Comparison

Mountain Project vs NBDbyMe

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

NBDbyMe

This app helps action sports enthusiasts track trick ideas, progress, and favorite spots. Save new trick concepts, record successfully landed tricks, and organize and share your favorite locations with friends. It supports various activities like skateboarding, snowboarding, and BMX.

Highlights
  • Save and organize trick ideas
  • Track landed tricks (NBD list)
  • Save and share spot locations
  • Add photos and videos to tricks/spots
  • Notes section for tricks and spots
  • Support for multiple activities (skate, snow, BMX)
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Check out @NBDbyMe on Instagram to learn more about NBDbyMe. Do you want to get better at skateboarding? Of course you do, but do you ever think about HOW to get better? Do you go into every session with a clear idea of what NEW tricks you want to try, or do you just keep doing tricks you already know how to do? Do you have a good way of saving all the ideas for new tricks that pop into your head, or do you just end up forgetting them later? Do you have a record of everything you've landed, or have you forgotten what you've already accomplished? NBDbyMe is the ultimate app for skateboarders (and snowboarders, BMX riders, and all other "action sports" people) who want to advance their skills. NBDbyMe helps you save and organize your ideas for new tricks, keep track of all your progression, and save and share your spots without blowing them out. FEATURES *The Ideas List: Did an idea for a new trick pop into your head? Don't forget it—save it to the Ideas list. Need to save an idea for a line instead of a single trick? NBDbyMe lets you save lines and it's easy to add, delete, and rearrange tricks in a line. Already have a spot in mind for your trick? Add the spot to the trick by using the spots organizer. Are some of your tricks more important than others? Move your high priority tricks to the top of the list at the tap of a button. Did you land one of the ideas you saved? Mark it as NBDbyMe and it will be moved to the NBDbyMe list. *The NBDbyMe List: The NBDbyMe (Never Been Done by Me) list is your record of all the tricks you've landed. Did you land a new trick that wasn't already saved in your Ideas list? Just add your new trick directly to the NBDbyMe list. Can't remember if you've done a certain trick before (you'll be surprised at how often that happens)? Just look it up using the search bar in the NBDbyMe list. *The Spots Organizer: Drop pins on the map to save the locations of your spots. Selectively share the names, coordinates, and map links for your spots using Mail, Messaging, Twitter, and Facebook. Get directions to your spots using either the Maps App or Google Maps. Browse the Ideas and NBDbyMe tricks at each of your spots and add Ideas and NBDbyMe tricks directly spots (this feature is great when you're brainstorming for tricks at a specific spot). The spots organizer also includes a full map search to find landmarks and locations based on coordinates, addresses, and keywords. *Photo and Video Support: Add photos and videos to both tricks and spots. *Notes Sections: Every trick and spot has a notes section for any other thoughts you want to save: foot positioning for a particular trick, best times to skate a spot, etc. *Support For Multiple Activities: The default activity is named "Skateboarding", but if you're not a skateboarder NBDbyMe still has you covered. Are you a BMX rider? Just change the name of the default activity to "BMX". Are you a skateboarder who also does a lot of snowboarding? No need to get a separate app to keep track of your snowboarding. Just go into the settings and add "Snowboarding" as another activity.

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
NBDbyMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mountain Project at Free against NBDbyMe's $0.99. Mountain Project also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). NBDbyMe's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Mountain Project is free to download; NBDbyMe costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, NBDbyMe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mountain Project versus NBDbyMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectNBDbyMe
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Dr. Tae

Customer experience

Mountain Project

All ratings4,587 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive35.8%
Neutral12.2%
Negative52.0%

NBDbyMe

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

NBDbyMe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

NBDbyMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NBDbyMe free?
NBDbyMe costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mountain Project or NBDbyMe have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor NBDbyMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or NBDbyMe?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and NBDbyMe every 2 months. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on October 19, 2026 and NBDbyMe on October 13, 2026.

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