There are more options for tracking Munros than ever — from simple tick lists to GPS-integrated logbooks. The right choice depends on whether you use Strava, how many lists you're bagging, and whether you want a community element or just a personal record.
This comparison covers every meaningful option available in 2026, with an honest look at what each does well and where each falls short. We'll note upfront that we built Summit, so take our coverage of it with appropriate scepticism — but we've tried to be fair throughout.
What to look for in a Munro tracking app
Before comparing options, it helps to know what actually matters:
- Strava integration — does it automatically detect summits from your GPS history, or do you have to log everything manually?
- Hill list coverage — does it just do Munros, or does it cover Corbetts, Wainwrights, Marilyns and the other major lists?
- Logbook features — can you add notes, companions, conditions per ascent? Are multiple ascents of the same hill supported?
- Platform — web app, iOS, Android? Does it work on mobile without an app store download?
- Price — free, freemium, or paid?
The options
Summit (summitapp.uk)
Summit automatically detects Munro ascents from your Strava GPS history — connect once and it scans your full activity history, identifying every summit you passed within 150m of a known summit coordinate. It covers all 2,548 hills in the DoBIH database across 8 lists.
Free tier includes Munros. Premium (£3/month or £25/year) unlocks Corbetts, Grahams, Wainwrights, Marilyns and more. There's a UK leaderboard, badges for challenges like the Three Peaks, and rich ascent logging with notes and companions.
✓ 8 hill lists including Wainwrights
✓ UK leaderboard
✓ Works on any device
✓ Free for Munros
✓ Donates to Mountain Rescue
✗ No offline map
✗ iOS app coming soon
Summit Bag (summitbag.com)
One of the original Strava-integrated peak detection apps. Summit Bag covers over 500,000 peaks globally — far broader than any UK-focused competitor. It detects peaks automatically from Strava and shows your bagged summits on a map.
It covers Munros and some other UK lists but its strength is global coverage rather than UK depth. The interface is functional but hasn't been updated significantly in recent years. Free to use.
✓ 500,000+ global peaks
✓ Free
✓ Established user base
✗ Limited logbook features
✗ No UK community features
Walk Highlands App
WalkHighlands is the most popular hillwalking website in the UK, and their app lets you tick off routes and hills from their database. The community is enormous — tens of thousands of active users logging walks and leaving route reports.
Strong on route planning and community, less so on automatic detection (manual tick-offs rather than GPS detection). Best suited to walkers who want planning tools alongside their logbook.
✓ Route planning
✓ Walk reports database
✓ Free
✗ No Strava integration
✗ Limited logbook features
Hill Bagging (hill-bagging.co.uk)
A long-established web tool covering the major UK hill lists. Lets you tick off hills and export your data. No GPS integration — everything is logged manually. The interface is dated but it works and has been around long enough to have accumulated a lot of user logs.
✓ Data export
✓ Free
✓ Established
✗ Very dated interface
✗ No mobile app
The verdict
If you use Strava and want your history automatically imported, Summit is the strongest option specifically for UK hill lists — automatic detection, proper logbook features, and a community leaderboard. Summit Bag is worth looking at if you bag peaks globally.
If you don't use Strava and want a manual tick list with a large existing community, WalkHighlands is the natural choice — the route planning and walk reports alone make it worth having alongside whatever you use for logging.
For most serious UK baggers, the best setup is Summit for automatic logging + WalkHighlands for route planning.
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