Mountain Project vs G2RunHUDiOS
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.
G2RunHUDiOS
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G2 Run HUD shows the running data your Garmin watch is recording right in the view of your Even Realities G2 smart glasses. No more lifting your arm to check pace or heart rate — keep your eyes on the road. ■ What you see on the glasses • Pace (optionally in big LED-style digits) • Speed, heart rate, distance, power • Cadence, stride length, vertical oscillation, vertical ratio • Elapsed time, timer, total ascent, altitude, calories • Top right: clock, temperature and weather, heading, glasses and phone battery Choose only the metrics you care about, out of 14. Changes show up on the glasses right away. Pace can be drawn in large dot-matrix digits that are easy to read mid-stride. ■ Two ways to connect • Direct to Even G2 The app connects to the G2 itself and draws the display. This has the lowest latency. (Turn off Bluetooth for the Even app while using this mode.) • Relay to the Even Hub app Keep your G2 connected to the Even app. The Even Hub app "G2 Run HUD" receives the data from this app and shows it, so you keep all Even app features. Switch between them at any time in Settings. ■ What you need • A Connect IQ–compatible Garmin watch and the Garmin Connect app • Even Realities G2 and the Even app ■ Besides this app, you also need to install [Required] From the Connect IQ Store: the "G2 Run HUD" data field In the Connect IQ Store app on your iPhone, search for "G2 Run HUD", install it on your watch and add it to a running data screen. This data field is what sends the numbers from the watch to this app. [Required for relay mode] From Even Hub: the "G2 Run HUD" Even Hub app In the Even app, search Even Hub for "G2 Run HUD" and install it. That app draws the display on your glasses. ■ Getting started 1. Install the above (direct mode needs only the Connect IQ data field) 2. In this app, tap "Select Garmin Device" and register your watch 3. Connect the G2 directly, or set the output to the Even Hub app and open "G2 Run HUD" from the Even app 4. Start the activity on your watch — the numbers appear on your glasses The same steps are in the in-app Help (the ? button). ■ English and Japanese Switch the app and the glasses display between English and Japanese in Settings. ■ Privacy • No account, no ads, no analytics • Data from your watch is used only on this iPhone and never sent anywhere • The relay runs entirely inside this iPhone and is not visible to other devices on your Wi-Fi • Location is used to get the weather (an approximate position is sent to Open-Meteo or met.no) and, while relaying to the Even Hub app, to keep the app running in the background ■ Please note • This is an independent app and is not affiliated with Garmin Ltd. or Even Realities • Always stay aware of your surroundings while running
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Verdict
Mountain Project and G2RunHUDiOS 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mountain Project | G2RunHUDiOS |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | osamu Kishiyama |
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
G2RunHUDiOS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mountain Project
No in-app purchases
G2RunHUDiOS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mountain Project free?
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Do Mountain Project or G2RunHUDiOS have ads?
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or G2RunHUDiOS?
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