Comparison

White Risk vs DAV Panorama

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

DAV Panorama

This app delivers inspiring content for mountain enthusiasts, covering hiking, climbing, and alpine culture. Discover new destinations, read expert tips on safety and equipment, and stay updated on the latest in the world of mountain sports.

Highlights
  • Mountain destination guides
  • Hiking and climbing content
  • Alpine flora and fauna information
  • Safety, technology, and equipment tips
  • Health and fitness advice
  • Reports on alpine events and culture
Features
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We love the mountains – DAV Panorama is the Deutscher Alpenverein’s (DAV – German Alpine Club’s) member magazine. Hike with us on wonderful mountain paths, scale promising peaks, leave a trail in untouched powder snow, get to know the Alps’ flora & fauna, and enjoy a bite in the quaintest alpine huts. DAV Panorama guides you to mountain destinations in the Alps and around the globe, features enthralling reports and profiles, offers useful tips and information in the safety, technology, equipment and health sectors. Our themes are as varied as the DAV members are diverse: • Hiking • Mountain Climbing • Trekking • Rock Climbing • Mountain Biking • Ski Tours • Hut-to-Hut Hiking Tours • Mountain Trips • Nature Conservation • Alpine Culture • Equipment & Safety • Health & Fitness DAV Panorama is published 6 times per year. Receive inspiration for your mountain passion issue for issue as a member of the Deutscher Alpenverein. With more than 1,2 Million members, the DAV is the largest mountain sports organisation in the World and one of the major environment protection organisations in Germany. Not only does the DAV Panorama member magazine reflect current alpine events but also the hard work of the 355 sections of the Deutscher Alpenverein. The DAV advocates the protection and sustainable development of alpine habitats. The ecologically sound, environmental and climate-friendly practice of mountain sport is deep-seated in the DAV’s mission statement. With a widespread circulation of over 700.000 print copies per issue, DAV Panorama is Europe’s largest alpine and outdoor magazine. We wish you much fun & pleasure with the DAV Panorama app! Privacy Policy: http://www.alpenverein.de/Info/Datenschutz/

Screenshots

White Risk4 screens
DAV Panorama4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DAV Panorama at none against White Risk's 2. DAV Panorama also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). White Risk's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

White Risk ships an update fortnightly, DAV Panorama every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
White Risk versus DAV Panorama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhite RiskDAV Panorama
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLFDeutscher Alpenverein e.V. (DAV)

Customer experience

White Risk

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

DAV Panorama

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

White Risk

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

DAV Panorama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is White Risk free?
White Risk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DAV Panorama free?
DAV Panorama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do White Risk or DAV Panorama have ads?
Neither White Risk nor DAV Panorama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, White Risk or DAV Panorama?
White Risk ships an update fortnightly, and DAV Panorama every 12 months. Most recently, White Risk was updated on October 12, 2026 and DAV Panorama on October 10, 2026.

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