14ers.com vs Peak Panorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
14ers.com
Access essential information for Colorado's highest peaks, including route descriptions, maps, and photos. Stay informed with real-time condition reports and navigate safely even without cell service. Record and export your tracks for future reference.
- Peak information
- Route descriptions
- Route maps
- Route photos
- Trailhead locations
- Real-time condition reports
- Offline access
- Track recording
- GPX/KML export
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Official 14ers.com app for Colorado's 14ers (mountains 14,000+ feet of elevation). Take the trusted 14ers.com route descriptions with you into the backcountry! With this app, you'll have access to peak information, route descriptions, route maps, route photos, trailheads, plus real-time user-contributed peak condition reports. Many 14er routes are far from cell service, but you'll have the information you need even when you're off the grid. Additionally, you can record tracks and waypoints and export them to GPX or KML formats. Mountaineering in Colorado can be very dangerous, and many people have lost their lives on the 14ers. Weather, terrain, and other hikers can put you in situations where your knowledge and experience will be critical. Always do your homework, bring the right gear, and hike with experienced partners to ensure a fun and safe journey. Be safe out there! Bill Middlebrook Breckenridge, CO
Peak Panorama
Identify mountains in real-time by pointing your phone at the horizon. View names and elevations in a 3D panorama, with offline capabilities for hiking. Augmented reality overlays labels onto the real world.
- Real-time mountain identification
- 3D panorama rendering
- Offline map downloads
- Augmented reality overlays
- Detailed terrain model
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Know every mountain you see. This app shows you a 360° panorama with the name and height of every peak on the horizon. Turn on the camera to see the names right on top of the real mountains. No signal on the trail? No problem. Save the area you're heading to before you leave, and Peak Panorama works completely offline. It works anywhere in the world, with 500,000 mountains from the Rockies to the Alps to the Himalayas. Perfect for hikes, summit views, road trips, ski days, or just the view from your window. — Ratings — Every positive rating, also after updates, means a lot to me. Your ratings and reviews help me keep improving the app for you. Thank you very much! — Support — If you have questions, run into problems, spot a mistake or a missing mountain name, or have ideas for new features, I'm happy to help. You can reach me at peakpanorama-feedback@kilians.net.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 14ers.com at Free against Peak Panorama's $1.99. 14ers.com also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 4). Peak Panorama's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
14ers.com is free to download; Peak Panorama costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for 14ers.com against 5.0 for Peak Panorama. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 14ers.com has 1.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of 14ers.com's written reviews are positive against 100% of Peak Panorama's.
14ers.com ships an update every 2 months, Peak Panorama every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 14ers.com | Peak Panorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #57 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 14ers.com | Kilian Obermeier |
Customer experience
14ers.com
Peak Panorama
Bugs and requests
14ers.com
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashing after recent update
- Routes not showing up
Requested features
3 requests- Support for 13er routes
- Completion list for peaks climbed
- User reporting functionality
Peak Panorama
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
14ers.com
No in-app purchases
Peak Panorama
No in-app purchases
Questions
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