Shipping Forecast Mindfulness vs Munro Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shipping Forecast Mindfulness
This app provides spoken weather forecasts from the UK Met Office, designed for relaxation and focus. It offers customizable forecast lengths and can sync mindfulness minutes to your Health app.
- Spoken UK Met Office forecasts
- Customizable forecast lengths (short, medium, long)
- Syncs mindfulness minutes to Health app
- Text-to-Speech voice
- Relaxation and focus aid
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The Shipping Forecast from the UK Met office is a tight, compact meteorological forecast for the areas around the UK and Ireland used by boats in the region. Due to its poetic structure, it has a listenership far beyond its intended audience. It lends itself nicely to relaxation and focus. These minutes can be saved to Health app for mindfulness credit. Depending on your available time, you can select between short, medium and long versions and the Text-to-Speech voice will read the dynamic forecast.
Munro Planner
This app helps you choose the best Scottish Munro to climb based on daily summit forecast and view scores. It offers route planning, a comprehensive logbook with stats, and detailed mapping for your hiking adventures.
- Daily summit forecast scores for all Munros
- View score for optimal visibility
- Route planning from main Scottish towns
- Comprehensive logbook with stats
- Detailed ascent profiles and mapping
- Drive time and direction estimates
- Safety warnings for hazards like rivers and midges
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Pick the right Munro for the weather, the route and the drive. Munro Planner compares all 282 Scottish Munros with clear summit forecast and views scores, detailed mountain forecasts and route information, helping you choose a worthwhile day out quickly. FREE FEATURES • Seven-day summit forecast and views scores for every Munro • Route forecasts (Beta) for today and tomorrow, with route-specific weather scores and hazards • Detailed mountain forecasts, weather warnings and route safety information • Route catalogue, ascent profiles and route statistics • Create routes in the app or on the web planner and sync them to My Routes • GPX import and export • Personalised walking-time estimates • Logbook, completion history, milestones and ascent totals • Apple Watch navigation, recording and walk statistics • Built-in offline vector mapping for Scotland’s Munro areas SUPPORTER FEATURES • Route forecasts for later days • Full OS Explorer and Landranger mapping • Multiple saved departure points and expanded drive-time planning WHY IT’S DIFFERENT • Scores make it quick to compare many hills • Route times adapt to terrain and your walking profile • Safety information includes river, weather and off-route context • Built independently in Scotland for people who walk the hills Optional Supporter subscription: monthly £2.99 or yearly £19.99. Payment is charged on confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. Manage or cancel through your Apple subscription settings. The free version remains useful without subscribing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Munro Planner at 100% against Shipping Forecast Mindfulness's 9%. Munro Planner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 months) and device support (4 vs 1). Shipping Forecast Mindfulness's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price 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. Munro Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Shipping Forecast Mindfulness asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shipping Forecast Mindfulness ships an update every 9 months, Munro Planner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shipping Forecast Mindfulness | Munro Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | (optional.is) | Simon Grogan |
Customer experience
Shipping Forecast Mindfulness
Munro Planner
In-app purchases
Shipping Forecast Mindfulness
No in-app purchases
Munro Planner
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
Questions
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