Comparison

Marilyn Munros vs Northing

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

Head to head
About

Marilyn Munros

Features
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Are your ready for the challenge of climbing the 202 Scottish Munro Marilyns or all of the 282 Scottish Munros? Munros are mountains that are at least 3000 feet (914m) high. Marilyns are at least 150m higher than the surrounding land. Track your progress on your own personal log and with an interactive map from OpenStreetMap. The Munro classification was created by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 and the list is maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club. The Marilyn classification was created by Alan Dawson in his 1992 book The Relative Hills of Britain. The Marilyn Munros app is brought to you by the Relative Hills Society. Ā© 2025 Doug Colton Walk descriptions Ā© 2025 Relative Hills Society Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors All images are subject to copyright or are used through Creative Commons Licence

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

Marilyn Munros4 screens
Northing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Marilyn Munros at 3 against Northing's 1. Marilyn Munros also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Marilyn Munros versus Northing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarilyn MunrosNorthing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoug ColtonNorthing Technical Limited

In-app purchases

None

Marilyn Munros

No in-app purchases

None

Northing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Marilyn Munros free?
Marilyn Munros is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Northing free?
Northing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Marilyn Munros or Northing have ads?
Neither Marilyn Munros nor Northing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marilyn Munros or Northing?
Marilyn Munros ships an update every 2 weeks, and Northing every 2 weeks. Most recently, Marilyn Munros was updated on September 13, 2026 and Northing on September 12, 2026.

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