Mountain Project vs TrailsIQ Go
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.
TrailsIQ Go
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | TrailsIQ Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure 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
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
TrailsIQ Go
No in-app purchases








