Comparison

Mountain Project vs ClimbAdvisor

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

ClimbAdvisor

Features
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Climbadvisor: a complete digital book guide for sport climbing in Italy, always updated and always at your fingertips on your iPhone. Climbadvisor contains in one app all you need for sport climbing: the descriptions of the traditional guides powered by the search and localization capability of the iPhone, plus updating when new routes are nailed or other changes happens. In the free section a search engine allows you to identify, between the crags in our catalog, those that interest you based on the beauty, the ideal grade range, the ideal season, the type of rock, the name, the geographic location. You will see a tab with all these details, the CV of the authors of the guide, the list of routes to be missed, the typical meeting places of the climbers and the main tourist attractions. With the In-App Purchase you will be able to buy the digital book guide of crags, and download all subsequent updates. In each guide you will be able to find the following information on the crag's areas Approach Exposure Comfort under the routes Ideal level Number and grade of routes A search engine will allow you to select the ways based on the level, the beauty, the climbing style, or by name The information on the single route are: Brief description of the characteristics Beauty Web grade (soft or hard based on the opinion of the website users like Climbook or other), if meaningful Who opened the route, if known. First ascent, if known First ascent on sight, if known. And, for most of the routes, also: Length Number of bolts State of bolts For iPhone e iPod Touch Supports iOS 6.1 and higher versions Optimized for iOS 8.1

Screenshots

Mountain Project4 screens
ClimbAdvisor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mountain Project at none against ClimbAdvisor's 13. Mountain Project also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. ClimbAdvisor sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Mountain Project asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, ClimbAdvisor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mountain Project versus ClimbAdvisor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain ProjectClimbAdvisor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.DAIDALEA ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE

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

ClimbAdvisor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mountain Project

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

ClimbAdvisor

One-time13
  • Capo Palinuro - Spiaggia della MolpaFree
  • Locride AreaFree
  • Amalfi$0.99
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  • L'Aquila Area$1.99
  • Appennino Lucano$1.99
  • Gavelli, Ceselli, Caso$1.99
  • Around Roma$1.99
  • Palermo$3.99
  • Rieti/Terni Area$4.99
  • Val d'Erice$4.99
  • Sperlonga Area$5.99
  • San Vito lo Capo$8.99
  • Etna Area$12.99

Questions

Is Mountain Project free?
Mountain Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClimbAdvisor free?
ClimbAdvisor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mountain Project or ClimbAdvisor have ads?
Neither Mountain Project nor ClimbAdvisor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Project or ClimbAdvisor?
Mountain Project ships an update every 3 weeks, and ClimbAdvisor every 2 months. Most recently, Mountain Project was updated on November 1, 2026 and ClimbAdvisor on October 26, 2026.

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