Backroads vs Chateaux Rides
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!
Chateaux Rides
Request on-demand shuttle rides within Deer Valley and Park City. This complimentary service is exclusively for guests of Chateaux Deer Valley, ensuring convenient transportation during your stay.
- On-demand ride requests
- Complimentary service for guests
- Service area: Deer Valley & Park City
- Exclusive for Chateaux Deer Valley guests
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Chateaux Rides is a complimentary on-demand ride service available to Chateaux Deer Valley guests. Guests can use the app to request rides around Deer Valley and Park City. Download the app today and request a ride during your stay! PLEASE NOTE: The on-demand ride service is for Chateaux Deer Valley guests only. All others will be considered trespassing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backroads at 52% against Chateaux Rides's 0%. Backroads also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 7). Chateaux Rides's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.3). 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.
Chateaux Rides holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 69 ratings behind it against 7, 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 Chateaux Rides's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Chateaux Rides every 27 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Backroads | Chateaux Rides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (69 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | Downtowner App, Inc. |
Customer experience
Backroads
Chateaux Rides
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Chateaux Rides
No in-app purchases
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