Trip Plans vs Backroads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trip Plans
Access your detailed travel itinerary offline, presented beautifully and clearly. View daily event summaries, get quick access to contact and navigation info for locations, and chat directly with your travel advisor without needing an internet connection.
- Offline itinerary access
- Daily event summaries
- Location contact and navigation
- Direct chat with travel advisor
- Beautiful and easy-to-understand format
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The Trip Plans app lets you view your detailed itinerary from your travel advisor on your iPhone. No data or internet connection? No problem! All your trip details will still be there presented in a beautiful and easy to understand format. - See a summary of your trip with how many events you have on each day. - On each day, view detailed information for each event. - Quickly pull up phone numbers and navigation for the places on your trip. - Chat with your travel advisor directly in the app. No more messy email chains! Your travel advisor will send you an email with a link to open your specific trip. Bon Voyage!
Backroads
This app provides detailed information and daily route options for active travel adventures like biking and hiking. It offers helpful tips and regional information to enhance your journey. Your trip leaders are also available through the app for guidance.
- Daily route options
- Trip schedules
- Helpful tips
- Regional information
- Trip leader access
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Backroads is the leader in active travel, offering Biking, Hiking and Multi-Adventure Trips in 55+ countries worldwide. This Trip Companion app, and a unique log-in code, will be available to you just before your trip starts. You’ll find daily route options, schedules, helpful tips and other regional information. Of course, your incredible Trip Leaders are available every day of your trip to guide you through some of the most beautiful places in the world. We look forward to seeing you out there!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trip Plans at 4.7 against Backroads's 3.3. Trip Plans also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 52%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Trip Plans holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trip Plans has 1.2K ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Trip Plans's written reviews are positive against 52% of Backroads's.
Trip Plans ships an update monthly, Backroads every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Plans | Backroads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.3 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travefy, Inc. | Backroads |
Customer experience
Trip Plans
Backroads
Bugs and requests
Trip Plans
Reported bugs
3 issues- Itinerary not always accurately reflecting trip details
- Occasional app crashes or login issues
- Unreliable offline access to trip information
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar integration for trip events
- Ability for travelers to add their own bookings
- Customizable notification settings
- Improved print/download options for itineraries
- Enhanced data synchronization across providers
Backroads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trip Plans
No in-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
