Comparison

Backroads vs Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths

Navigate the island's bike paths with color-coded routes and time-based planning. Get voice alerts, see paths in AR, and find nearby amenities. Report hazards and collect stamps for completing rides.

Highlights
  • Color-coded bike path guidance
  • Time-based ride planning
  • Voice alerts and off-route notifications
  • Augmented reality path visualization
  • Nearby amenity finder
  • Path hazard reporting
  • Digital island passport collection
Features
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Ride Martha's Vineyard the easy way. MV Bike Paths turns the island's bike paths into nine color-coded lines, A through I, so you can see at a glance where you're on a separated bike path and where you share the road with cars. Version 2 is a whole new app, rebuilt from the ground up for families, first-timers and anyone who just got off the boat with a rental bike. PLAN BY THE TIME YOU HAVE Tell the app where you're starting (Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown or Up-Island) and how long you've got. It leads with the rides that fit, from a 3-mile spin along East Chop to the 7-mile path between Edgartown and Vineyard Haven. RIDE WITH GUIDANCE Follow your line with clear guidance and voice alerts before the path meets a road. If you drift off your line, you'll get a heads-up. On iPhone, guidance keeps going with the screen locked. MAKE THE BOAT Catching a ferry out of Vineyard Haven or Oak Bluffs? Set your boat time and the app picks rides that get you back with time to board. On the ride, it tells you if you're on pace, or if it's time to take the bus. SEE THE PATH AHEAD IN AR Hold up your phone and see your line drawn on the road ahead through the camera. AR pauses while you're moving, so look around when you pull over. FIND WHAT'S NEARBY Beaches, food and ice cream, restrooms, water and bike help, each with how far it is off your line. LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER Report sand, glass or other trouble on the path to warn the riders behind you. CHECK CONDITIONS Wind and sunset at a glance before you head out, plus a reminder to turn your lights on. COLLECT THE ISLAND PASSPORT Finish a line to earn its stamp. Ride all nine to see the whole island, from West Chop to Chappy. WORKS WHEN SIGNAL DROPS Route lines, ride guidance and voice alerts are stored on your phone, so they keep working in the State Forest or Up-Island when your bars disappear. THE NINE LINES A West Chop Loop B Vineyard Haven to Oak Bluffs (East Chop) C Oak Bluffs to Edgartown (Beach Road) D Edgartown to Vineyard Haven E Edgartown to South Beach (Katama) F Manuel F. Correllus State Forest Loops G Up-Island Routes to Aquinnah H West Tisbury to Vineyard Haven (Lambert's Cove) I Chappy Ride to Wasque Free to use. Plan your ride before your trip at mvbikepaths.com. MV Bike Paths is an independent guide and is not affiliated with any town or state agency. Conditions change, so always ride with care, follow posted signs and obey traffic laws.

Screenshots

Backroads4 screens
Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backroads at 52% against Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths's 0%. Backroads also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 3). Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Backroads's written reviews are positive against 0% of Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backroads versus Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackroadsMartha's Vineyard Bike Paths
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (69 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings69 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBackroadsLissiland LLC

Customer experience

Backroads

All ratings58 ratings
Positive51.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative39.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative44.0%

Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backroads

No in-app purchases

None

Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backroads free?
Backroads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths free?
Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backroads or Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths?
Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths is rated higher. Backroads averages 3.3 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Backroads or Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths have ads?
Neither Backroads nor Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backroads or Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths?
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, and Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths every 6 months. Most recently, Backroads was updated on November 3, 2026 and Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths on November 7, 2026.

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