Mountain Project vs ForTime
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.
ForTime
This fitness timer app offers a variety of interval training modes for workouts like HIIT and CrossFit. It features highly visible text, audible alerts, and allows users to play their music simultaneously. The app is designed to be simple and effective for achieving personal records.
- Multiple interval timer modes (EMOM, AMRAP, Tabata)
- Highly visible text display
- Audible beeps for countdowns
- Background music playback support
- Simple and intuitive interface
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ForTime - A Free Fitness Timer for HIIT, CrossFit, Bodybuilding, Functional Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Personal Training and more. Interval, ForTime, TABATA, EMOM, Equal-Work-Rest, Timed Rest, Ascending/Descending Timers, Running Clock and more. Simple. No nonsense. Timers that just work and do their job. Highly visible text. Audible beeps for countdowns. Play your music while you have your timer running and get some PR's.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ForTime at 100% against Mountain Project's 36%. ForTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Mountain Project's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 10). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ForTime 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 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Mountain Project's written reviews are positive against 100% of ForTime's.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, ForTime every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | ForTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Agilevent Corporation |
Customer experience
Mountain Project
ForTime
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
ForTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
ForTime
No in-app purchases
