Hiking Project vs DiveReady
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- GPS route information
- Elevation profiles
- Interactive trail maps
- Offline trail downloads
- High-resolution photos
- Local expert insights
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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.
DiveReady
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Stop guessing your weight belt. DiveReady calculates the ballast weight you actually need, based on your body, your exposure suit, your tank setup and whether you're diving fresh or salt water. Enter your weight manually or sync it from Apple Health and DiveReady handles the math every time your setup changes. Before you get in the water, DiveReady also pulls real tide, current and weather data for your dive location and rates conditions against your experience level, so a "moderate" reading means something different for a beginner than it does for a dive pro. What's in the box: - Ballast weight calculated based on the required parameters - Real tide, current and weather conditions for your dive site (only US and US-territory coastal waters for now, more coming soon...) - Condition ratings tuned to your experience level, from beginner to expert - Apple Watch support, so your numbers are on your wrist, not just your phone What DiveReady does not do: No account, no login, no ads. Your body weight never leaves your device. Location and usage data are never sold or used for advertising and analytics can be turned off entirely in Settings. DiveReady is for anyone who's tired of eyeballing a weight belt or trying to remember what worked last trip. Set it up once, adjust it as your gear changes and get a number you can actually trust.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DiveReady at weekly against Hiking Project's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hiking Project ships an update every 5 weeks, DiveReady weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiking Project | DiveReady |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Niraj Kadam |
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
DiveReady
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hiking Project
No in-app purchases
DiveReady
No in-app purchases









