Comparison

Vertical vs DAV Panorama

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

DAV Panorama

This app delivers inspiring content for mountain enthusiasts, covering hiking, climbing, and alpine culture. Discover new destinations, read expert tips on safety and equipment, and stay updated on the latest in the world of mountain sports.

Highlights
  • Mountain destination guides
  • Hiking and climbing content
  • Alpine flora and fauna information
  • Safety, technology, and equipment tips
  • Health and fitness advice
  • Reports on alpine events and culture
Features
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We love the mountains – DAV Panorama is the Deutscher Alpenverein’s (DAV – German Alpine Club’s) member magazine. Hike with us on wonderful mountain paths, scale promising peaks, leave a trail in untouched powder snow, get to know the Alps’ flora & fauna, and enjoy a bite in the quaintest alpine huts. DAV Panorama guides you to mountain destinations in the Alps and around the globe, features enthralling reports and profiles, offers useful tips and information in the safety, technology, equipment and health sectors. Our themes are as varied as the DAV members are diverse: • Hiking • Mountain Climbing • Trekking • Rock Climbing • Mountain Biking • Ski Tours • Hut-to-Hut Hiking Tours • Mountain Trips • Nature Conservation • Alpine Culture • Equipment & Safety • Health & Fitness DAV Panorama is published 6 times per year. Receive inspiration for your mountain passion issue for issue as a member of the Deutscher Alpenverein. With more than 1,2 Million members, the DAV is the largest mountain sports organisation in the World and one of the major environment protection organisations in Germany. Not only does the DAV Panorama member magazine reflect current alpine events but also the hard work of the 355 sections of the Deutscher Alpenverein. The DAV advocates the protection and sustainable development of alpine habitats. The ecologically sound, environmental and climate-friendly practice of mountain sport is deep-seated in the DAV’s mission statement. With a widespread circulation of over 700.000 print copies per issue, DAV Panorama is Europe’s largest alpine and outdoor magazine. We wish you much fun & pleasure with the DAV Panorama app! Privacy Policy: http://www.alpenverein.de/Info/Datenschutz/

Screenshots

Vertical4 screens
DAV Panorama4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DAV Panorama at 70% against Vertical's 23%. DAV Panorama also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Vertical's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 12 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vertical sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. DAV Panorama asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vertical ships an update every 8 days, DAV Panorama every 12 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vertical versus DAV Panorama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerticalDAV Panorama
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVertical-Life srlDeutscher Alpenverein e.V. (DAV)

Customer experience

Vertical

All ratings46 ratings
Positive34.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative58.7%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative67.1%

DAV Panorama

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vertical

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Month)$8.991 Month
None

DAV Panorama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vertical free?
Vertical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DAV Panorama free?
DAV Panorama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vertical or DAV Panorama have ads?
Vertical shows ads; DAV Panorama does not.
Which is updated more often, Vertical or DAV Panorama?
Vertical ships an update every 8 days, and DAV Panorama every 12 months. Most recently, Vertical was updated on November 6, 2026 and DAV Panorama on November 6, 2026.

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