Comparison

MTB Project vs Hiking and Skiing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MTB Project

Discover and navigate mountain biking trails with offline maps and detailed GPS route information. Find featured rides, explore local expert insights, and track your location on high-resolution topographical maps. Perfect for planning your next adventure, even without cell service.

Highlights
  • Offline trail maps
  • GPS route information
  • Elevation profiles
  • Featured ride suggestions
  • High-resolution topographical maps
  • Location tracking on trails
Features
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MTB Project is your comprehensive mountain biking guide to the trails you want to ride - with offline maps, full GPS route info, elevation profiles, interactive features, photos, and more. Like a guidebook, we suggest the best featured rides to explore—either near your current location or in an area you search for. Local experts show you the highlights, challenging features, and insights you need to plan a great ride. • Find more than 77,000 miles of trail to shred with your crew. • New rides and trails are constantly added to our incredibly detailed mountain bike trail and ride database. • Your exact location is shown on the trail. • Downloaded trails work offline for when you’re off the grid. (No cell reception required!) • Enjoy high-resolution photos and detailed topographical trail maps. • We’ll sync with your to-do list and check ins on MTBProject.com. By using GPS, we can show your location on trails and vertical profiles. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Hiking and Skiing

Identify mountains and peaks with AR, explore 3D maps, and plan routes for hiking and skiing. Get detailed information on terrain, trails, and mountain lifts, with GPS tracking for all your outdoor adventures.

Highlights
  • Peak identification with AR
  • 3D topographic maps
  • Hiking and ski trail planning
  • GPS tracking
  • Mountain lift and hut information
  • Animated flyover videos
  • Peak bagging challenges
Features
Currently charting
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PeakVisor will make you a champion of mountain navigation, putting state-of-the-art Peak Identification, 3D Maps, Trails, and outdoor GPS tracking into the palm of your hand. Our app is a one-stop shop for all your mountain adventures: hiking, skiing, climbing, mountain biking, and more. But PeakVisor is more than just another outdoors app; it’s an immersion into a carefully crafted 3D world that will give you an unprecedented understanding of the nuances of a mountain’s terrain. “PeakVisor uses your iPhone’s camera and augmented reality (AR) technology to display names and elevations of nearby peaks. The information will appear on your phone like magic.” - App Store, Take the Trail Less Traveled Here’s a brief orientation on the tools we offer to get oriented in the mountains: ● 3D Maps As human athletic achievement progresses in the mountains, so does the technology to assist your adventures. With PeakVisor, you unlock the topo maps of the future; our cutting-edge technology with high-precision terrain modeling offers deep insight into the mountain landscape of your choice. With one glance, you be blessed with years of knowledge about an area’s terrain. ● Identify Peaks Identify more than a million mountains, hills, buttes, spires, and more from all over the world, with a detailed profile for each of them! Our app shows you altitude, topographic prominence, mountain range, national parks or reserves, as well as photos and additional Wikipedia articles. ● Plan Hiking Routes A vast network of worldwide hiking trails and walking pathways included in PeakVisor’s 3D Maps will help you compose a hiking route which includes evaluating the distance you can expect to hike as well as a route’s elevation profile and estimated time for completion. ● Skiing In winter mountain sports, PeakVisor’s topographic 3D Maps allow a visual understanding of the terrain and provide detailed information about mountain lifts, ski resort trails, and backcountry ski touring routes. The app also offers features such as winter mode and a slope steepness overlay to identify avalanche terrain on your route. ● Cable Cars and Mountain Huts are inlaid onto our 3D Maps, complete with schedules. This is especially useful in Europe, where many objectives involve a cable car ride to gain some altitude, lest you want to do some genuinely punishing climbs. And you haven’t experienced the old-world mountain culture until you’ve had a memorable meal and night at a rustic mountain hut in the high country. ● Peak Bagging The app offers monthly climbing challenges and Peak Bagging competitions to keep the motivation where it needs to be…UP. ● Animated Flyover Videos You can even initiate a ‘Flyover,’ our visually stunning animations that give you a token video of your route to show family and friends or inspire some memories down the road. ● GPS Tracking Track any outdoor adventures, whether hiking, skiing, mountain biking, etc. Post-adventure, you can visualize your route in the miniature 3D world, check out stats like distance and elevation gain, and export a GPX file of your new route. ● Lock-Screen Navigation ● All Features Work Offline PeakVisor is the Swiss army knife for outdoor adventure, one that you will soon find indispensable while in the mountains. With so many features at your fingertips, you’ll find value from the app whenever you're on the trail. PeakVisor PRO is a premium subscription that allows you to use the app without any limitations. By subscribing to PeakVisor PRO you make it possible for us to focus on the continued development of the app. PeakVisor PRO is available as a monthly or annual subscription. We have no advertising on the app; all revenue comes from our user subscriptions. We constantly modify the app and offer an update each week, always with new features and fewer bugs. You may find more details in our Terms and Privacy Policy by the link → https://peakvisor.com/en/terms.html

Screenshots

MTB Project4 screens
Hiking and Skiing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MTB Project at none against Hiking and Skiing's 3. Hiking and Skiing's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (59% vs 32%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Hiking and Skiing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MTB Project asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for MTB Project against 4.6 for Hiking and Skiing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.5K and 13K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of MTB Project's written reviews are positive against 59% of Hiking and Skiing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MTB Project ships an update every 5 weeks, Hiking and Skiing every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MTB Project versus Hiking and Skiing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTB ProjectHiking and Skiing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.5K ratings)4.6 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.3% of reviews59.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.5K13K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#151 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Routes Software SRL

Customer experience

MTB Project

All ratings4,448 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive32.3%
Neutral14.2%
Negative53.4%

Hiking and Skiing

All ratings13,211 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews296 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral10.8%
Negative29.7%

User reviews

MTB Project

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great resource for finding trails
  • 📍 Accurate trail information
  • 🗺️ Detailed maps and elevation profiles
  • 🤝 Community-driven content
  • 🔍 Helpful for discovering new trails

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Outdated or missing trail information
  • 🔒 Login/account issues
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and use
  • 🔋 Unreliable GPS and tracking

Hiking and Skiing

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent for identifying mountains and peaks
  • 👍 Detailed information on peaks and trails
  • 🗺️ Useful 3D terrain and mapping features
  • 💡 Ability to identify peaks in photos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Accuracy issues in certain locations
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Requires too many permissions

Bugs and requests

MTB Project

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when zooming or panning the map
  • Elevation and distance data inaccuracies
  • Inability to save or export recorded rides
  • Inconsistent user interface and navigation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more trails, especially in non-US regions
  • Improve app stability and performance
  • Allow offline access to maps and trail data
  • Add more customization and personalization options
  • Integrate with other fitness/tracking apps

Hiking and Skiing

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and app instability
  • Inaccurate peak identification and labeling
  • Issues with downloading and using offline data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode without subscription
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to manually add/edit peak information
  • Integration with other hiking/mapping apps

In-app purchases

None

MTB Project

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hiking and Skiing

Subscriptions2
  • One Month of Hiking & Skiing7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • One Year of Hiking & Skiing7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • 3D Maps & AR Peak Finder$159.00

Questions

Is MTB Project free?
MTB Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hiking and Skiing free?
Hiking and Skiing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MTB Project or Hiking and Skiing?
Hiking and Skiing is rated higher. MTB Project averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Hiking and Skiing averages 4.6 from 13K ratings.
Do MTB Project or Hiking and Skiing have ads?
Neither MTB Project nor Hiking and Skiing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MTB Project or Hiking and Skiing?
MTB Project ships an update every 5 weeks, and Hiking and Skiing every 5 days. Most recently, MTB Project was updated on November 6, 2026 and Hiking and Skiing on November 9, 2026.

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