Comparison

Mountain Project vs Les Carnets d’escalade

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

Les Carnets d’escalade

Discover over a hundred climbing sites in Valais and Vaud with detailed descriptions, photos, and videos. This app promotes respectful climbing practices and sustainable approaches to equipment maintenance.

Highlights
  • Extensive climbing site listings
  • Geolocated site information
  • Photos and videos of climbing areas
  • Information on sensitive sites
  • Sustainable climbing practices
  • Equipment recycling and re-bolting advice
Features
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Here is latest release of the e-topo ''Les Carnets d’escalade’’. Les Carnets d’escalade are more than a hundred climbing sites in the canton of Valais and the canton of Vaud listed, geolocated, described and documented using photos and videos. It is part of a true showcase of the region's natural, tourist, sporting and cultural heritage. This tool, the paper guides and the general and growing enthusiasm for this wonderful activity have led to an increase in attendance at many climbing sites. This is a very good thing but also calls for changes in practice. * ‘’Les Carnets d’escalade’’ are transformed for more respect * The increased frequency of sites requires respectful behavior from each and every one of us. For a good relationship with the environment, new sections proposed for each sensitive site of points of attention: nesting birds, appropriate parking places, public transport stops, a reminder of the general rules of living on cliffs. * Recycle, Re-bolt * The rock is a resource apart from others, it is not infinite. The very names are on the same equipment for the past and the beauty is just begging to be refreshed. Les Carnets d’escalade and author have an approach to “recycling” the merchandise. Rather than drilling holes in virgin rock, why not tackle the task of repping already equipped areas, which have brought joy to generations of climbers before falling into oblivion due to aging equipment? This will delight today's climbers, while preserving the environment and promoting the work of the elders. A great example of a sustainable approach!

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
Les Carnets d’escalade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mountain Project at every 3 weeks against Les Carnets d’escalade's every 42 months. Les Carnets d’escalade's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 35%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Les Carnets d’escalade every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mountain Project versus Les Carnets d’escalade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectLes Carnets d’escalade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 42 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Nomad Systems Sàrl

Customer experience

Mountain Project

All ratings4,631 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews253 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral12.3%
Negative53.0%

Les Carnets d’escalade

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Les Carnets d’escalade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

Les Carnets d’escalade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Les Carnets d’escalade free?
Les Carnets d’escalade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mountain Project or Les Carnets d’escalade have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor Les Carnets d’escalade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or Les Carnets d’escalade?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and Les Carnets d’escalade every 42 months. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on November 10, 2026 and Les Carnets d’escalade on November 1, 2026.

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