Comparison

Canyon Explore vs Cordada

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

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About

Canyon Explore

Features
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Discover, explore, and navigate breathtaking canyons with our all-in-one app designed specially for canyoning.

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Cordada

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Cordada tells you when the rock grips. This isn't another climbing guidebook. It's an instrument: it cross-references which way each wall actually faces — worked out from the terrain — with the sun and shade on it at that hour, the last few days of rain against how porous its rock type is, humidity, wind and the dew point. The result is the Friction Score, hour by hour, sector by sector. You'll know whether the early start is worth it, whether the wall will be dry on Saturday, and what time the sun comes off it. THE CATALOG · Hundreds of thousands of routes, across tens of thousands of sectors in 80 countries. · Community topos, with the lines drawn over the real photo. · Each sector's grades drawn as a mountain range, with the routes you've done. · Search by route, crag, town or grade, or browse the guidebook by region. · Grades in French, YDS, UIAA, UK and Font. · Route missing? Add it and it goes straight in. THE CONDITIONS · Friction Score, and it tells you why: "Wall in the shade · cool rock, grips", "Rained 6h ago · rock still 40% wet, poor grip". · Where to go?: the best crags near you for the conditions. · Season calendar for every crag, and its closures if it has any. · Geological map of Spain (IGME). YOUR CREW · Meetup board: post a plan or join someone else's, with the Friction Score for its spot at its hour. · Cordada Match: find a belay partner in your area, by swiping. · My crew: share your live location only with the people you choose. · Belay endorsements: what your partners say about how you belay. YOUR GYM · Nearly 4,000 climbing gyms on the map, with directions to the door. · Join yours: once three of you are in, your room opens. Missing? Suggest it. YOUR LOGBOOK · Log every attempt and every send, with a photo and the conditions of the moment. · Grade pyramid, consolidated grade and a send card to share. AWAY FROM THE ROCK · Log finger, pulling, endurance, power or cardio sessions, with your effort. · Hangboard and interval timer, with voice. · Finger, pull-up and core tests, to see how you change. · Gym mode: every attempt at the gym goes to your Logbook with one tap. ON YOUR WRIST · Log attempts from your Apple Watch, at the gym and on rock, with the route from the list. · The timer on your watch, and record your approach from the moment you leave the car. AT THE WALL · Augmented reality for the approach and the sun's path. · Approach trails: GPS breadcrumbs left by the community. · Download a whole crag to use it with no signal. FREE, PREMIUM AND PRO Free forever: the map, the catalog, the Friction Score right now, augmented reality, your logbook, the whole social side in your own area, sessions, timers, tests and the Apple Watch for logging. We don't paywall the community. Premium (€4.99/month or €39.99/year, one week free) adds the hour-by-hour and next-days Friction Score, Where to go?, whole crags offline, your stats and what you log as charts, travel mode for Match and the board, and the crag on your Apple Watch: map, topos, approach and Friction Score on your watch face. Pro (€9.99/month or €99.99/year) adds Suggestions for every week: ideas for what to work on for the grade you're after, around your days and your time, based on what you log and your tests. Plus what holds you back for your grade, how you recover from your watch's heart rate, and today's session on your Apple Watch. They are general suggestions, not medical advice. Prices vary by country. On Fridays the full Friction Score belongs to everyone. MADE BY A CLIMBER Cordada is made by one person, in Spain, with no investors. If something breaks, write to us from the app: it gets fixed. Climbing carries a risk of serious injury and death. Cordada gives you guidance; the decision and the judgment on the mountain are yours. Always check knot, rope end and belay device. Terms of Use: https://cordada.eu/terminos Privacy Policy: https://cordada.eu/privacidad

Screenshots

Canyon Explore4 screens
Cordada4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Canyon Explore at none against Cordada's 2. Canyon Explore also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Cordada's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cordada sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Canyon Explore asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canyon Explore ships an update every 6 weeks, Cordada every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Canyon Explore versus Cordada: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanyon ExploreCordada
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMario ZinsserPAVEL VOJCIECH KADZIOLULA

In-app purchases

None

Canyon Explore

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cordada

Subscriptions2
  • Premium mensual7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium anual7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Canyon Explore free?
Canyon Explore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cordada free?
Cordada is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Canyon Explore or Cordada have ads?
Neither Canyon Explore nor Cordada shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Canyon Explore or Cordada?
Canyon Explore ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cordada every 3 days. Most recently, Canyon Explore was updated on October 10, 2026 and Cordada on October 15, 2026.

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