Flamingo Scooters vs Roady
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flamingo Scooters
Easily locate and unlock electric scooters or bikes for convenient urban travel. Follow four simple steps to start your ride and explore your city.
- Download app
- Create account
- Find scooter/bike
- Unlock scooter/bike
- Ride your way
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You can be on your way in 4 easy steps: - Download the Flamingo app - Create your account - Find and unlock a scooter or bike - Ride your way! Proudly Kiwi owned & operated. Find more at rideflamingo.co.nz
Roady
Discover hidden local gems like walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints in New Zealand and Australia. Plan your road trip with reliable information and share your own travel experiences.
- Discover local walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints
- Access reliable travel information
- Plan NZ and AUS road trips
- Tick off experiences and earn badges
- Climb the leaderboard
- Create a travel profile map
- Share ratings and tips
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Finding things to do in new places can be tough. We got sick of Googling “best things to do in XYZ” and finding the same results each time. We wanted local knowledge, the walks, waterfalls, swimming holes and viewpoints that we didn’t know existed. But finding these, let alone getting any reliable information on them to plan an NZ or AUS road trip, isn’t easy. So Roady set out with a mission to give travellers easy access to local knowledge, no matter where they are. After years of travelling around the country capturing content and learning about these places, we’ve built a travel app that includes our favourite spots and key information that we would have wanted in one place. Tick off experiences as you travel the country, earning badges and climbing the leaderboard along the way. By ticking off an experience, you’ll create a record of your travels on your profile map. Upload a photo, leaving a rating and sharing a tip to provide your own local knowledge for others. Follow us on Instagram @roadynz [:mav: 2.71.0]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flamingo Scooters at none against Roady's 13. Flamingo Scooters also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Roady's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (71% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Roady sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Flamingo Scooters asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flamingo Scooters holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Flamingo Scooters's written reviews are positive against 71% of Roady's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flamingo Scooters ships an update every 4 weeks, Roady every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flamingo Scooters | Roady |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (63 ratings) — better | 4.4 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flamingo Technologies Limited | Roady Travel Limited |
Customer experience
Flamingo Scooters
Roady
Bugs and requests
Flamingo Scooters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Roady
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot access bucket lists or add items
- Photos won't upload (not jpeg)
- Submit button doesn't work on survey
- Bug at the start - cannot use app
- Crash issue (now fixed)
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- Occasional issues with ticking off activities
- Images won't upload
- Slow page loading
- Bugs that sometimes close the app
- Unable to reset password
Requested features
10 requests- Version for Europe
- Add/suggest places
- Offline mode
- Ability to hide/color-code map pins
- "Along the way" feature for routes
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- Ability to tick off places without posting a picture
- Add local recommendations
- Access other photo options besides photo library
- More locations off the beaten track
- Paid vs free option for locations
In-app purchases
Flamingo Scooters
No in-app purchases
Roady
- AUS Explorer - Monthly$4.991 Month
- NZ Explorer - 3 monthly$5.993 Months
- NZ Explorer - yearly$9.991 Year
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- AUS Explorer - Yearly$12.991 Year
- New Zealand Access$5.99
- New Zealand Access$7.99
- New Zealand Access$12.99
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- Australia Access$14.99
- NZ Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$19.99
- Australia Access$19.99
