Best Munro Bagging Apps Compared
If you're working through Scotland's 282 Munros, the right app saves planning time and keeps your round organised. Here's an honest comparison of the four tools most hillwalkers use — including ours.
| Munros.app | Walkhighlands | OS Maps | Hill Lists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munro tracking & progress stats | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| GPS routes for every Munro | ✓ | ✓ | Partial | — |
| Summit weather forecasts | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Parking guidance | ✓ | Partial | — | — |
| Offline maps | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Difficulty & bog ratings | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Social — follow friends' rounds | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Works in the browser (no download) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Other hill lists (Corbetts etc.) | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ |
Munros.app — built for the round
Munros.app does one thing: Scotland's 282 Munros. Every peak has GPS routes, difficulty and bog ratings, parking guidance and summit-specific weather. Logging a climb takes seconds, your progress stats update automatically, and you can follow friends working on their own rounds. It's free to start on iOS, with Munros+ unlocking unlimited logging, offline maps and route guides.
Walkhighlands — the route library
Walkhighlands is the long-standing reference for Scottish walking routes, with detailed written descriptions and photos for every Munro plus thousands of other walks. Its forums are an excellent source of recent condition reports. It's a website first — there's no dedicated app and no offline maps — but the route descriptions are free and comprehensive.
OS Maps — the mapping standard
Ordnance Survey's app gives you the definitive 1:25k and 1:50k mapping for the whole of Britain, with offline downloads on the premium tier. It isn't Munro-specific — there's no bagging list, summit weather or difficulty ratings — but many walkers run it alongside a dedicated tracker. If you want one general-purpose map app, this is it.
Hill Lists — the tick list
Hill Lists is a no-frills logging app covering Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Wainwrights and dozens of other classifications. If you bag across multiple lists and just want ticks in boxes, it does that well. It doesn't offer routes, weather or maps.
Which should you choose?
- Focused on the Munro round? Munros.app — everything for the 282 in one place.
- Want written route research? Walkhighlands, ideally alongside a tracking app.
- Need definitive mapping for all of Britain? OS Maps premium.
- Bagging many different hill lists? Hill Lists.
Many hillwalkers use two of these together — for example route research on Walkhighlands, then tracking, weather and navigation in Munros.app on the hill.