Comparison

natoo vs Safe Rio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

natoo

Plan your ecotourism adventures with curated trail information and offline navigation. Record your discoveries to contribute to conservation efforts and protect natural areas.

Highlights
  • Curated trail information
  • Offline maps and navigation
  • Safety alerts
  • Citizen science data recording
  • Conservation contribution
Features
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natoo by eTrilhas (antigamente apenas eTrilhas) é um aplicativo de ecoturismo, ciência cidadã e conservação. Ele acompanha a sua jornada inteira, do planejamento ao rastro que você deixa. Antes: você encontra a trilha certa, com informação curada e atualizada por quem caminhou antes. Durante: você percorre com segurança, com mapa, orientação e alertas, mesmo onde o sinal não chega. Depois: você registra o que viu no caminho e ajuda a proteger o lugar que acabou de conhecer.

About

Safe Rio

Features
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Heading to Rio de Janeiro? Enjoy it without second-guessing every street. Rio is unforgettable — and like any big city, some areas are best skipped. Safe Rio gives you a quiet heads-up before you get close to one, so you can take another route and get back to enjoying your trip. HOW IT WORKS • Install it and allow location access. Choose “Always” so it can work while your phone stays in your pocket. • Explore as you planned. Keep using Google Maps, Waze or Uber — Safe Rio runs quietly in the background. • When you approach a mapped risk area, you get a sound and visual alert, with time to take another route. WHY TRAVELERS LIKE IT • Over 400 mapped risk areas, updated monthly. • Alerts you can tune: choose how early you are warned, which sound plays and how often it repeats. • Works alongside your navigation app, with nothing to keep open. • Available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. WHAT SAFE RIO IS — AND ISN'T It is a heads-up for areas mapped in advance, and an extra layer of awareness while you explore. It isn't a live crime or incident feed, a guarantee of safety, or a replacement for common sense and local advice. GOOD TO KNOW • Location (GPS) and notifications need to be on for alerts to work, and you need an internet connection to receive them accurately. • Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. • An active plan is required to use alerts. Plans are available as in-app purchases. Questions? Write to us at suportefortalezasegura@gmail.com.

Screenshots

natoo4 screens
Safe Rio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: natoo at none against Safe Rio's 1. Safe Rio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Safe Rio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. natoo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

natoo ships an update fortnightly, Safe Rio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
natoo versus Safe Rio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternatooSafe Rio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB73 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperETRILHAS PROJETOS LTDARafael Sales

In-app purchases

None

natoo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Safe Rio

One-time1
  • 1-Year Safe Rio Access$24.99

Questions

Is natoo free?
natoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Safe Rio free?
Safe Rio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do natoo or Safe Rio have ads?
Neither natoo nor Safe Rio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, natoo or Safe Rio?
natoo ships an update fortnightly, and Safe Rio every 2 weeks. Most recently, natoo was updated on November 4, 2026 and Safe Rio on November 5, 2026.

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