Vertical vs Trail Run Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertical
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for both outdoor and indoor climbing. Log your ascents, discover new routes and crags worldwide, and access gym topos. It also offers personalized training plans and community features to connect with other climbers.
- Outdoor and indoor climbing route discovery
- Digital climbing guidebooks
- Logbook for climbs and memories
- Personalized training plans
- Gym and global climbing challenges
- Community features and friend connections
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Built by Climbers for Climbers: Vertical-Life is Your Climbing Guide for Outdoor and Indoor Climbing. Keep a log of your climbs and favorite memories, access local beta, and dream about your next adventure. Start exploring new climbing spots and get inspired! CLIMB OUTDOOR: Find sport climbing, bouldering and multi-pitch routes. Hundreds of digital climbing guidebooks available online and offline. Discover routes and boulders, featured on a worldwide map. Authored by local experts, our crags and climbing topos are continuously updated. We support local developers with a portion of our revenue. CLIMB INDOOR: Follow your home gym. Enjoy free access to gym topos and view rankings. Get updates on new routes, log your ascents and connect with climbers in your area. GET PERSONALIZED TRAINING: Enjoy customized training plans by professional coaches. Tailored to your level, our plans align with your gym's routes and boulders. Also, explore our free, single-day workouts to spice up your gym sessions. JOIN CHALLENGES & COMPETITIONS: Gym and global challenges are the perfect motivation boost. Move up the ranking ladder, reach new goals, unlock achievements, and win exciting prizes! FIND FRIENDS & COMMUNITY: Join a global network of climbers. Follow friends, share your successes, encourage your peers, and climb as a team for your local gym. ACCESS FROM THE WEB: Find your synced logbook and profile on https://www.vertical-life.info. Discover daily climbing news and a community-built route database with millions of ascents and insightful comments on Vertical-Life Web. GET MORE WITH PREMIUM: Premium unlocks all outdoor content in the app and gives you the digital convenience of having topos, additional beta, training plans, parking navigation and digital maps, in your pocket, online and offline. - All guidebooks available on your phone - Millions of ascents and comments for the best beta - GPS navigation to crags - Detailed map, with precise topos and route information Learn more: https://www.vertical-life.info/premium Terms of Use: https://www.vertical-life.info/en/pages/legal
Trail Run Project
Discover and navigate thousands of miles of running trails with detailed GPS data, elevation profiles, and photos. Find featured runs near you or in searched locations, with offline access for remote adventures. Local expert insights help you plan the perfect trail run.
- GPS route information
- Elevation profiles
- Interactive trail maps
- High-resolution photos
- Offline trail downloads
- Location tracking on trail
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Trail Run Project is your comprehensive guide to the best trails to run, wherever you are. With the thoroughness of a printed map, we offer full GPS route info, elevation profiles, interactive features, photos, and more. Like a guidebook, we suggest the best featured runs to explore—either near your current location or in an area you search for. Local experts show you the highlights, challenging features, and insights you need to plan a great trail run. • Find over 74,000 miles of trail to run with your crew. • New trails are constantly added to our incredibly detailed trail run database. • Your exact location is shown on the trail. • Downloaded trails work offline for when you’re off the grid. (No cell reception required!) • Enjoy high-resolution photos and detailed topographical trail maps. • We’ll sync with your to-do list, check ins, and favorites on TrailRunProject.com. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trail Run Project at 67% against Vertical's 23%. Trail Run Project also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Vertical's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Vertical sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Trail Run Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trail Run Project holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trail Run Project has 418 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Vertical's written reviews are positive against 67% of Trail Run Project's.
Vertical ships an update every 8 days, Trail Run Project every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vertical | Trail Run Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (46 ratings) | 4.6 (418 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 418 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertical-Life srl | Adventure Projects Inc. |
Customer experience
Vertical
Trail Run Project
Bugs and requests
Vertical
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Trail Run Project
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently during use
- Map view unresponsive and jumps around
- Trail selection scroll at bottom is broken
- Map fails to load or refresh properly
- State map downloads fail
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- UI freezes when navigating areas with many trails
- GPS tracking inaccurate in some regions
- Elevation profile feature removed or inaccessible
- Inconsistency between website and app trail data
- Performance degradation after recent updates
Requested features
10 requests- GPX file export capability
- Apple Watch app integration
- Real-time friend tracking/safety monitoring
- Off-trail warning system
- Run tracking with splits and audio feedback
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- Ability to add photos directly from app
- Watch app for Garmin devices
- Trail condition comments and forum
- Easier trail submission process
- Unified hub for multi-activity data
In-app purchases
Vertical
- Outdoor (1 Month)$4.991 Month
- Training (1 Month)$4.991 Month
- Premium (1 Month)$8.991 Month
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- Friends (1 Month)$14.991 Month
Trail Run Project
No in-app purchases
