Backroads vs Backroads App
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!
Backroads App
Discover and create scenic driving routes with this GPS app designed for car enthusiasts. Join or host rallies, share your vehicle collection, and follow friends to see their adventures. It's a community-driven platform for exploring the open road.
- GPS navigation for scenic routes
- Create and host driving rallies
- Discover user-generated routes
- Build a virtual car garage
- Follow friends and see their activity
- Community-driven car club experience
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Backroads is a revolutionary experience for drivers across the world. Developed as a car club, it is gps app tailored for the car community. It allows users to join and host rallies, find scenic routes other users have created, and create routes of their own. Simply add your cars, trucks, or motorcycles to your garage for other users to see and follow your friends to see theirs. This app is in its first stages so feel free to leave feedback and things you would like to see in the future. You can read our terms and conditions here: https://backroadscarclub.ca/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backroads at 52% against Backroads App's 0%. Backroads also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Backroads App's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price 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. Backroads App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Backroads asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backroads holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Backroads's written reviews are positive against 0% of Backroads App's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Backroads App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | Backroads App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | jack lacey-rogers |
Customer experience
Backroads
Backroads App
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Backroads App
- Premium membership on 1 month$1.991 Month
- Premium membership on 6 months$9.996 Months
- Premium membership on 1 year$12.991 Year
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