Salty vs Peak Panorama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salty
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Get Salty is the community-powered guide to the Salish Sea — built for mariners, paddlers, ferry travellers, and coastal explorers who want to know before they dock. From the Gulf Islands to Puget Sound, the Pacific Northwest coast is best navigated with local knowledge. Get Salty connects you to that knowledge in real time, surfacing live updates from the marinas, boaters, and coastal communities already on the water.
Peak Panorama
Identify mountains in real-time by pointing your phone at the horizon. View names and elevations in a 3D panorama, with offline capabilities for hiking. Augmented reality overlays labels onto the real world.
- Real-time mountain identification
- 3D panorama rendering
- Offline map downloads
- Augmented reality overlays
- Detailed terrain model
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Know every mountain you see. This app shows you a 360° panorama with the name and height of every peak on the horizon. Turn on the camera to see the names right on top of the real mountains. No signal on the trail? No problem. Save the area you're heading to before you leave, and Peak Panorama works completely offline. It works anywhere in the world, with 500,000 mountains from the Rockies to the Alps to the Himalayas. Perfect for hikes, summit views, road trips, ski days, or just the view from your window. — Ratings — Every positive rating, also after updates, means a lot to me. Your ratings and reviews help me keep improving the app for you. Thank you very much! — Support — If you have questions, run into problems, spot a mistake or a missing mountain name, or have ideas for new features, I'm happy to help. You can reach me at peakpanorama-feedback@kilians.net.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Salty at Free against Peak Panorama's $1.99. Peak Panorama's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Salty is free to download; Peak Panorama costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Salty ships an update every 4 months, Peak Panorama every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salty | Peak Panorama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #16 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | the number | Kilian Obermeier |
In-app purchases
Salty
No in-app purchases
Peak Panorama
No in-app purchases
