Comparison

Hiking Project vs LDR | BLDR

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

LDR | BLDR

Features
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You finally dial in all the line, leader, and tip combinations that work best with your rods, conditions and casting ability. Now, fast forward to next season - your rigging up at the truck in the pre-dawn light and can't remember which line and tip goes with which, least of which whether or not you need T8 or T11 to fish this new intruder pattern on the run you are about to step in. Leader Builder ends that. Save the leader recipes that you actually fish on each of your rods. Add casting notes for what makes each one work. Next time you grip that rod at the river, the recipe is one tap away. Catalog every fly rod, line, leader, tippet, and sink-tip you own, then save the leader recipes that actually fish on each rod. Next time you grip that rod at the river, the right setup is one tap away. — What it does — • Catalogs your gear — fly rods (single-hand, switch, spey, trout spey), fly lines (integrated and shooting heads), commercial leaders, custom leaders built from butt + tapers + tippet sections, sink-tips, and tippet material. • Browse a curated catalog of common rods, lines, and tips so you don't have to type everything from scratch. • Build recipes — a line + leader + optional tip, tuned to a specific rod for specific water conditions (flow speed, target depth, fly type). • Save casting notes per recipe — what worked, what didn't, what to remember next time you fish this combo. • Find any recipe fast by rod or by gear. — Built for the river — • Fully offline. Your gear catalog and recipes work in the cell-dead canyon you actually fish. • Three sign-in options — Apple, Google, or email — so your data syncs across your devices. • No ads, no trackers, no analytics, no in-app purchases. • Free. — Whether you're — Swinging Intruders on a trout spey, throwing Skagit Mini Max on a switch rod, drifting dries on an 8-foot 4-weight, or matching a polyleader to a Skagit head — Leader Recipes captures the setup that makes each rod come alive on the water you fish. Tight lines.

Screenshots

Hiking Project4 screens
LDR | BLDR4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hiking Project and LDR | BLDR are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hiking Project versus LDR | BLDR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiking ProjectLDR | BLDR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.MOONSHINERXWERKS LLC

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

LDR | BLDR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hiking Project

No in-app purchases

None

LDR | BLDR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hiking Project free?
Hiking Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LDR | BLDR free?
LDR | BLDR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hiking Project or LDR | BLDR have ads?
Neither Hiking Project nor LDR | BLDR shows ads.

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