Mountain Project vs Hangs Free
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.
Hangs Free
This app helps climbers track finger strength during no-hang training. It provides real-time weight data, measures maximum force as a percentage of body weight, and charts performance over time. Easily copy set summaries to your training log.
- Real-time weight tracking
- Max force measurement
- Force change chart
- Copy set summary to clipboard
- Supports WH-C06 and Tindeq devices
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Hangs Free is a simple app for climbing finger strength no-hang training. Supported features: - Real-Time Weight Tracking: View accurate weight (force) data during your training - Max Force Measurement: Track your peak strength and calculate it as a percentage of your body weight - Force Change Chart: Analyze your performance over time with a graph displaying force variations during your session - Copy to Clipboard: Copy your set summary to you training log or notes in one click - Devices support: WH-C06 and Tindeq
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mountain Project at 4.6 against Hangs Free's 3.0. Mountain Project also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 1). 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.
Mountain Project holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Hangs Free every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | Hangs Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Roman Batsenko |
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
Hangs Free
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
Hangs Free
No in-app purchases
