Smugglers' Notch vs Jackson Hole
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smugglers' Notch
Navigate a mountain resort with an all-season guide. Track your runs, share your location with friends, and access real-time mountain conditions, lift status, and resort information.
- Interactive trail maps with location tracking
- Friend location sharing
- Run recording and logging (vertical feet, distance)
- Workout integration with Apple Watch
- Real-time snow conditions and weather
- Up-to-the-minute lift status
- Resort directory and news feed
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Smugglers' Notch is your unique and comprehensive all-season guide to Smugglers' Notch resort, all at your fingertips. • Locate yourself on the Smugglers' Notch 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. • Get the latest news from Smugglers' Notch via the resort's Twitter feed and Facebook posts. † Location and Logging services require a GPS-equipped device. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Jackson Hole
Get real-time resort information for an enhanced on-mountain experience. Access snow and weather reports, lift status, webcams, and parking updates. Features include GPS tracking, wait times, and exclusive deals.
- Real-time snow and weather reports
- Lift and mountain status updates
- Live webcam feeds
- Real-time parking capacity
- Crowd-sourced lift wait times
- GPS group tracking and messaging
- Exclusive app-only deals
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An essential tool for summer activities, information, and operations at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Designed with unique features that enhance the mountain experience, including hike tracking with GPS, up-to-the-minute lift and hiking trail status, top-to-bottom webcams, special promotions, and more. Be in the know, be a JH Insider! WEATHER REPORTS: comprehensive current weather conditions and forecasts. LIFT & HIKING TRAIL STATUS: open/closure info and notifications updates in real time. WEBCAMS: live image webcam feed. GPS TRACKING: enhanced, real time group tracking and group messaging for sharing your exact location. LEADERBOARD: opt-in comparison capability for GPS tracked days / activities vs others. TRAIL STARTS HERE CHALLENGE: opt-in virtual hiking challenge for most hiked miles throughout the summer. STATS: enhanced personal hiking stats including total vertical feet, distance (miles), and days hiked. COMPATIBILITY: Apple Watch and Apple Health Kit compatible with seamless tracking integration. The app also syncs your workouts with Apple Health. Created exclusively for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort by the creators of SkiLynx. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smugglers' Notch at 4.6 against Jackson Hole's 3.8. Smugglers' Notch also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 31%) and ads (none vs shown). Jackson Hole's advantage is iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smugglers' Notch holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smugglers' Notch has 562 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Smugglers' Notch's written reviews are positive against 31% of Jackson Hole's.
Smugglers' Notch ships an update monthly, Jackson Hole every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smugglers' Notch | Jackson Hole |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (562 ratings) — better | 3.8 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 31.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 562 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resorts Tapped LLC | JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Smugglers' Notch
Jackson Hole
Bugs and requests
Smugglers' Notch
Reported bugs
4 issues- Snow report never updated
- Tracking inconsistent
- App crashes on launch
- Incorrect trail difficulty ratings
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to mark completed trails
- Improve snow and weather reporting
- Integrate more Nordic and summer activity information
- Streamline login and payment processes
- Enhance navigation and trail map features
Jackson Hole
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smugglers' Notch
No in-app purchases
Jackson Hole
No in-app purchases
Questions
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