Great Rides vs mi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Great Rides
Discover and navigate New Zealand's Great Rides with this comprehensive guide. Track your position offline using GPS, view trail details with elevation profiles, and find essential bike services. Explore points of interest with photos and descriptions for a complete cycling adventure.
- Offline trail maps
- GPS position tracking
- Trail section details
- Elevation profiles
- Bike service identification
- Points of interest information
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New Zealand's best guide and tracking app for the NZ Great Rides a partner of the NZ Cycle Trail Once a trail is downloaded it can work offline: • To track your position along the trail using your phone's GPS. • Showing key stops on the trail with photos and descriptions. • Providing information about trail sections with elevation profiles. • Identifying bike-related services to help you along your ride. • As a guide with trail information all packaged into one app. All the trail data has been carefully collected on-site then compiled with relevant trail side attractions and points of interest. Key sites can be found on the map screen and selected to provide more information, photos, and links.
mi
Manage your hotel stay directly from your phone. Book your next trip, check in and out contact-lessly, and use your device for keyless entry to your room and the hotel.
- Book your next stay
- Contact-less check-in/out
- Keyless hotel entry
- Keyless room entry
- Personalized stay customization
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With mi-pad’s exclusive app, you can control and customise every aspect of your stay directly from your personal device. Make your next booking, contact-less check in and check-out, keyless hotel and room entry Of course our team of friendly, helpful staff are always on hand to help with anything you need. Download our app before you arrive for added benefits
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Great Rides at 67% against mi's 0%. mi's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 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.
Great Rides ships an update every 2 months, mi every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Great Rides | mi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gary Patterson | Mipad Holdings Limited |
Customer experience
Great Rides
mi
In-app purchases
Great Rides
No in-app purchases
mi
No in-app purchases
