Mountain Project vs Socal Ski Tours
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.
Socal Ski Tours
Discover backcountry ski routes in Southern California's alpine terrain. This app provides essential information for planning winter ski tours in a region not typically known for snow.
- Backcountry ski route discovery
- Descriptions of ski descents
- Planning tool for ski tours
- Covers major Southern California descents
- Winter alpine terrain information
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Known for its beaches and sunny weather, Southern California doesn't usually come to mind as a backcountry skiing destination. When winter does decide to show its face, the alpine terrain comes to life and so do the dedicated backcountry riders. This app covers some of the major ski descents in Southern California and can serve alongside one of the many tools needed for planning a backcountry ski tour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Socal Ski Tours at 5.0 against Mountain Project's 4.6. Socal Ski Tours also leads on iOS requirement (13.5 vs 16.0). Mountain Project's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Socal Ski Tours holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Socal Ski Tours every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | Socal Ski Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Jason Panella |
Customer experience
Mountain Project
Socal Ski Tours
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
Socal Ski Tours
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
Socal Ski Tours
No in-app purchases
Questions
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