Jay Peak vs IndiePeaks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jay Peak
Navigate a ski resort with this official guide. See trail status, share your location with friends, and track your runs with detailed stats. Access real-time snow conditions, weather, lift status, and resort amenities.
- Interactive trail maps with location tracking
- Real-time snow conditions and weather updates
- Lift status information
- Friend location sharing
- Run tracking with vertical feet and distance logging
- Resort directory and event calendar
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This is your official guide to Jay Peak Resort, all at your fingertips. • See which runs are groomed and which closed. Locate yourself on the trail map — not a hard-to-read GPS map.† • Share your location on the mountain with friends, and see your friends' locations on the trail map.† • Record your runs and log vertical feet and distance. If you have an Apple Watch, record your runs as a workout and see your workout in the Health app. Display your tracks and replay your runs on the trail map. Email images to friends, post them to social media, or view them in Google Earth. Store your logs on iCloud and view them on all your devices. Send your logs to a leaderboard and compare vertical and distance with others at the resort.† • Find up-to-date information about the mountain, including snow conditions, weather, and webcam images. • Get up-to-the-minute lift status information. • Quickly find information about lessons and other programs and amenities. • Easily locate and contact key places at the resort with the built in directory. • Learn about events from the events calendar. • Get the latest news via social media posts. † Location and Logging services require a GPS-equipped device. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
IndiePeaks
This app provides skiers and snowboarders with essential information for resorts covered by the Indy Pass. Access offline trail maps, real-time weather and snow forecasts, lift status, and track your ski days. It helps you plan your trips and make the most of your pass.
- Offline trail maps
- Weather and snow forecasts
- Live lift status
- Blackout date tracking
- Ski day logging
- Resort directory and comparison
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IndiePeaks is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or approved by Indy Pass. IndiePeaks is a companion app for skiers and snowboarders who use the Indy Pass. The app covers all 291 resorts on the pass across 16 countries, with offline trail maps, weather and snow forecasts, live lift status, blackout dates, and a log of the days you ski. RESORT DIRECTORY Browse every resort on the pass or search by name. Sort by name, region or distance from you. Filter by vertical drop, skiable acres, terrain type, or your favorites. Compare up to three resorts side by side. Enter the dates of a trip to see which resorts your pass is valid at on those days. TRAIL MAPS 262 resorts include a trail and lift map that is stored inside the app, so it loads on the chairlift with no cell signal. Trails are colored using the grading system of the country they are in: green, blue and black in North America, and blue, red and black in Europe and Japan. Tap a trail to see its difficulty, vertical drop, length and whether it is groomed. WEATHER AND SNOW Each resort page shows current conditions and a six-day forecast from Apple Weather, plus snowfall totals from Open-Meteo for the summit and the base of the mountain. A diagram shows the freezing level against the resort's elevation range, so you can tell when it is snowing at the top and raining at the bottom. LIVE LIFT AND TRAIL STATUS 174 resorts publish a public lift and trail report, which IndiePeaks collects every 15 minutes. The app lists which lifts and trails are open right now, grouped by difficulty, and shows closed trails in grey on the trail map. PASS TRACKING Choose your pass type (Indy Pass, Indy+, Learn to Turn or Indy XC) and the app shows only what that pass covers. Each resort page tells you whether you can ski there today, how many of your days at that resort you have used, and whether a reservation is required. Blackout dates appear on a month calendar. SEASON LOG Log a ski day from the resort page, from the calendar, or from a notification when you arrive at a resort. Season stats show the number of days you skied, the resorts you visited, and a chart of days per resort. Explorer badges track the states, provinces and regions you have skied in. Enter the price of your pass and the app shows the day it became cheaper than buying day tickets. NOTIFICATIONS All notifications are off until you turn them on in Settings. You can enable snow alerts when forecast snowfall exceeds a threshold you choose, reminders before a blackout date, and arrival reminders that offer to log the day when you reach a resort. SYNC AND SYSTEM FEATURES iCloud keeps your pass, visits and favorites in sync between iPhone and iPad. Siri and Shortcuts can answer snow questions and log ski days. The app supports iPad split view, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and dark mode, and is available in eleven languages. Weather data provided by Apple Weather. Snow data from Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Trail and lift data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jay Peak at none against IndiePeaks's 4. Jay Peak also leads on ratings volume (236 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). IndiePeaks's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. IndiePeaks sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Jay Peak asks for nothing beyond the download.
IndiePeaks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jay Peak has 236 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Jay Peak's written reviews are positive against 100% of IndiePeaks's.
Jay Peak ships an update every 3 weeks, IndiePeaks monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Jay Peak | IndiePeaks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (236 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 236 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resorts Tapped LLC | Orlando Cossia Castiglioni |
Customer experience
Jay Peak
IndiePeaks
Bugs and requests
Jay Peak
Reported bugs
11 issues- App loses runs
- App loses entire days
- App erases and partially restores data
- App shuts down and loses daily data
- App misses tracking about 40% of runs
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- Map dots freeze
- Cannot navigate back out of selections
- Exiting app loses tracking data
- Tracking continues long after last run
- Live group tracking is questionable
- Cameras act funny sometimes
Requested features
6 requests- Manually add runs when tracking fails
- Tracking beyond April 30
- Show current and upcoming stays
- Integrate vertical from RFID pass
- See pictures posted in app
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- Bring back speed tracking (average and top)
IndiePeaks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Jay Peak
No in-app purchases
IndiePeaks
- Dusting$0.99
- Supporter$2.99
- Storm Cycle$2.99
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- Powder Day$4.99
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