Mountain Project vs Cruxt
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.
Cruxt
Connect with local climbers to find partners, organize climbing sessions, and build trust within the community. Discover gyms, chat with your crew, and track your climbing activity.
- Find climbing partners instantly
- Create and join climbing sessions
- Build trust with peer evaluations
- Discover climbing gyms
- Chat with your climbing crew
- Activity feed for favorite gyms
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Cruxt is the climbing community app that makes it easy to find partners, organize sessions, and build real trust with the people you climb with. Whether you're looking for a belay partner right now or planning a session for this weekend, Cruxt connects you with climbers at your local gym — so you never have to climb alone. CREATE & JOIN SESSIONS Start a live session or schedule one for later. Set your climbing type — Boulder, Lead, Top Rope, Sport, or Trad — your grade range, and how many people can join. Your session shows up at the gym for other climbers to find and join. FIND PARTNERS INSTANTLY Tap "Down to Climb" to let climbers at your gym know you're looking for a partner right now. Browse who's available nearby and connect in seconds. BUILD TRUST WITH PEER EVALUATIONS After every session, rate your partners on safety, vibe, and profile accuracy. Earn trust badges — Rising, Trusted, Community Pillar — that show other climbers you're the real deal. Safety is weighted highest because it matters most. DISCOVER GYMS & FOLLOW THE ACTION Find climbing gyms on the map, check hours and amenities, and see who's climbing there right now. Favorite your gyms to follow their activity in your feed. CHAT WITH YOUR CREW Message partners directly or in group chats that are created automatically when you join a session. Coordinate plans, share beta, stay connected. YOUR ACTIVITY FEED See what's happening at your favorite gyms and what your crew is up to — sessions created, partners found, and milestones earned. GO PRO FOR MORE Free accounts get 20 sessions with up to 3 participants each. Upgrade to Cruxt Pro to unlock: • Unlimited sessions • Up to 20 participants per session • Friends Only & Invite Only join permissions • Advanced filtering by climbing style and grade • Unlimited conversations Cruxt is built by climbers, for climbers. Set up in 30 seconds and start climbing with people near you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mountain Project at none against Cruxt's 2. Mountain Project also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 1). Cruxt's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cruxt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mountain Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cruxt 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Cruxt every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | Cruxt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | John Cottongim |
Customer experience
Mountain Project
Cruxt
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
Cruxt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
Cruxt
- Cruxt Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Cruxt Pro Annual$24.991 Year








