Comparison

Mountain Project vs Pebble Climbing

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

Pebble Climbing

This app gamifies your climbing experience by providing personalized grade pyramids to help you improve. Track your progress, discover new climbs, and connect with friends. It also offers workout plans and session tracking for gyms and outdoor adventures.

Highlights
  • Gamified grade pyramids for improvement
  • Friend activity feed
  • Outdoor guidebook with user-added climbs
  • Gym session tracking
  • User-created workout and circuit plans
  • Personalized climb recommendations
  • Climbing progress analysis charts
Features
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Gamify your climbing with Pebble! Pebble helps you improve your climbing by giving you a grade pyramid to complete each week. Finish the pyramid and move up a level. If you don't, you'll get 2 more tries before you drop back down a level. Each level is tailored to your abilities and helps direct you to climbs that are appropriate for you. In addition to the gamification, Pebble offers these other features: • Follow your friends in the FEED to see their sends and media or your gym to see when a new area has been reset or if any events are happening soon. • Find climbs for your next trip in the OUTDOOR GUIDEBOOK or give back by adding climbs that you've sent to the guidebook through the app in a wiki-style. • Track your nightly sessions at the local CLIMBING GYM if they've joined Pebble or even if they haven't. • Find climbing-specific WORKOUTS & CIRCUITS that other users have created to do specifically at your gym, your local crag, or at home. • Get RECOMMENDATIONS based on your current climbing ability and what climbs you need to send to reach the next grade. • ANALYZE your climbing and training using our charts to see your progress and plan your next sessions. • SCHEDULE workouts and sessions and track your successful completion automatically.

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
Pebble Climbing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mountain Project at 4.6K against Pebble Climbing's 55. Mountain Project also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Pebble Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Project holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Mountain Project's written reviews are positive against 47% of Pebble Climbing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Pebble Climbing every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mountain Project versus Pebble Climbing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectPebble Climbing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better4.3 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews46.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better55
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Pebble Climbing, LLC

Customer experience

Mountain Project

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

Pebble Climbing

All ratings55 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral10.9%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative26.7%

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

Pebble Climbing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

Pebble Climbing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pebble Climbing free?
Pebble Climbing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Project or Pebble Climbing?
Mountain Project is rated higher. Mountain Project averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Pebble Climbing averages 4.3 from 55 ratings.
Do Mountain Project or Pebble Climbing have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor Pebble Climbing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or Pebble Climbing?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pebble Climbing every 8 days. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on September 24, 2026 and Pebble Climbing on September 17, 2026.

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