Backroads vs Silver Star Shuttle
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!
Silver Star Shuttle
This app offers complimentary ride services within a designated service area for residents and visitors. Easily request transportation from one location to another with a simple tap.
- Complimentary ride services
- Request rides easily
- Point-to-point transportation
- Service area coverage
- For residents and visitors
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Silver Star Shuttle provides complimentary ride services to Silver Star residents and visitors. Request rides from point A to point B with the tap of a button! Just download the app to ride anywhere within the service area.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Silver Star Shuttle at 100% against Backroads's 52%. Silver Star Shuttle also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3). Backroads's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 45 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 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.
Silver Star Shuttle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 62 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Silver Star Shuttle's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Silver Star Shuttle every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | Silver Star Shuttle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 45 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
Silver Star Shuttle
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Silver Star Shuttle
No in-app purchases
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