Backroads vs Flykitt
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!
Flykitt
This AI-powered travel companion offers personalized recommendations for sleep, jet lag, workouts, and healthy eating. It analyzes your preferences and available resources to provide tailored advice for business and leisure travelers.
- Personalized sleep and jet lag advice
- AI-driven workout generation
- Healthy restaurant and menu analysis
- Customized meal recommendations
- Travel fitness optimization
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Developed based on research with Navy SEALs and fighter pilots, loved by pro sports teams, and optimized for business and leisure travelers, Flykitt's healthy-travel AI leverages unique insights across sleep, inflammation, workout optimization, and even commercial food preparation to provide the most tailored and effective recommendations in the world for sleep, jet lag, travel workouts, and finding healthy food on the road. Foodie – Smart Restaurant Choices Eat healthier when you travel. Just upload a restaurant name or menu, and Foodie will analyze your options based on your taste profile and suggest the healthiest picks personalized just for you. Fit – On Demand Gym Workouts Traveling with limited time or unfamiliar equipment? Take a picture of a gym setup and Fit will generate a customized workout using what's available. Contact Us: flykitt.com/pages/contact Terms of Service: flykitt.com/pages/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: flykitt.com/pages/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flykitt at 4.8 against Backroads's 3.3. Flykitt also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 52%). Backroads's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flykitt sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Backroads asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flykitt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 242 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Backroads's written reviews are positive against 77% of Flykitt's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Flykitt weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | Flykitt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) | 4.8 (242 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 242 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Backroads | Kitt Bio Inc. |
Customer experience
Backroads
Flykitt
Bugs and requests
Backroads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flykitt
Reported bugs
3 issues- App requires internet connection
- Error creating account ('notinternetconnection')
- Scheduling errors with flight delays
Requested features
6 requests- Allow for last-minute schedule changes
- Add events to iCalendar
- Display both time zones on calendar/todo list
- Option to reorder via the app
- Add diet reminders back
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In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Flykitt
- Flykitt Pro Light Monthly$4.991 Month
- Flykitt Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- Flykitt Pro Light Yearly$49.991 Year
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- Flykitt Pro Yearly$119.991 Year
