Ethel Ready vs City Painter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ethel Ready
Discover and track your progress climbing hills over 400m in the Peak District. Features an interactive map and a personal log to record your ascents. Offers a bonus challenge upon completing the main Ethels.
- Explore Peak District hills over 400m
- Track progress with a dated log
- Interactive OpenStreetMap
- Bonus Peak 75 challenge
- Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4
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Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite (the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park), the Ethels are all of the Peak District hills over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills. Fewer, lower, easier and (for most of the UK's population) closer than the Munros of Scotland and the Wainwrights of the Lake District. Explore the highest hills of the Peak District. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map from OpenStreetMap. Bonus level of the Peak 75 hills, on completion of the Ethels. Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4 The app is supported by the Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Registered Charity Number 1094975). The app provides links to the charity's website if you want to make a donation or pay for membership. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors © OpenTopoMap All images are subject to copyright © 2021 Doug Colton (or are used through Creative Commons Licence).
City Painter
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How much of your city have you really seen? Walk, Run or Cycle to "paint" the map. New: Group battle mode. Conquer neighbourhoods with your group and expand your territory See which landmarks and neighbourhoods you've visited and explore new ones. Its not just for cities. You can also visit National parks, islands, and long distance hiking trails! Feeling competitive? See how you compare in the monthly leaderboards Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ethel Ready at none against City Painter's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. City Painter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ethel Ready asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Ethel Ready | City Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doug Colton | Matthew Jamieson |
In-app purchases
Ethel Ready
No in-app purchases
City Painter
- City Painter Premium - 1 Month$4.991 Month
- City Painter Premium 3 Months$9.993 Months
- City Painter Premium - 1 Year$24.991 Year
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