Comparison

Hiking Project vs UDisc Disc Golf

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

Head to head
About

Hiking Project

Discover and navigate over 74,000 miles of trails with detailed GPS route information, elevation profiles, and high-resolution maps. Find featured hikes near you or in a searched area, with insights from local experts. Download trails for offline use, ensuring you can explore even without cell reception.

Highlights
  • GPS route information
  • Elevation profiles
  • Interactive trail maps
  • Offline trail downloads
  • High-resolution photos
  • Local expert insights
Features
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Hiking Project is your comprehensive guide to the best hikes near you, 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 hikes 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 day on the trails. • Find over 74,000 miles of trail to hike with your crew. • New trails are constantly added to our incredibly detailed hiking 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 and check ins on HikingProject.com. By using GPS, we can show your location on trails and vertical profiles. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

UDisc Disc Golf

This app is a comprehensive tool for disc golf enthusiasts. It allows users to keep score, discover and navigate courses, track detailed statistics, and measure throws. An optional Pro version offers advanced features like lifetime stats and real-time course traffic.

Highlights
  • Course-specific scorecards
  • 15,000+ course directory
  • Detailed player statistics
  • Throw measurement
  • Hole maps and distance to basket
  • Disc cataloging
  • Putting and accuracy drills
Features
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Meet UDisc, the all-in-one disc golf app. Designed by disc golfers for disc golfers, UDisc lets you quickly and easily keep score, find courses, track your stats, measure your throws, and so much more. Join the hundreds of thousands of disc golfers using UDisc to improve their disc golf experience. Keep Score - Keep score on 15,000+ course-specific scorecards - Multiple scoring modes - strokes, full stats, or map-based scoring - Score singles, doubles, or teams of any size - View photographic hole maps and real-time distance to the basket - Create custom scorecards - Share your completed rounds via social media or email - Leave your phone in your bag and keep score from your Apple Watch Find Courses - Browse 15,000+ courses in our course directory - Sort courses by distance, rating, and location - Read course reviews with detailed categories and up-to-date course conditions - See 100,000+ disc golf hole maps only available in UDisc - Filter courses by dog friendly, cart friendly, or courses with bathrooms - Driving directions and contact information for courses - Add courses to your wish list and track where you’ve played Track Your Stats - Analyze your putting, driving, greens in regulation, and more - Keep track of your aces, average scores, and best rounds - Track steps, distance walked, and weather conditions for all rounds - Review comprehensive statistics and charts Additional Features - Accurately measure your throws - Discover disc golf leagues in your area - Catalog and sort your disc collection - Automatically share scorecards with all players - Easily searchable disc golf rule book - Putting & accuracy practice drills - Hear tee order announcements on every tee box - And many more! Upgrade to UDisc Pro For Even More (Free 14-day trial included) - View your lifetime scorecards and stats - Access real-time course traffic - Participate in global and friend leaderboards - Keep score on your smartwatch - Back up your data to your UDisc account Find us on social media: @udiscapp UDisc is actively developed, constantly improving, and has a very active community. Please reach out to us on social media or inside the app with any feedback, questions, or feature requests. Terms of Use https://udisc.com/terms

Screenshots

Hiking Project4 screens
UDisc Disc Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hiking Project at none against UDisc Disc Golf's 2. UDisc Disc Golf's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, 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. UDisc Disc Golf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Hiking Project asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UDisc Disc Golf holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UDisc Disc Golf has 67K ratings behind it against 2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Hiking Project's written reviews are positive against 65% of UDisc Disc Golf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hiking Project ships an update every 5 weeks, UDisc Disc Golf weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hiking Project versus UDisc Disc Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiking ProjectUDisc Disc Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2K ratings)4.9 (67K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews65.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K67K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#21 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.UDisc LLC

Customer experience

Hiking Project

All ratings1,975 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative39.8%

UDisc Disc Golf

All ratings67,239 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews502 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative23.1%

User reviews

Hiking Project

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for planning hiking trips
  • 🗺️ Useful offline maps and trail info
  • 👍 Helpful for finding new trails
  • 🗺️ Accurate trail details and elevation data
  • 🌳 Useful for exploring nature and the outdoors

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Limited trail coverage in some areas
  • 🗺️ Offline maps not always reliable
  • 🔍 Difficult to search and find trails
  • 🔍 Missing key features like recording hikes

UDisc Disc Golf

From 67K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Powerful features
  • 💡 Innovative app
  • 🔍 Helpful course maps
  • 📊 Detailed stats tracking

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Restricted features without subscription
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔌 Apple Watch app issues

Bugs and requests

Hiking Project

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to record hikes
  • Offline maps frequently fail to load
  • Elevation data sometimes inaccurate
  • Syncing issues between app and website

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to record and track hikes
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Expand trail coverage to more regions
  • Add weather forecasts and other useful info
  • Improve offline map reliability and functionality

UDisc Disc Golf

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • GPS accuracy issues on some courses
  • Scorecard jumping between holes unexpectedly
  • Watch app connectivity problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Social features to view friends' profiles and rounds
  • Customizable putting practice modes
  • Ability to edit course layouts and hole locations
  • Disc 'graveyard' to track lost discs

In-app purchases

None

Hiking Project

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

UDisc Disc Golf

Subscriptions1
  • UDisc Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1 Year of UDisc Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Hiking Project free?
Hiking Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UDisc Disc Golf free?
UDisc Disc Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hiking Project or UDisc Disc Golf?
UDisc Disc Golf is rated higher. Hiking Project averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while UDisc Disc Golf averages 4.9 from 67K ratings.
Do Hiking Project or UDisc Disc Golf have ads?
Neither Hiking Project nor UDisc Disc Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hiking Project or UDisc Disc Golf?
Hiking Project ships an update every 5 weeks, and UDisc Disc Golf weekly. Most recently, Hiking Project was updated on October 29, 2026 and UDisc Disc Golf on October 31, 2026.

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