Comparison

Mountain Project vs TrailsIQ Go

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

TrailsIQ Go

Features
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Know if your trail is open before you leave the house. TrailsIQ Go gives you live trail conditions from the people who maintain them, alerts you when trails close, and lets you report problems in a few taps. Built by a working trail crew in Vermont. LIVE TRAIL CONDITIONS See whether a trail or a whole network is open, closed or needs caution. Updates come straight from the local trail organization, so you get the real status, not a guess. CLOSURE ALERTS Turn on notifications and hear about it the moment a trail closes for wet conditions, storm damage, build work or wildlife. No more driving to a closed trailhead. REPORT ISSUES IN SECONDS Downed tree, washout, damaged bridge? Snap a photo, drop a pin where you're standing and send it. Your report goes directly to the crew responsible for that trail, so it gets fixed faster. HELP KEEP YOUR TRAILS GREAT Most trails are kept open by small crews and volunteers. Every report you send helps them find problems sooner and spend their time where it counts. - Free - Live open, closed and caution status - Push alerts when trails close - Photo and location reporting - Reports go straight to your local trail organization Run a trail organization? Your crew can manage maintenance, inspections, conditions and volunteer hours with the TrailsIQ app. Learn more at trailsiq.com.

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
TrailsIQ Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mountain Project and TrailsIQ Go are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, TrailsIQ Go fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mountain Project versus TrailsIQ Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectTrailsIQ Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Mus Mountain Works LLC

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

TrailsIQ Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

None

TrailsIQ Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrailsIQ Go free?
TrailsIQ Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mountain Project or TrailsIQ Go have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor TrailsIQ Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or TrailsIQ Go?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and TrailsIQ Go fortnightly. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on October 23, 2026 and TrailsIQ Go on October 15, 2026.

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