Comparison

Rocky Summit vs MinervaOS

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

Head to head
About

Rocky Summit

Plan, track, and log your outdoor adventures with detailed statistics and gear management. Organize your hiking history, monitor gear mileage, and visualize your progress over time. Unlock advanced features like weather forecasts and personal records with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Trip planning with distance and elevation goals
  • Interactive trail map and GPX import
  • Detailed hike logging (distance, elevation, conditions)
  • Customizable gear lists and weight tracking
  • Gear mileage tracking
  • Personalized adventure statistics and visualizations
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Rocky Summit The Complete Outdoor Adventure Companion --- Every summit has a story. Rocky Summit is the app built for hikers, peak baggers, and backcountry explorers who take their adventures seriously — from the first trip plan to the final entry in the log. PLAN YOUR ADVENTURE Start with a destination and build a complete trip around it. Set your date, distance, and elevation goals. Search and explore nearby trails on an interactive map, or import a route directly from many popular trail apps as a GPX file and see it rendered on a map before you ever leave the trailhead. Smart reminders alert you the night before to pack and the day of to log your hike — so nothing slips through the cracks. TRACK EVERY DETAIL Log each hike with the data that matters: distance, elevation gain and loss, moving time, trail conditions, wildlife sightings, gear notes, star rating, and photos. Link logs to your planned trips or record a spontaneous adventure on the fly. Your entire outdoor history — organized, searchable, and always at your fingertips. PACK SMARTER Build gear lists from customizable templates and track the weight of every item. Check off gear as you pack and see a live weight breakdown so you know exactly what you're carrying before you shoulder your pack. Keep tabs on how many miles you've put on your hiking boots and other items with gear mileage tracking. YOUR STATS, YOUR STORY Watch your lifetime numbers grow — total hikes, miles covered, and feet climbed. See your longest streak, your busiest months in an elevation chart, and your activity heat map across the year. Rocky Summit Journal turns your adventures into a record worth keeping. --- ROCKY SUMMIT PRO Unlock the full experience with a Pro subscription: - Personal Records & Milestones — Your longest hike, biggest elevation day, fastest pace, and more, automatically tracked - Weather Forecasts — See the forecast for your trip dates right inside the app so you can plan around the conditions - Year in Review — A full breakdown of your hiking year: stats, conditions, and highlights - Conditions Breakdown — A visual chart of the weather and trail conditions you've hiked in - Activity Heatmap — Your entire year of hiking at a glance, day by day - Shareable Summary Cards — Generate a beautiful hike summary card to share with friends - GPX Import — Import routes from many common trail apps that exports GPX files, with a live route preview on the map - Apple Health Integration — Pull your hiking workouts directly from Apple Health to auto-fill distance, elevation, and time - Unlimited Photos — Attach as many photos as you want to any hike log - Gear Templates — Create and use templates for your planning and packing your gear for a trip - Trail Explorer & Trip Builder — Find nearby trails on the interactive map and create trips with a single tap Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, both with a 7-day free trial. --- DESIGNED FOR THE MOUNTAINS Rocky Summit is built dark, clean, and distraction-free — optimized for quick logging after a long day on the trail and detailed planning when you're dreaming about the next one. Your data stays on your device. No account required. Whether you're chasing 14ers, building a National Park list, or just getting outside more — Rocky Summit is the logbook your adventures deserve. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your App Store account settings.

About

MinervaOS

This app provides a comprehensive calorie tracking system, calculating both intake and expenditure. It offers personalized burn estimates based on your data and supports numerous wearables for accurate workout tracking. Users can also engage with a social community and view fitness trends over time.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive calorie tracking
  • Personalized calorie burn calculation
  • Wearable device integration
  • Workout data recalculation
  • Social fitness community
  • Fitness trend analysis
Features
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Your Calorie Tracker Has No Clue What You Burned. MinervaOS Measures It. Most trackers count what you eat and guess the rest. MinervaOS adds up both sides of the day: what you ate, and what your body burned, from resting metabolism and digestion to steps and workouts. Then it learns you from your weigh-ins and corrects the number over time. WHAT YOU EAT Log with a photo, a barcode, the food database, a saved meal, or a sentence to Quick Log. See calories, protein, carbs, fat and micronutrients, with the day's food log underneath. WHAT YOU BURN Your burn, itemized. Basal, workouts, movement and digestion each get their own number, and a tap shows how it is worked out. Log lifts with sets, reps and weight, cardio by time, or the exact calories your machine shows. Add average watts to your rides. WEARABLES AND APPLE HEALTH Connect Apple Health and supported wearables. MinervaOS recalculates workout burn from the raw data instead of taking the device's number as given. PERSONALIZED BURN Weigh in and MinervaOS compares what the math predicted with what the scale showed, then adjusts your burn on a seven-day cycle. TRENDS Daily energy balance, calories eaten, weight and steps over a week, a month or longer. SOCIAL, IF YOU WANT IT Share a meal or a workout with friends, follow people and keep groups. Sharing is optional. MinervaOS requires a subscription to access all features: $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year, each with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Prices shown are in U.S. dollars and may vary by region. Calorie burn and food figures are estimates, not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://minervaos.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://minervaos.app/privacy

Screenshots

Rocky Summit4 screens
MinervaOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Rocky Summit at freemium against MinervaOS's subscription. Rocky Summit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MinervaOS's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Rocky Summit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MinervaOS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rocky Summit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rocky Summit ships an update every 5 days, MinervaOS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rocky Summit versus MinervaOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocky SummitMinervaOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKyle MauldenBrizo Finance LLC

Customer experience

Rocky Summit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MinervaOS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rocky Summit

Subscriptions2
  • Rocky Summit Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rocky Summit Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

MinervaOS

Subscriptions2
  • Minerva Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Minerva Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Rocky Summit free?
Rocky Summit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MinervaOS free?
MinervaOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rocky Summit or MinervaOS?
Rocky Summit is rated higher. Rocky Summit averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MinervaOS averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Rocky Summit or MinervaOS have ads?
MinervaOS shows ads; Rocky Summit does not.
Which is updated more often, Rocky Summit or MinervaOS?
Rocky Summit ships an update every 5 days, and MinervaOS every 4 days. Most recently, Rocky Summit was updated on November 5, 2026 and MinervaOS on October 31, 2026.

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