Mountain Project vs Shredhead
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.
Shredhead
Connect with skiers and snowboarders at your resort in real time. Discover riders with similar styles and skill levels to find people for sessions or exploring new terrain. Enhance your mountain experience by building community and making new connections.
- See who is riding at your resort
- Connect with other riders in real time
- Find people with similar skill levels
- Discover riders for sessions or exploration
- Build mountain community
- Check in at your resort
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Shredhead is the social app for mountain bikers and skiers. Find riders at your level, check live trail conditions, and coordinate the whole day from one place. Find your crew See who's riding at your mountain or trail network. Browse riders by skill level and discipline, send a connect request, and message them directly. Filter by Green, Blue, Black, or Double Black to find people who ride like you do. Live trail conditions Shreddit is your real-time trail feed. Conditions reports, closures, bike park updates, and ride reports from riders who were just out there. Follow any trail with the bell icon and get notified the moment something changes. Carpool to the mountain Post a carpool or book a seat. Seat counts update live. Book a ride and you're automatically added to a private group chat with everyone in the car. Clubs and group chats Join Race Breck, or your local club. Joining adds you to the club group chat automatically. See who in your club is riding today and connect with them directly. Check in when you ride Long press the profile tab to check in at a trail or resort. Your crew gets notified. They can find you, join you, or just know you're out there. Free for users forever. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Shredhead uses technology protected by United States Patent Pending status. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NCRQ7YayeSloMVKELo9rE1ew6vlLWWOLZT2_bDiUyEc/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
Mountain Project and Shredhead both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Shredhead's written reviews are positive against 36% of Mountain Project's. Shredhead also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Mountain Project's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 8). On price, rating, 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Project has 4.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Mountain Project's written reviews are positive against 80% of Shredhead's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Shredhead weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | Shredhead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Shredhead LLC |
Customer experience
Mountain Project
Shredhead
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
Shredhead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
Shredhead
No in-app purchases
