Backroads vs Grasshopper Adventures Tours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Grasshopper Adventures Tours
Access all the details of your tour, from directions with photos and videos to real-time itinerary updates. Connect with your support team instantly via chat and manage all your activities in one place.
- GPS directions with photos/videos
- Tap-to-chat support
- Real-time itinerary notifications
- Activity overview
- Book future tours
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The Grasshopper Adventures application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Whether your tour is one day or multiple days, everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive Support Team is always just a tap or call away! » Easy to follow GPS directions with photos and videos. » Tap to chat with your support team. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See all of your activities. » Book your next Grasshopper Adventures tour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grasshopper Adventures Tours at 5.0 against Backroads's 3.3. Grasshopper Adventures Tours also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Backroads's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 2). 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.
Grasshopper Adventures Tours holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Grasshopper Adventures Tours fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | Grasshopper Adventures Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | TOP DECK TOURS LIMITED |
Customer experience
Backroads
Grasshopper Adventures Tours
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Grasshopper Adventures Tours
No in-app purchases
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