MTB Project vs Mountain States Cup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Offline trail maps
- GPS route information
- Elevation profiles
- Featured ride suggestions
- High-resolution topographical maps
- Location tracking on trails
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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.
Mountain States Cup
Manage your race weekend with this app. Track rider schedules, view start lists, and follow live timing. Get race-day updates, venue information, and see season standings. It's designed for families to manage multiple riders under one account.
- Rider cards with schedule
- Full weekend schedule
- Start lists and seeding
- Live timing and results
- Season standings
- Race-day updates
- Venue guides
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Everything you need for a race weekend, in one place: • Rider cards — each rider in your household, with category, bib, team, and what's next on their schedule • Schedule — the full weekend run of show, with your rider's next start surfaced • Start lists — seeding and final start order with scheduled times • Live timing & official results — follow timing during the race and see the posted official results after • Season standings — points and placings across the series • Race-day updates — start alerts and organizer notices from race control • Venue guides — travel, lift tickets, and local info for each round • Who to Watch — featured riders for each round • Race media — photos and video from the weekend Built for race families: one account manages every rider in your household.
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Verdict
MTB Project and Mountain States Cup both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 32% of MTB Project's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mountain States Cup's. MTB Project also leads on ratings volume (4.4K vs 18) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for MTB Project against 4.7 for Mountain States Cup. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MTB Project has 4.4K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of MTB Project's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mountain States Cup's.
| Parameter | MTB Project | Mountain States Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.4K ratings) | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Mountain States Cup Management LLC |
Customer experience
MTB Project
Mountain States Cup
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
Mountain States Cup
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MTB Project
No in-app purchases
Mountain States Cup
No in-app purchases
Questions
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