Comparison

Mountain Project vs Redpoint

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

Head to head
About

Mountain Project

Discover and navigate to outdoor climbing areas, and find specific routes with detailed filters. Access route beta, photos, and topos offline, and view climbing area statistics. Connect with other climbers in the forum, track your progress, and create to-do lists.

Highlights
  • Find and navigate to climbing areas
  • Sort routes by discipline, difficulty, and rating
  • Search 155,000+ climbing routes offline
  • Download route beta, photos, and topos for offline use
  • View climbing area route statistics and critical info
  • Connect with climbers in the forum
  • Track attempts, sends, and create to-do lists
Features
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Beyond the Guidebook: The Definitive Rock Climbing Resource. • Find outdoor climbing areas near you, and navigate to them, using the map. This super-handy new feature is one of our personal faves. • The much requested route finder: Easily sort routes by discipline, difficulty, star ranking and more. If a 4-star M9 is your thing, we'll help you find it. • Search our entire database of 155,000+ climbing routes, even offline. • Download route beta, photos, and topos state by state for offline use — because the best crags often have the worst reception. • View a climbing area’s route stats (how many 5.11s are there?) and critical info (when is the raptor closure again?) in a single glance. • Chat, ask questions, or put out a call for partners in our forum. • Rate routes and photos, keep track of attempts & sends, or make a to-do list • It's free to download and free of advertising too. Everything you need, nothing you don't.

About

Redpoint

Automatically track your bouldering and climbing sessions with detailed insights and personalized training plans. Use your watch to monitor ascents, heart rate, and route difficulty, then receive AI-driven suggestions to reach your next climbing grade.

Highlights
  • Automatic climbing session tracking
  • Detailed ascent feedback
  • Personalized training suggestions
  • Watch and iPhone integration
  • HealthKit integration
  • Route difficulty tracking
Features
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This is the best app to track your climbing and boulder sessions automatically. Redpoint gives you detailed overview and feedback on your ascents. Use your Watch or iPhone as a fitness tracker for bouldering and climbing. Contribute your climbing session to closing your daily rings! Workouts are stored in HealthKit and therefore visible in the Health app and Workouts app as well. After each session you will see detailed information about your climbs: the overall height, your heart rate, duration, maximum ascent height, ascending speed, difficulty of routes, and most importantly: Redpoint will give you personalized training suggestions based on that data. How to go from V4 to V5? Or from 5.11b to 5.11c? Redpoint creates a training plan just for you to achieve your next climbing goals. So, how does that work? Thanks to highly advanced machine learning we are able to classify climbing movements right on your Watch. In addition to that we use the built-in barometer to measure the ascended altitude. You can track the difficulty of ascended routes right from the Watch. With Redpoint you can use your Watch for: - Bouldering - Top Rope - Sport Climbing - Trad Climbing - Multi Rope (Alpine) - Free Solo - Aid Climbing - Via Ferrata - Ice Climbing Available Redpoint Membership Subscriptions: There are two options available: Three-months membership and annual membership. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy and Terms: https://redpoint-app.com/privacy

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
Redpoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mountain Project at none against Redpoint's 5. Mountain Project also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 565). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Redpoint sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Mountain Project asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Mountain Project against 4.5 for Redpoint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 565, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Mountain Project's written reviews are positive against 46% of Redpoint's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Redpoint every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mountain Project versus Redpoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectRedpoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better4.5 (565 ratings)
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews45.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better565
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.riedel.wtf apps S.L.

Customer experience

Mountain Project

All ratings4,557 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral12.6%
Negative46.4%

Redpoint

All ratings565 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews204 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral22.5%
Negative31.9%

User reviews

Mountain Project

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🗺️ Extensive database of climbing routes
  • 📚 Detailed route information and beta
  • 🗺️ Offline access to downloaded areas
  • 👥 Helpful community contributions
  • 📸 Useful photos and visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🗺️ Inaccurate or outdated map information
  • 🔍 Inefficient search and navigation
  • 💰 Excessive advertising and promotion of other apps
  • 📝 Inability to add comments or photos from the app

Redpoint

From 565 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic Apple Watch integration
  • 👍 Great for tracking climbs and progress
  • 💡 Useful training tips and suggestions
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Automatic climb detection works well

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent altitude/ascent tracking
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially on Apple Watch
  • 🔋 High battery drain on Apple Watch
  • 🐛 Issues with switching between climbing disciplines
  • 🐛 Unreliable Strava sync

Bugs and requests

Mountain Project

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when opening routes or areas
  • Map not showing all available climbs
  • Incorrect date recording for ticks
  • Inability to delete downloaded areas
  • Login issues and account sync problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to add/update routes and areas
  • Implement better offline map functionality
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Add user profile and route tracking features
  • Enhance community engagement tools

Redpoint

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Altitude tracking not working after iOS/watchOS updates
  • App crashing when trying to access settings
  • Inconsistent recording of ascents, sometimes overcounting
  • Issues with syncing data between iPhone and Apple Watch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to edit/delete individual climbs
  • Multi-discipline tracking in a single session
  • More advanced data visualization and analytics
  • Garmin watch compatibility
  • Ability to add custom route photos
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  • Automatic detection of gym ground level

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Redpoint

Subscriptions4
  • Redpoint Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Redpoint Pro 3 Months$10.993 Months
  • Redpoint Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Redpoint Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Redpoint Pro Lifetime Unlock$139.99

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Redpoint free?
Redpoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Project or Redpoint?
Mountain Project is rated higher. Mountain Project averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Redpoint averages 4.5 from 565 ratings.
Do Mountain Project or Redpoint have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor Redpoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or Redpoint?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and Redpoint every 2 months. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on September 24, 2026 and Redpoint on September 24, 2026.

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