Comparison

Mountain Project vs Spotgoats

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

Spotgoats

Discover and document cliffjumping spots with detailed information, photos, and videos. Connect with other enthusiasts, join sessions, and compete in monthly challenges for prizes. Progress safely and responsibly within the community.

Highlights
  • Interactive map with spot filters
  • Detailed spot pages with info and weather
  • Create and join community sessions
  • Monthly ranks and leaderboards
  • Video feed for spot discovery
  • User profiles with stats and chat
Features
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Spotgoats is built by and for the cliffjumping community. We provide all relevant features for a cliff jumper's heart to progress safely in the sport we all love! Respect the spots, do not trash, follow local rules, be kind to nature and people! We want to make cliffjumping more accessible to support progression and growth as well as create a safer environment for us all. On Spotgoats you´ll find fully documented spots with pictures, videos and detailed descriptions, not just a pin on the map... You can create and join sessions with fellow senders to connect with like-minded people. Interact with other via the user profiles, Chat and Follow-Feed while challenging yourself playfully on spotgoats ranks! Explore spots not only on our map, but also in the spotgoats explore feed, where you´ll find videos of spots to browse through. Find spots, progress together! Feature Overview: INTERACTIVE MAP WITH SPOTS, FILTERS AND PREVIEW CARDS Browse spots on an interactive map with quick filters for favourites, height, category and recently viewed. SPOT DETAIL PAGES WITH ALL THE INFOS YOU NEED Heights, location info, weather forecast, jump videos, related spots, reviews and the option to suggest improvements. CREATE AND JOIN SESSIONS Start or join cliffjumping sessions to send it together with the community. Share automatically via Social Media! MONTHLY RANKS FOR SPOTS AND JUMPS Add spots and upload your jumps to climb the monthly leaderboard, wind real prizes and challenge yourself with fellow senders. EXPLORE SPOTS ON THE VIDEO FEED A different way to discover your next favourite spots - watch sendy jump videos from the community. Save and share them! PROFILES WITH STATS, FOLLOW AND MORE Individual profiles to show stats, social links and badges. Follow & chat with other jumpers in the community! READY TO SEND IT? Legal Links: https://spotgoats.com/privacy https://spotgoats.com/terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
Spotgoats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spotgoats at 100% against Mountain Project's 35%. Spotgoats also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Mountain Project's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spotgoats sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mountain Project asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, Spotgoats every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mountain Project versus Spotgoats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectSpotgoats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB43 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Spotgoats UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Customer experience

Mountain Project

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

Spotgoats

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Spotgoats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Spotgoats

Subscriptions3
  • Spotgoats Premium Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Spotgoats Premium Level 27 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Spotgoats Premium - Level 37 Days trial$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Goat$24.99

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spotgoats free?
Spotgoats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mountain Project or Spotgoats have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor Spotgoats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or Spotgoats?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and Spotgoats every 8 days. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on November 1, 2026 and Spotgoats on October 31, 2026.

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