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

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Northing

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Northing builds your verified summit record from GPS activities and uses that history to plan walks through the hills you still have left to record. RECORD YOUR SUMMITS Connect Strava or import GPX and FIT activity files. Northing checks GPS coordinates against summit positions using a fixed 200-metre horizontal tolerance and records matching summit visits in your private ledger. Track progress across nine lists in Britain and Ireland: Munros, Wainwrights, Corbetts, Grahams, Nuttalls, Welsh 3000s, Trail 100, Ethels and Marilyns. PLAN FROM YOUR SUMMIT RECORD Northing Premium uses your verified history to identify Wainwrights and Munros still missing from your record. Plan walks around those hills or select particular summits, with distance and ascent limits. Generated walks return to their starting car park and may include loops, shared approaches or retraced paths. Export the planned walk as GPX for your preferred navigation app or device. You can also save routes and download their maps before leaving signal for offline use in Northing. Review route information and conditions before deciding where to walk. FREE ACCESS Record eligible recent activities within the initial historical window and continue recording eligible future activities. Browse the summit database and view your verified record. NORTHING PREMIUM Add full eligible historical recovery and Wainwright and Munro planning based on your summit record. Premium is an annual subscription; your App Store displays the applicable price and terms. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple account settings. Private by default. No public feed or leaderboard. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.northing.app/privacy

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 November 3, 2026 and November 5, 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 MB58 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 November 3, 2026 and Northing on November 5, 2026.

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