Mountain Project vs Redpoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Automatic climbing session tracking
- Detailed ascent feedback
- Personalized training suggestions
- Watch and iPhone integration
- HealthKit integration
- Route difficulty tracking
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Redpoint every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | Redpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (565 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | 45.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 565 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | riedel.wtf apps S.L. |
Customer experience
Mountain Project
Redpoint
User reviews
Mountain Project
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
Redpoint
- 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
- Redpoint Pro Lifetime Unlock$139.99
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