Comparison

White Risk vs Ski Arlberg

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

Head to head
About

White Risk

This app provides avalanche bulletins, snow data, and a trip planning tool for winter mountain activities. It offers e-learning modules to build avalanche knowledge and analyze terrain for safer travel outside secured slopes.

Highlights
  • Avalanche bulletin and snow data
  • Trip planning tool for ski touring and freeride
  • Route drawing and terrain analysis
  • Offline map access
  • E-learning modules for avalanche knowledge
  • Synchronization across platforms
Features
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White Risk is the Swiss platform for avalanche prevention and was awarded Best Swiss App in 2025. It is designed and developed at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF and is aimed at everyone who travels in winter mountain terrain outside secured ski slopes. In addition to the avalanche bulletin and current snow and measurement data, White Risk includes a trip planning tool specialized for ski touring, snowshoe routes and freeride. Draw your own routes, analyze the terrain using avalanche terrain maps and automatic cruxes, and plan alternatives. Through e learning, White Risk conveys avalanche knowledge and deepens it with interactive lessons and exercises. Tour planning: Draw routes along paths or ski routes or freely across the terrain and store all relevant information about your tour in one place. Automatic cruxes: White Risk analyzes your route, automatically marks potentially critical cruxes and complements them with relevant avalanche and terrain information. Use maps offline: Download map material with topographic maps as well as layers such as slope angle and avalanche terrain for planning and navigation on the go. Synchronization across all platforms: All planned tours are stored in the personal account and can be accessed and edited at any time via app and web. Avalanche bulletin: The avalanche bulletin provides information on the current avalanche situation. It offers a regional forecast of avalanche danger and is an important basis for trip planning. Snow maps, measurements and observations: Display of current and forecast new snow amounts as well as snow depths for Switzerland, complemented by measurements from stations and current observations such as avalanches and snow profiles. E learning: White Risk conveys avalanche knowledge using graphics, videos and animations and deepens it in interactive lessons with exercises and knowledge tests.

About

Ski Arlberg

Navigate ski resorts with real-time lift and slope status, weather updates, and restaurant locations. Track your altitude climbed and save favorite routes for offline use. Integrates with Apple Health for activity syncing.

Highlights
  • Real-time lift and slope status
  • Interactive skimap and navigation
  • Offline route saving
  • Restaurant and point of interest finder
  • Altitude climbed tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Ski Arlberg - LEGEND OF THE ALPS The interactive "real-time mountain guide" from intermaps with up-to-date data is a native app that responds to the possibilities of the hardware. This app also invites interaction. - Where am I? Location directly on the skimap and on the map. - Navigation with the brand new SKI-NAVI: How do I get from A to B via C? - Save routes as favourites, also available offline! - Which lifts & slopes are open? - Where is the nearest mountain restaurant? - What is going on? - What will the weather be like today? - What does it look like on the mountain? - How do I get there? - How many metres in altitude have I already climbed? - Track & Win: "Der weisse Rausch" - And at the "Run of Fame" - the spectacular ski circuit at Arlberg Interactive realtime ResortGuide from intermaps with official data. Your very own personal travel guide for your jacket pocket! # APPLE HEALTH - HealthKit stores data during tracking - Automatically sync your activity with the wrestling of the Activity app iSKI Community Privacy Policy: https://iski.cc/en/privacy-iski.html Imprint: Ski Arlberg www.skiarlberg.at iDestination System: intermaps AG NOTICE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Apple Inc. is neither a sponsor of the competitions nor responsible for the offer and implementation.

Screenshots

White Risk4 screens
Ski Arlberg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: White Risk at 71% against Ski Arlberg's 29%. White Risk also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Ski Arlberg's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. White Risk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ski Arlberg asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

White Risk ships an update fortnightly, Ski Arlberg every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
White Risk versus Ski Arlberg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhite RiskSki Arlberg
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better29.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLFArlberger Bergbahnen Aktiengesellschaft

Customer experience

White Risk

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative16.7%

Ski Arlberg

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative58.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

White Risk

One-time2
  • Standard Plan$34.99
  • Pro Plan$59.99
None

Ski Arlberg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is White Risk free?
White Risk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ski Arlberg free?
Ski Arlberg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do White Risk or Ski Arlberg have ads?
Neither White Risk nor Ski Arlberg shows ads.
Which is updated more often, White Risk or Ski Arlberg?
White Risk ships an update fortnightly, and Ski Arlberg every 5 weeks. Most recently, White Risk was updated on October 27, 2026 and Ski Arlberg on October 29, 2026.

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