Backroads vs Urtopia
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!
Urtopia
Discover guides, share stories, and get the latest news related to electric scooters. Control your scooter's Smartbar, track your riding history, and access built-in navigation with customizable metrics.
- Product guides
- Rider stories
- Latest news
- Smartbar control
- Riding history
- Built-in navigation
- Customizable metrics
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Stories | News | Guides The base camp where you find guides for Urtopia products, share stories with riders, and receive latest news. Smartbar Your Smartbar can also be accessed and controlled from the app right here. How cool! History A real rider is never shy to show their riding effort accumulated over time, and you've come to the right place. Navigation Hungry for more data during a ride? Built-in navigation allows an informative dashboard with metrics that interest you most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backroads at 52% against Urtopia's 14%. Backroads also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.9). Urtopia's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backroads holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 70 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Backroads's written reviews are positive against 14% of Urtopia's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Urtopia monthly. Both last shipped on August 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Backroads | Urtopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) — better | 2.9 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 14.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | New Urtopia Holdings HK limited |
Customer experience
Backroads
Urtopia
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Urtopia
No in-app purchases
