Great Rides vs Planit!
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.
Planit!
This travel app helps you plan, book, and manage all aspects of your trip, from activities and tours to car hire and restaurant reservations. It offers personalized service from a dedicated travel assistant to ensure a hassle-free experience.
- Browse, book, and manage activities
- Book car hire and attraction tickets
- Reserve restaurants
- Personalized travel assistant service
- All bookings in one place
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Unlock the best bits of your trip with Planit - the ultimate travel companion. Browse, book & manage activities, tours and attractions. Relish the convenience of booking everything in one place, from car hire and attraction tickets to heli-skiing and restaurant reservations. Delight in old fashioned customer service from your dedicated Personal Travel Assistant - here to curate, book and manage your trip for you (if you need them). Experience hassle free travel for the first time - exceptional service is just a download away!
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Verdict
Great Rides and Planit! both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Planit!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Great Rides's. Planit! also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Great Rides against 5.0 for Planit!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Great Rides's written reviews are positive against 100% of Planit!'s.
Great Rides ships an update every 2 months, Planit! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Great Rides | Planit! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gary Patterson | Planit Bnb Ltd |
Customer experience
Great Rides
Planit!
In-app purchases
Great Rides
No in-app purchases
Planit!
No in-app purchases
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