RRC vs Climbing Pins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RRC
Discover climbing routes and bouldering problems across Kentucky's renowned climbing destinations. This app provides a comprehensive guide to areas like the Red River Gorge and Foxtown Boulders, helping climbers find their next adventure.
- Climbing area guide
- Red River Gorge routes
- Foxtown Boulders problems
- Kentucky climbing information
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A comprehensive guide for various climbing areas in Kentucky including the Red River Gorge and Foxtown Boulders
Climbing Pins
This app allows climbers to upload photos and automatically tag them with location, climb, and area names. Discover nearby climbs on a map, track approaches, and get directions. Search for climbs, areas, or users and filter results by quality and difficulty.
- Automatic location tagging for climbing photos
- Tag photos with climb and area names
- Discover nearby climbs and areas on a map
- Track approaches and drop parking pins
- Get driving directions
- Search climbs, areas, and users
- Filter search results by quality and difficulty
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Upload climbing photos to automatically drop location markers Tag photos with climb and area names Home Explore climb and area photos within 100, 10, or 1 km Map Find nearby climbs and get additional climb and area info Track approaches and drop parking pins Get driving directions Help keep markers accurate by tapping to select then tapping and dragging to suggest location corrections Search Search by climb, area, city or user Filter by quality, difficulty, alphabetically, and recently added Add Upload images with location info from camera and photo roll
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Climbing Pins at 5.0 against RRC's 4.6. Climbing Pins also leads on iOS requirement (14.4 vs 16.6). RRC's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (129 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Climbing Pins holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RRC has 129 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RRC ships an update weekly, Climbing Pins every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RRC | Climbing Pins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (129 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RAY ELLINGTON | Ben Spannuth |
Customer experience
RRC
Climbing Pins
In-app purchases
RRC
No in-app purchases
Climbing Pins
No in-app purchases
