Fetterolf, Lee Hansche, Marty Molitoris, Victor Medeiros, Dana Seaton, Chris Redmond, Charlie Schreiber, Tim McGivern, John Byrnes, Melissa McNell, Ben Blackmore, Rich Shoemaker, Austin Hoyt, Conor O'Hale, Justin Sanford, Kayte Knower, Tom Chervenak, Hillary Guzik, Paul Jung, Tim Keenan, Aleks Shineleva, Ted Coffelt, Thacher Park Climber Coalition, Ryan Shipp, Seth Derr, Larry Felton, Kyle Matulevich, Mike Rawdon, Chris Lopez, Charlie Schreiber, Rich Shoemaker, Dana Miller, Robin Close, Eric Marx, Sabrina Crispyn, Gary Thomann, Jim Lawyer, Jeremy Haas, EPAC, Andrew MacNamee, Kevin Johnson, Samuel Hayden, Justin Meserve, Tylor Streett, Peter Treitler, Justin Ridgely, and more. The Gunks app is an indispensable resource for both the seasoned veteran and the first time climber.
Red
Discover and navigate rock climbing routes with detailed 3D guides. Access climbing data for over 1300 walls globally, with offline download capabilities for remote areas. Quickly find climbs using a flexible search function.
- High-definition 3D climbing guides
- Offline crag and wall downloads
- Global climbing data (1300+ walls)
- Fast and flexible search
- Supports multiple continents
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Red-Point is the ultimate rock climbing companion. Find climbs easily with our high-definition 3D climbing guides. Download crags and walls for offline use when you're out climbing. Climbing data for over 1300 walls in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Lightning fast, highly flexible search to find climbs at the crag.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gunks at 4.8 against Red's 3.4. Gunks also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 55%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Red's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Red sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Gunks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gunks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gunks has 81 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Gunks's written reviews are positive against 55% of Red's.
Gunks ships an update every 2 months, Red every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gunks | Red |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (81 ratings) — better | 3.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 537 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirtbag Developers, Inc | Alpha Outdoors Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Gunks
Red
In-app purchases
Gunks
No in-app purchases
Red
- Red-Point+ Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Red-Point+ Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
