PowDay vs Cypress Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowDay
This app acts as your personal ski companion for Whistler Blackcomb. It alerts you to optimal snow conditions for early chair access and notifies you when lifts open to minimize wait times. It also provides real-time temperature, webcam views, and information on local Après Ski events.
- Snowfall alerts with customizable thresholds
- Real-time lift opening notifications
- Chair opening alerts to skip lines
- Temperature information
- Live webcam images
- Après Ski event updates
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PowDay is your ski-day companion for Whistler Blackcomb. Like a good ski buddy, PowDay wakes you at 6:30am when it has snowed enough to make it worthwhile to be on the first chair in the morning. You can select the amount of snow required to make it worth your time to wake at this most uncivil hour: 10 cm--its going to be great 20 cm--its going to be great 30 cm--do you have a pulse? 40 cm--dude if you don't move you are obviously not a skier. PowDay also notifies you of chair openings so you don't have to wait in lift lines. Set the app to notify you to send you a notice as each chair opens, like a best friend standing in line who calls you when loading begins. In addition to the up-to-the-minute lift status, PowDay also provides temperature information, and even live WebCam images so you'll be able to check the visibility from the top of the Peak chair on those cloudy days. If you have a Hairfarmers addiction, PowDay keeps you updated on where they are playing for Après Ski.
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 price: Cypress Mountain at Free against PowDay's $0.99. Cypress Mountain also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 4). PowDay's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, 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
Cypress Mountain is free to download; PowDay costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowDay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cypress Mountain has 33 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of PowDay's written reviews are positive against 40% of Cypress Mountain's.
PowDay ships an update every 3 weeks, Cypress Mountain every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowDay | Cypress Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ToddLa | Boyne Resorts |
Customer experience
PowDay
Cypress Mountain
Bugs and requests
PowDay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
PowDay
No in-app purchases
Cypress Mountain
No in-app purchases
