Comparison

ClimbPin vs Alps Summits

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

Head to head
About

ClimbPin

This app serves as a digital archivist for your climbing journey, transforming your climbing experiences into precise metrics. It automatically detects and records climbing data, helps manage projects, and visualizes your progress with exclusive performance grades.

Highlights
  • Professional career log for bouldering and lead climbing
  • Smart auto-detection of climbing height and heart rate
  • Exclusive Climbing Performance Grade (CPG)
  • Exclusive Climbing Effort Grade (CEG)
  • Dedicated project management for routes
  • Send Pyramid visualization for training intensity
Features
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Climbing is not just about going up; it is a dialogue with yourself. ClimbPin is dedicated to being the digital archivist of your climbing career. Through advanced data analysis models, we transform vague "feelings" into precise "metrics." From every attempt at the gym to your Redpoint moment on the crag, we are here to record, analyze, and witness your journey. 【Key Features】 Professional Career Log: Stop relying on memory alone. Whether it's Bouldering or Lead climbing, ClimbPin helps you build a complete climbing database, ensuring every ascent leaves a mark. Smart Auto-Detection: Free your hands and focus on the climb. Paired with your smart devices, ClimbPin automatically detects and records your climbing height and heart rate changes. In the peaks and valleys of your heart rate, we see not just altitude, but your composure and explosiveness on the wall. Exclusive Metrics: CPG (Climbing Performance Grade): Quantify your progress, giving you tangible proof of every improvement in your ability. CEG (Climbing Effort Grade): Visualize your effort. We focus not just on the result, but respect every drop of sweat you pour in. Your Dedicated Project Management :"When a route gets a name, it becomes a Project." Our dedicated Project module helps you manage those routes you are projecting. Log attempts, review cruxes, and track your journey until the Redpoint. Send Pyramid :Visualize your ability at a glance. The pyramid model intuitively displays your ascent distribution and ability boundaries, helping you scientifically plan your training intensity. 【To Every Climber】 ClimbPin is not just a tool; it is your partner on the wall. Let's Quantify your passion, visualize your progress.

About

Alps Summits

Features
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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.

Screenshots

ClimbPin4 screens
Alps Summits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Alps Summits at every 3 days against ClimbPin's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ClimbPin sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Alps Summits sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClimbPin ships an update every 2 weeks, Alps Summits every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ClimbPin versus Alps Summits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClimbPinAlps Summits
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyberCornerMichal Demczyszak

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ClimbPin

One-time3
  • A Chalk Block$1.99
  • A Carabiner$2.99
  • A Quickdraw$7.99
1 purchases

Alps Summits

One-time1
  • Alps Summits Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ClimbPin free?
ClimbPin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alps Summits free?
Alps Summits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClimbPin or Alps Summits have ads?
Neither ClimbPin nor Alps Summits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClimbPin or Alps Summits?
ClimbPin ships an update every 2 weeks, and Alps Summits every 3 days. Most recently, ClimbPin was updated on November 5, 2026 and Alps Summits on October 31, 2026.

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