Boundary Walk vs Northing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Boundary Walk
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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.
Northing
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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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Boundary Walk ships an update every 6 weeks, Northing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boundary Walk | Northing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doug Colton | Northing Technical Limited |
In-app purchases
Boundary Walk
No in-app purchases
Northing
No in-app purchases








