Perisher vs Cypress Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perisher
Enhance your ski resort experience with real-time updates on lift and trail status, weather conditions, and live snow cams. Connect with friends on the slopes, track your ski days, and compete on leaderboards. Purchase lift tickets, lessons, and rentals directly through the app.
- Real-time lift and trail status
- Real-time weather data
- Live snow cams
- Find and track friends
- Track ski days and season stats
- Online shopping for tickets and rentals
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The official app of Perisher. Make the most of your day at Australia’s Favourite ski resort. Connect with your friends on the slopes, track your ski days, view real-time lift and trail status. REAL-TIME LIFT AND TRAIL STATUS Know which trails are groomed, which lifts are open, and when they are scheduled to open all in real-time. REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA No more guessing how many layers you’ll need with real-time weather including minimum temperature, wind speeds and how much snow has fallen in the last 24 hours. VIEW LIVE SNOW CAMS Keep an eye on snowfalls and see real time mountain views with live cams from various locations around the resort. FIND AND TRACK YOUR FRIENDS Stay connected with friends by creating your own private group. See their current location in real-time on the resort map, what run or lift each person in your group is riding and the difficulty rating. TRACK YOUR DAY AND SEASON Keep track of all the details about your ski day and season. How many days skied, runs completed and vertical kilometres logged are all at the touch of a button. If you have an Apple Watch, record your runs as a workout and see your workout in the Health app. LEADERBOARD Compete for the top spot on the Perisher Leader board through days skied, lifts ridden, and vertical metres logged. SHOP ONLINE Buy early and save on lift tickets, lessons, rentals and more. Created exclusively for Perisher by the Resorts Tapped LLC. Note: Location and Logging services require a GPS-equipped device. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Cypress Mountain
Stay informed about mountain conditions and operations. Access offline trail maps, track your runs, and receive timely alerts for powder days and lift openings.
- Current conditions and operations updates
- Offline trail maps
- Daily run tracking
- Powder day alerts
- Lift opening notifications
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Download the Cypress Mountain App to stay up to date with current conditions and operations. View trail maps offline, track your daily runs and more-all from the device in your pocket. Enable notifications to receive alerts on powder days and when lifts open for the season.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Perisher at every 2 weeks against Cypress Mountain's every 4 months. Perisher also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 40%). Cypress Mountain's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (33 vs 9). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Perisher against 4.7 for Cypress Mountain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Perisher's written reviews are positive against 40% of Cypress Mountain's.
Perisher ships an update every 2 weeks, Cypress Mountain every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perisher | Cypress Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.5% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resorts Tapped LLC | Boyne Resorts |
Customer experience
Perisher
Cypress Mountain
User reviews
Perisher
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Epic resort experience
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate forecasts and live cams
- 👍 Helpful information
- 👍 Great app for tracking runs and conditions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent tracking system
- 🔍 Inaccurate lift and run status reporting
- 🔋 High battery consumption with GPS tracking
- 🔍 Disappointing camera image quality
- 🔍 Outdated or lacking features compared to competitors
Cypress Mountain
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great 3D map GPS tracking
- 👍 Clear safety emergency contact button
- 👍 Accessible mountain conditions, trail maps, webcams
- 👍 Good tracker even when not at the mountain
- 👍 Simple app design
Room to improve
- 👎 Unreliable for daily run updates
- 👎 App consistently times out
- 👎 Bug-ridden, poor quality app
- 👎 Slow, full of request errors
- 👎 Confusing website information
Bugs and requests
Perisher
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Login and account issues
- Inconsistent GPS tracking and data recording
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back the popular dashboard feature
- Add more live video cameras around the resort
- Improve weather reporting and snow condition updates
- Integrate speed tracking and other advanced analytics
Cypress Mountain
Reported bugs
16 issues- App consistently times out
- Bug-ridden, poor quality app
- Slow, full of request errors
- App crashes on opening screen
- App hangs and won't open
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- App doesn't open after upgrade
- New update won't allow app to open
- App dies after upgrade
- New update is bad
- Webcams crash the app
- Ski tracker data not accessible
- Loading external link message
- Cams not always working
- Downhill report doesn't load
- Downhill conditions link stopped working
- App doesn't work on iPhone 8
Requested features
10 requests- Daily updates on runs open
- Video return at Hollyburn lodge for snow visibility
- Add a tracking system
- Add weather forecast
- Add top speed and ski trails tracking back to Ski Tracker
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- Improve snow report details (overnight snowfall, expected snowfall, freezing level)
- Add temperature, wind, precipitation, snow depth, and open runs information
- Make 'My Profile' interactive
- Fix the downhill conditions link
- Fix the 'Loading external link' message
In-app purchases
Perisher
No in-app purchases
Cypress Mountain
No in-app purchases
Questions
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