ClimbingNote+ vs Alps Summits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClimbingNote+
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Log every climb in seconds, then use your data to see what is improving. ClimbingNote+ is a focused climbing log for bouldering, top-rope, lead and trad climbing. Record sessions at the gym or crag, track every attempt and send, and review your progress without creating an account or joining a social feed. FAST CLIMBING LOG • Start a gym or outdoor session quickly • Record boulder problems, top-rope climbs and lead routes • Mark each climb as an attempt or send • Add grades, tags and session duration • Reuse tags for movement, wall angle, hold type or route color GRADES THAT MATCH WHERE YOU CLIMB • Bouldering: V Scale, Fontainebleau and Japanese Dankyu • Roped climbing: YDS, French, UIAA and Ewbank • Trad climbing: British Trad and supported roped grade systems • Choose personal defaults for bouldering, roped and trad climbing • Override the grade system for an individual gym or crag • Create reusable custom bouldering scales for gyms using colors, numbers or names • Keep the original recorded grade while viewing approximate equivalents INSIGHTS YOU CAN USE • See a meaningful progress highlight on the home screen, even before you add tags • Analyze sends, attempts and send rates by tag, location or grade • Filter by time period, gym or crag, climbing style, grade and tag • Compare recent periods to see what is improving • Find the tags or grades with the most unsent climbs • Review monthly, yearly and all-time activity • See climbing volume and hardest completed grades GYMS, CRAGS AND ROUTES • Save the gyms and crags you visit • Optionally use your location to identify and sort nearby places • Create outdoor boulder, sport and trad routes • Link logged climbs to saved outdoor routes YOUR LOG, YOUR DATA • Your climbing log is stored in a local database on your device • No account is required • Core logging and history work offline • Export a portable JSON backup • Import a backup and merge newer records safely • Optional usage analytics can be disabled in Settings ClimbingNote+ is built for climbers who want a quiet, structured logbook with useful insights and control over their own data. Grade conversions are approximate. Area, gym, route style and individual experience can change how a grade feels. British Trad grades also describe seriousness and protection.
Alps Summits
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Collect the great peaks of the Alps. Alps Summits turns the mountains into a collection. Browse 178 hand-curated summits — all 82 official UIAA 4000-metre peaks plus the classics that define the range — mark the ones you've climbed, and watch your progress grow across six countries. Whether you're a weekend hiker who's stood on the Zugspitze or an alpinist working through the 4000ers, this is the simplest way to keep your mountain logbook and show it off. COLLECT & TRACK • 178 summits — including all 82 official UIAA 4000ers — across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Slovenia • Mark peaks as climbed and log the date, a rating and your own notes • A completion ring, vertical metres collected, countries visited and your highest summit at a glance EXPLORE • Search and filter by name, massif or category • See every summit on a map of the whole Alpine arc, coloured by what you've bagged • Tap any peak for its elevation, massif, country, alpine grade and first-ascent year EARN & SHARE • Unlock achievement badges — your first 4000er, completing a massif, summiting in all six countries and more • Share your climbs on beautiful boards — an all-time progress card, a "My Alpine Season" recap with a map, and a per-summit card with your rating, notes and linked activity. Post and Story formats. • Save any board to Photos, or post it straight to your Instagram Story — Feed, Messages and anywhere else too • Explore ambassador picks — Julia's Favorites, the complete list of all 82 official UIAA 4000ers from alpinist @juliainthealps, and Monika Sattler's "30 Summits in 30 Days" Swiss challenge from @rad_monika • Have a code? Redeem it to unlock Pro or a collectible ambassador badge ALPS SUMMITS PRO A one-time purchase unlocks: • Activity — link a hiking workout from Apple Health to any ascent and see its distance, elevation gain, moving time and calories. Works with Apple Watch, and with Garmin and other devices that sync to Apple Health. Read-only and entirely on your device. • Summits in view — see which other 4000ers are within line of sight of any peak, with distance and direction • Routes by difficulty — filter the Swiss 4000ers by how hard the standard route is, from easy glacier walks to serious climbs • Extra share-card themes • Advanced statistics — per-country and per-massif breakdowns • Personal bests — your best season, most vertical in a month, biggest day and longest climbing streak • The full set of advanced achievements PRIVACY FIRST Your logbook lives on your device. Alps Summits collects no personal data, has no ads and no tracking. Lace up, and start collecting the Alps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClimbingNote+ at none against Alps Summits's 1. ClimbingNote+ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Alps Summits's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads and device support 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. Alps Summits sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ClimbingNote+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
ClimbingNote+ ships an update every 6 days, Alps Summits every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClimbingNote+ | Alps Summits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | xu zhangxuan | Michal Demczyszak |
In-app purchases
ClimbingNote+
No in-app purchases
Alps Summits
- Alps Summits Pro$4.99









