Comparison

Longboard Spots vs ILCA Guidebook

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

Head to head
About

Longboard Spots

Discover and share longboard spots and routes worldwide. Explore nearby locations on a map, filter by type and difficulty, and view detailed information. Save your favorites and contribute your own discoveries.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby spots on a map
  • Filter spots by type and difficulty
  • View detailed spot information
  • Save favorite spots
  • Submit new spots and routes
Features
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With this app you can find longboard spots and routes based on your own location. All these spots and routes are submitted by users all around the world. Features - Explore nearby spots on a map - Filter spots by type (downhill, cruising, dance, pool, trick) and by difficulty - See detailed information about spots such as road quality and traffic level - Keep a list of your favorite spots - Submit your own spots and routes

About

ILCA Guidebook

Features
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The application was designed to help other climbers to get around Israel's climbing crags. It is a guidebook with all of Israel's crags and routes, which will be updated with new contents as soon as a new route, sector or crag is opened.

Screenshots

Longboard Spots4 screens
ILCA Guidebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

Longboard Spots and ILCA Guidebook are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longboard Spots ships an update every 6 months, ILCA Guidebook every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Longboard Spots versus ILCA Guidebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongboard SpotsILCA Guidebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathijs BernsonNitzan Ben Ner

In-app purchases

None

Longboard Spots

No in-app purchases

None

ILCA Guidebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longboard Spots free?
Longboard Spots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ILCA Guidebook free?
ILCA Guidebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Longboard Spots or ILCA Guidebook have ads?
Neither Longboard Spots nor ILCA Guidebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longboard Spots or ILCA Guidebook?
Longboard Spots ships an update every 6 months, and ILCA Guidebook every 4 months. Most recently, Longboard Spots was updated on June 5, 2026 and ILCA Guidebook on June 1, 2026.

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