iClimbed vs Elite Performance Climbing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iClimbed
Virtually ascend famous mountains worldwide using your treadmill. Track your progress, view mountain details, and celebrate reaching your summit. Offers a fun and engaging way to achieve fitness goals.
- Virtual mountain climbs
- Progress tracking
- Mountain information and maps
- Goal setting
- Achievement celebrations
- Workout logging
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Climb the mountains of the world on your treadmill! Imagine conquering the Matterhorn, Kilimanjaro, or even Mount Everest! Over 190 mountains available to climb. From Antarctica to New Zealand to Canada. From Asia to Europe to Hawaii. See pictures and maps. Read about the mountains. Select a mountain to climb, workout on your treadmill, and enter the workout (climb) details. After each climb, iClimbed will log and track your progress toward your mountain goal. When you reach the top of your current mountain goal, iClimbed will celebrate your achievement with you! iClimbed includes features to estimate how long it would take to climb a given mountain, and to set goals and chart your climbs and achievements. What a fun way to workout!
Elite Performance Climbing
This app offers personalized climbing training programs designed to break through plateaus and enhance performance. It focuses on improving flexibility, mobility, and stability through science-backed methods. Integrate with Apple Health for comprehensive fitness management.
- Individually designed programming
- Improve flexibility and mobility
- Science-backed training methods
- Apple Health app integration
- Enhance climbing performance
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Elite Performance Climbing uses a revolutionary assessment process to create individually designed programming to improve every facet of your climbing performance. Tired of plateauing in your climbing? Is your stretching routine getting you nowhere? Not seeing improvements when pushing your climbing grade? Experience the power of science-backed, peer-reviewed and published programming. Achieve Flexibility and Mobility THROUGH Stability. Climb at your peak with Elite Performance Climbing! Apple Health App Integration: Using this app with the Apple Health app on iPhone empowers you to better manage your health and fitness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elite Performance Climbing at 100% against iClimbed's 50%. Elite Performance Climbing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). iClimbed's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. iClimbed sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Elite Performance Climbing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Elite Performance Climbing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elite Performance Climbing has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of iClimbed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elite Performance Climbing's.
iClimbed ships an update fortnightly, Elite Performance Climbing monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iClimbed | Elite Performance Climbing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Compact Data Works | G.H. Climbing, LLC |
Customer experience
iClimbed
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In-app purchases
iClimbed
- Aconcagua$0.99
- Superstition Mountain$0.99
- Puncak Mandala$0.99
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- Mount Tyree$0.99
- Mount Kenya$0.99
- Dykh-Tau$0.99
- Mount Logan$0.99
- Ojos del Salado$0.99
- Mount St. Helens$0.99
- K2$1.99
Elite Performance Climbing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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