NL vs Peak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NL
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Everyone in the Netherlands must always be able to receive an NL-Alert and NL-Alert must be clear to everyone. The NL-Alert app helps with this. The app has been specially developed for people who are regularly near the border with Germany or Belgium and therefore do not always receive NL-Alerts. The NL-Alert app is also for people with a visual or hearing impairment, which means that it is not always clear who receives a NL-Alert. 1. People who are often close to the border Their mobile phone may sometimes be connected to a German or Belgian cell tower. Those transmission towers do not send out an NL-Alert. With the NL-Alert app you will still receive the NL-Alert via your mobile internet connection. To receive messages data roaming must be available and allowed. 2. People who are hearing impaired or deaf It can be difficult for them to notice that an NL Alert has been sent. The app offers special accessibility features to help them with this. 3. People who are visually impaired or blind An NL-Alert is sometimes unclear to them. The app offers special accessibility features that make NL-Alert clearer.
Peak
Identify mountains, lakes, and ridges in your live view or 3D panorama. This app uses detailed elevation data to accurately label visible peaks by name, height, and distance, even accounting for obstructions. Explore global terrain from any viewpoint, day or night, and save favorite locations.
- Augmented reality peak identification
- 3D terrain rendering
- Global mountain and lake database
- Accurate visibility computation
- Sun path and star charting
- Offline region downloads
- Summit and viewpoint saving
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PeakPeek tells you what mountain you are looking at. It renders the actual view from where you stand — every ridge, summit, and lake, drawn from 30-meter elevation data — and labels the peaks by name, height, and distance. The renderer marches real terrain, so a label only appears when that summit is genuinely visible from your position. Peaks hidden behind a closer ridge are marked as such, not guessed at. IDENTIFY WHAT YOU SEE Point the camera and match labels to the live view in AR, or browse the rendered panorama in 3D. Every named peak and lake worldwide is on board. Tap any label for elevation, distance, and prominence. Visibility is computed, not assumed: the app knows whether a summit clears the ridges in front of it. GO ANYWHERE Stand on any summit on Earth without leaving home. Pick a spot on the map, or search a peak and stand on it — the view renders from its actual top. Terrain streams automatically for wherever you look, from the Alps to Iceland to the Himalaya. Nothing to configure. READ THE LIGHT Scrub time to see the sun's path drawn against your real horizon — not a flat one. Sunrise and sunset times reflect the actual ridgelines around you. At night the sky shows the stars and the moon for your location and time. TAKE IT OFFLINE Download regions before a trip and the full experience works with no signal: terrain, labels, visibility, sun times. Keep lists of summits you have climbed or want to climb, and save viewpoints you want to return to. NO ACCOUNT No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Your position is used to render your view — nothing more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Peak at none against NL's shown. Peak also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NL ships an update every 5 months, Peak every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NL | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Politie | Weemotes, LLC |
In-app purchases
NL
No in-app purchases
Peak
No in-app purchases









