Comparison

Mountain Project vs NIVA Climb

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

NIVA Climb

This app connects climbers to find partners, discover events, and join a digital community. It streamlines the search for climbing activities and offers exclusive promotions from brand partners. Businesses can also utilize management software and marketing channels.

Highlights
  • Find climbing partners
  • Discover and create events
  • Digital climbing community
  • Exclusive brand promotions
  • Event management software for businesses
Features
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NIVA for Climbers "Like Tinder, simply for Climbing" NIVA is your digital climbing community: interact, find partners, search, and create events. In this way, you can replace the various inefficient channels and groups with a single app that enables trust, saves time, and enhances the matching experience. Additionally, in NIVA you can find activities organized by professionals and exclusive promotions offered by our brand partners. --- NIVA for Businesses "The digital knot for the vertical world" NIVA represents an entire ecosystem of services, users and B2B actors in which shared value is created. In particular, NIVA offers event organisers and climbing gyms various management software to simplify their activities, while providing a highly specific marketing channel to professionals and brands.

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
NIVA Climb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NIVA Climb at 67% against Mountain Project's 35%. NIVA Climb also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, NIVA Climb every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mountain Project versus NIVA Climb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectNIVA Climb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB49 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.FJELLO SRL

Customer experience

Mountain Project

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

NIVA Climb

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

NIVA Climb

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

NIVA Climb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NIVA Climb free?
NIVA Climb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mountain Project or NIVA Climb have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor NIVA Climb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or NIVA Climb?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and NIVA Climb every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on November 1, 2026 and NIVA Climb on October 24, 2026.

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