PIEPS vs whitewater.guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PIEPS
Configure, check, and update your PIEPS or Black Diamond avalanche transceiver. Train your rescue skills with your phone as a remote control and register your device for additional services.
- Device configuration
- Functionality check
- Firmware updates
- Rescue skills training
- Remote control functionality
- Device registration
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- Configure your PIEPS or Black Diamond device according to your preferences. - Check the functionality of your PIEPS or Black Diamond device - Update your PIEPS or Black Diamond device to the latest firmware. - Train your emergency rescue skills. Use your phone as a remote control. - Register your PIEPS or Black Diamond device to get additional services
whitewater.guide
Discover and explore river sections with detailed information for kayakers. Filter by difficulty, water level, and style, view photos and videos, and navigate to access points easily. All essential whitewater information in one place.
- River section discovery
- Map and list view
- Filter by difficulty and water level
- Photos and videos
- Navigation to access points
- Detailed river descriptions
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Аll-in-one mobile app for kayakers and all White Water enthusiasts. In the app you can find river sections both in the list or on the map. You can filter them by difficulty, current water level, rating or whitewater style. For each section you can read a description, check out photos and videos, water levels if provided and navigate to the put-in/take-out using any navigation app with one tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PIEPS at 4.9 against whitewater.guide's 3.4. PIEPS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (1K vs 5). whitewater.guide's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. whitewater.guide sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. PIEPS asks for nothing beyond the download.
PIEPS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIEPS has 1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of PIEPS's written reviews are positive against 70% of whitewater.guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PIEPS ships an update monthly, whitewater.guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIEPS | whitewater.guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pieps GmbH | Whitewater Guide App Inc |
Customer experience
PIEPS
whitewater.guide
Bugs and requests
PIEPS
Reported bugs
2 issues- App home screen going blank
- Incompatibility with certain beacon models
Requested features
2 requests- Support for more languages (e.g. Russian, Japanese)
- Improved security for app login/registration
whitewater.guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PIEPS
No in-app purchases
whitewater.guide
- Pyrenees$4.99
- Uganda$7.99
- Georgia (country)$8.99
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- Altai$9.99
- Scotland$9.99
- Kyrgyzstan$12.99
- Québec$13.99
- Norway$13.99
Questions
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