Hill Lists vs Munro Bagger
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.
Munro Bagger
This app helps you track your progress in climbing Scotland's Munros. View detailed information, get weather forecasts, log your ascents, and share your hiking experiences with others.
- View Munro details
- 10-day weather forecast
- Log bagged Munros
- Share hike images and details
- Community interaction (like/comment)
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Ready to conquer Scotland’s majestic Munros? Munro Bagger is your essential companion for planning, tracking, and sharing your hillwalking adventures. Join a growing community of over 27,000 Munro Baggers who have logged more than 272,000 bagged tops across Scotland. With Munro Bagger, you can: - Browse details for every Munro - View mountain weather forecasts - Track your completed Munros in your personal Logbook - Record hike routes, details, photos, and memories - Share your activities with friends and the wider Munro Bagger community - Like and comment on other users’ adventures - Follow your progress as you work towards completing all 282 Munros Whether you’re planning your first Munro or closing in on compleation, Munro Bagger helps you stay organised, inspired, and connected. Munro Bagger Premium: Upgrade to Munro Bagger Premium to unlock more ways to plan, record, and personalise your hill-bagging journey. Premium includes: - Additional hill categories - More detailed weather forecasts, up to 10 days ahead - The ability to share up to 6 photos on each activity - App themes to personalise your experience - Support for an independent app built in Scotland Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just hikes. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Munro Bagger at Free against Hill Lists's $1.99. Munro Bagger also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Hill Lists's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Munro Bagger is free to download; Hill Lists costs $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 Munro Bagger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Hill Lists's written reviews are positive against 96% of Munro Bagger's.
Hill Lists ships an update every 3 months, Munro Bagger weekly. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Hill Lists | Munro Bagger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graham Haley | John Easton |
Customer experience
Hill Lists
Munro Bagger
In-app purchases
Hill Lists
No in-app purchases
Munro Bagger
No in-app purchases






