Comparison

Trailwise vs Overload

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

Head to head
About

Trailwise

This app helps you track your progress on various UK and Irish hill lists, plan routes with offline maps, and log your hiking adventures. It provides detailed information about terrain, weather, and past walker reports, allowing you to race against your own past performances or others. You can also share your location with friends and family or sync your activities with Strava.

Highlights
  • Track Wainwrights, Munros, and other UK/Irish hill lists
  • Plan routes with offline maps
  • Log summit progress and earn badges
  • View terrain and weather forecasts
  • Race against past performance ghosts
  • Share live location with others
  • Sync with Strava
Features
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The hiking companion built for fell baggers and peak collectors. Track every UK and Irish hill list, plan routes with offline maps, and turn every summit into progress. YOUR LISTS, FINALLY IN ONE PLACE Wainwrights, Munros, Corbetts, Birketts, Donalds, Ethels, County Tops and more. Log a summit once and every list it belongs to updates automatically. Watch your percentages climb and earn milestone badges at 25%, 50%, 75%, and completion — every finished list stays on your profile forever. KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S LEFT See your remaining fells on the map, find walks that bag multiple summits in one route, and let Trailwise suggest your next hill based on where you've been. A GUIDE THAT RUNS ON YOUR PHONE Ask about a route, a fell, or your own walking history and get an answer worked out on the device — not in a data centre. Nothing you ask, photograph, or plot is uploaded, and none of it trains anything. It still answers with no signal, which is where you need it. KNOW WHAT'S UNDERFOOT Bog, heather, scree, forestry, or good path — shaded along your route before you commit. Timings follow the gradient and the ground instead of assuming a flat road pace, so you know when you'll be down. WEATHER, AND WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY FOUND Summit forecasts a fortnight out and hour by hour for today. Walkers report the real state of the hill — snow, flooding, washed-out bridges, closed paths — and you can add yours just by photographing it. RACE A GHOST Pick a past effort on any route — your own PB or another walker's — and race it. See where you're up and where you're losing time, not just who won. WALK TOGETHER Start a party and see everyone on the map, even with no phone signal — devices link straight to each other. Or share a live link so someone at home can watch you get back down. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app records without your phone, shows your track as you go, and guides you back the way you came. SHOW IT OFF ON STRAVA Connect Strava and your summit progress is added to each activity automatically — "Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike — Wainwrights 112/214". Your finished hikes import straight into your lists, no manual logging. PLAN ROUTES WITH OFFLINE MAPS Build loops, out-and-backs, and multi-day routes on the interactive map. Download any region before you leave so your route is always there — even with no signal on the hill. LOG EVERY ADVENTURE Record live with GPS, import from Strava, or log manually. Elevation profiles, distance, and stats build a complete picture of everywhere you've walked. GEAR, SORTED Build gear lists per hike, track weight by category, and share your kit with a link. EARN REAL ACHIEVEMENTS Badges for distance, elevation, streaks, and list completions — plus hidden achievements that unlock by doing, not by grinding menus. Finish a list and generate a completion card showing your global rank. PREMIUM — FROM 99p/MONTH Unlimited routes and gear lists, deeper analytics, GPX import/export, and all milestone awards. 14-day free trial, cancel anytime. Core fell bagging is always free — so are conditions, parties, ghosts, and the watch app. EULA: https://trailwise.io/legal/eula

About

Overload

Features
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OVERLOAD HELPS YOU BEAT LAST WEEK For lifters who train for progress. Keep training your way and let Overload turn your training into visible progression. STRENGTH TRACKING Overload surfaces your strongest completed sets, calculates your estimated 1RM and tracks your progress towards your goals. See new PRs and follow your estimated 1RM over time without ever having to max out. MUSCLE VOLUME Overload maps your working sets across muscle groups and builds a muscle volume diagram. Which muscles received the most work? Are you training some less than you thought? Is your weekly balance score consistently low? TRAINING WRAPPED Overload Training Wrapped turns each month into a shareable progress dashboard. See your program stats, how your selected lifts and bodyweight changed, and which muscles received the most work. RECOVERY, BODYWEIGHT AND MACROS Relaxation, Sleep, Freshness, Energy, and Mood. Record 5 variables in 5 seconds and follow your recovery trend. Log your bodyweight against your goal and adjust your macros accordingly to stay on track. NO ONE LIKES… SWITCHING YOUR WHOLE SETUP. If your training program is already written down, paste it in. Overload turns it into ready to run training days while preserving the structure of your existing split. ADMIN HEAVY LOGGING. Keep the freedom of a notes style workout log with automatic strength tracking oldand muscle volume insights from completed sessions. GUESSING PROGRESS. Overload keeps your previous sessions useful, and turns your training history into structured progression data, so you see what changed and whether your training is moving forward. YOU Set your bodyweight, activity level and wellness baseline. THE PLAN Import your current program, choose one from the library, or build your plan as you train. THE GOALS Set your current top sets and target weight x reps for the lifts that matter to you. OVERLOAD Train as usual. Strength and muscle volume update automatically; recovery and bodyweight trends add context; Training Wrapped brings each month together. INCLUDED IN OVERLOAD - Import an existing text based training program - Explore ready to run workout programs - Flexible notes style gym workout logging - Fast exercise and set entry - Editable workout history - Automatic Strength Tracking for selected lifts - Estimated 1RM goals and strength trends - Muscle volume breakdowns and weekly balance - Weekly goal based consistency streaks - One tap program sharing - Recovery, macro and bodyweight tracking - Monthly shareable Training Wrapped recaps Set your current and goal stats. Beat last week. See your progression.

Screenshots

Trailwise4 screens
Overload4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Overload at none against Trailwise's 1. Overload also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Trailwise's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trailwise sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Overload asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trailwise ships an update every 5 days, Overload every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Trailwise versus Overload: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrailwiseOverload
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam YoungBrecken Davies

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trailwise

Subscriptions1
  • Trailwise Pro14 Days trial$0.991 Month
None

Overload

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trailwise free?
Trailwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Overload free?
Overload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Trailwise or Overload have ads?
Neither Trailwise nor Overload shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trailwise or Overload?
Trailwise ships an update every 5 days, and Overload every 11 days. Most recently, Trailwise was updated on October 15, 2026 and Overload on October 6, 2026.

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