Comparison

Boundary Walk vs Northing

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

Head to head
About

Boundary Walk

Features
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Are your ready to walk the 20 stages of the Peak District Boundary Walk? The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular 190 miles (310 km) walking trail, starting and finishing at Buxton and broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain's first national park. The route was developed by the countryside charity CPRE and was launched in 2017. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map with route guidance notes. Ā© 2024 Doug Colton Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors.

About

Northing

Features
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Northing is a UK peak audit ledger for post-hoc activity verification. Core functions: • Ingest activity streams (Strava / FIT / GPX) as raw records • Verify summit efforts using coordinate checks with a 200 m horizontal tolerance • Calculate vertical gain from pressure-delta records • Track progress across Munros, Wainwrights, and Marilyns • Export activity records when needed System rules: • Agency first: the app records, the user decides • No feeds, no encouragement, no notification bait • Private by default, no data selling • Great Britain scope: England, Scotland, Wales Database coverage: • 282 Munros • 214 Wainwrights • 1,550 Marilyns Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Boundary Walk4 screens
Northing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Northing at fortnightly against Boundary Walk's every 6 weeks. Boundary Walk's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boundary Walk ships an update every 6 weeks, Northing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Boundary Walk versus Northing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoundary WalkNorthing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoug ColtonNorthing Technical Limited

In-app purchases

None

Boundary Walk

No in-app purchases

None

Northing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boundary Walk free?
Boundary Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Northing free?
Northing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boundary Walk or Northing have ads?
Neither Boundary Walk nor Northing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boundary Walk or Northing?
Boundary Walk ships an update every 6 weeks, and Northing fortnightly. Most recently, Boundary Walk was updated on October 12, 2026 and Northing on October 16, 2026.

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