Comparison

Ferrata Guide vs Dringo Climbing Journal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ferrata Guide

Discover and navigate via ferratas worldwide with a comprehensive database featuring detailed descriptions, topos, ratings, and photos. Plan your adventures, track your climbs, and connect with a community of fellow climbers.

Highlights
  • Extensive via ferrata database
  • Interactive map with advanced filtering
  • Detailed route descriptions and topos
  • User ratings and photos
  • Personal climbing profiles
  • Community communication features
Features
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Ferrata Guide - The biggest Via Ferrata database containing ferratas from Austria, Italy, France and more than 20 other countries. Everything is shown on a map with advanced filtering. Detailed description, topos, ratings and photos from other climbers. You can create a profile where you can mark ferratas that you have climbed or save ferratas that you want to climb in the future. You can communicate with other climbers and many more cool features! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dringo Climbing Journal

Features
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Dringo is a climbing notebook for the climbs you are actually working on. Start with a quick project, then build it out over time with move-by-move beta, session notes, photos, and timers. Everything stays together, so you can pick a climb back up weeks later and still know what worked. Use Dringo to: • Keep projects for boulders, sport routes, trad lines, board climbs, and training sessions • Build move-by-move beta with hold tags, movement cues, traits, and crux markers • Log sessions with attempts, conditions, body notes, photos, and carry-forward notes • Run interval timers for rests, repeater sets, hangs, or board sessions • Share a climb as an image card, plain-text beta, or a Dringo beta another climber can import • Keep a personal journal of what happened on the wall and what to try next time Dringo works whether you just want a simple project list or a deeper notebook for climbs that start to matter.

Screenshots

Ferrata Guide4 screens
Dringo Climbing Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dringo Climbing Journal at none against Ferrata Guide's 1. Dringo Climbing Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ferrata Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per year. Dringo Climbing Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ferrata Guide ships an update every 9 days, Dringo Climbing Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ferrata Guide versus Dringo Climbing Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerrata GuideDringo Climbing Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHARMANEC s.r.oalexander Wigmore

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ferrata Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly subscription$17.991 Year
None

Dringo Climbing Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ferrata Guide free?
Ferrata Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dringo Climbing Journal free?
Dringo Climbing Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ferrata Guide or Dringo Climbing Journal have ads?
Ferrata Guide shows ads; Dringo Climbing Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, Ferrata Guide or Dringo Climbing Journal?
Ferrata Guide ships an update every 9 days, and Dringo Climbing Journal weekly. Most recently, Ferrata Guide was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dringo Climbing Journal on October 25, 2026.

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