Hill Lists vs GBTopoMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hill Lists
This app helps you track your hill walking achievements across the UK and Ireland. It includes data for thousands of hills and over 90 lists, allowing you to mark completed ascents, view statistics, and see route information. You can also track weather and share your location.
- Track thousands of UK and Ireland hills
- Over 90 pre-defined hill lists
- Mark completed ascents with dates and notes
- View list progress and statistics
- Map view of hills and routes
- External route and weather information links
- Data backup and sync
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First released in 2009, this popular application includes data for almost 20,000 hills in the UK and Ireland, plus over 90 lists including ... Munros and Munro Tops, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, Furths, Marilyns, Wainwrights and Outlying Fells, Birketts, all County Tops and many more. Almost an entire lifetime of hill walking. If you run out, please let me know! FEATURES - Choose the lists you would like to complete, and view counts per list (hills completed, total and percentage) - View each list on a map, and animate your journey in the order climbed - Sort lists by section/book number/region, name, height, distance, date climbed or ascents - Add your own lists based on region, drop, height ... etc - View all ascents in the app, sorted by date climbed - View all hills in the app sorted alphabetically, by distance from your default location, section, height ... etc - Track completed hills by ticking those you have climbed, adding the date and any notes for each ascent - Supports multiple ascents (per hill) and multiple rounds (of lists) - See route information for popular hills, provided via external links to the Walk Highlands and MountainViews websites - View up-to-date weather information for selected regions in Scotland, Wales and England, provided by the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS) website - Share your location by email or SMS/text when you get to the top of each hill - See statistics of your ascents, e.g. a breakdown per month or by year, plus a list of most frequently climbed hills - Browse nearby hills on a map - Set your default location by searching for places or postcodes - Backup your data and sync it between devices using iCloud, Dropbox, AirDrop or email - Universal app, works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad DATA, ROUTES AND WEATHER The data for the UK and Ireland has been extracted from version 18.4 of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH), with kind permission from Chris Crocker and Alan Dawson. Route information for the Munros, Corbetts, most of the Grahams, Donalds, Wainwrights, Hewitts and most of the Trail 100 is provided via external links to the Walk Highlands website. Route information for all the lists in Ireland is provided via external links to the MountainViews website. Weather information for Scotland, England and Wales is provided by the MWIS website. SUPPORT Please use the link to my support page from the App Store page or from the app itself (or simply go to http://grahamhaley.co.uk/hills/). Alternatively, contact me directly via my support pages and you will get a quick response.
GBTopoMap
This app provides 100% offline topographic map coverage of Great Britain, ideal for outdoor activities in remote areas. It features route planning, track recording, and navigation to points of interest with detailed contour intervals and public access ways.
- 100% offline topographic map coverage
- Route planning and track recording
- Navigation to points or routes
- Over 300,000 built-in locations
- Import/export GPX and KML files
- British National Grid support
- One-handed operation design
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This app gives 100% offline topographic map coverage of Great Britain installed directly with the app. No further downloads required, no account signups, no ongoing subscriptions, just seamless pan and zoom across the whole country at an effective resolution of about 1:25k. Perfect for outdoor use, walking, running, hunting, fishing, cycling, particularly in remote areas with poor cellphone coverage. Please note that this is a large app (4GB) and you will need to have sufficient space to install it. GBTopoMap includes full navigation functions including route planning, track recording, navigation to points or following routes, over 300,000 built in locations and landmarks. Directly import or share files from any source or channel of your choice. Maps are based on Ordnance Surveys VectorMap District and terrain data that gives 10 m contour intervals, combined with OpenStreetMap data on public access ways. The maps are fully installed on your device when you download and install the app from the App Store. Maps will update periodically after that using standard app version updates through the App Store. Works well with popular British sites describing local walks and activities. Click on .gpx or .kml track links to import directly into the app. The app is build from the ground up to use the true British National Grid, not the commonly used WGS84 global approximation which doesn't give a true uniform grid. We also design from the ground up for functionality. Controls are at the bottom of the screen where you can operate them one handed without shifting your grip, and information is biased towards the top of the screen. All functionality can be accessed with a single tap from the main screen, so that there are no nested layers of menus that you have to navigate or memorise to find what you are after. The app is completely stand-alone and doesn't require account logins or requests for contact information, feedback, or ratings. We are delighted to hear from anyone with a question or suggestion, and you can check out some of our online info and guides, but you won't hear from us otherwise. Please note that, as with any GPS navigational app, use of GPS positioning will place a higher demand on your battery and continuous use of GPS will discharge the battery at a faster rate. The GBTopoMap app gives you full control over this. GPS positioning is only activated when actually needed and can be switched on or off at the tap of a button. Tip of the day: For navigating using the compass functions, look up how to do the 'figure of 8' wave to trigger internal calibration of the compass. Easy to do and makes for reliable and accurate compass readings.
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Verdict
Hill Lists and GBTopoMap both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Hill Lists's written reviews are positive against 0% of GBTopoMap's. Hill Lists also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). GBTopoMap's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Hill Lists costs $1.99 and GBTopoMap $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hill Lists against 5.0 for GBTopoMap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Hill Lists's written reviews are positive against 0% of GBTopoMap's.
Hill Lists ships an update every 3 months, GBTopoMap every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hill Lists | GBTopoMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 4.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graham Haley | Right Place Resources |
Customer experience
Hill Lists
GBTopoMap
Bugs and requests
Hill Lists
Reported bugs
5 issues- App loses track of logged ascents
- Some logged ascents not accounted correctly
- Unable to delete 'Others' list
- Lost all data/records/dates/notes
- Navigation became difficult after an update
Requested features
27 requests- Export ascent list in plain text (e.g., CSV)
- Ability to delete 'Others' list
- Option to just tick hills without mandatory date
- Add multiple dates climbed
- See other people's lists and connect with users
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- Add companion names to walks
- Improved stats for unique peaks per time period
- Add Tumps list
- Definitions for hill categories
- Record GPS tracks
- Add photos to climbs
- Downloadable map sections
- Export lists to Dropbox in CSV
- Add approximate dates to climbs
- Search for specific regions and see comprehensive lists/maps
- Add summit photos
- Add picture of UK map for regional selection
- Add personal comments to climbs
- Display other hill names when touching pins on map
- Central database for comments and route advice
- Option to tag photos to each mountain climbed
- Add multiple dates of ascent and individual notes to each date
- Ability to search for specific regions and see a comprehensive list and map of hills in that area irrespective of which list they appear on
- Possibility of adding 'summit' photos
- Picture of the UK so I can see the various sections the mountain are broken up into at the start so I can click on a area of brittain I'm interested in
- Planned option on the map (green for done, red for to do, orange for scheduled)
- Actual name of the county when county tops are listed
GBTopoMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hill Lists
No in-app purchases
GBTopoMap
No in-app purchases









