Backroads vs RideShare2Vote
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!
RideShare2Vote
This app offers free round-trip transportation to polling locations for registered voters within its service areas. It aims to increase voter turnout by removing transportation barriers.
- Free round-trip rides
- Transportation to polling places
- Voter assistance
- Service area specific
- Election day support
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The Rideshare2Vote app provides an opportunity for voters in our service areas to request free round-trip rides to and from their polling places.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backroads at 3.3 against RideShare2Vote's 2.7. Backroads also leads on ratings volume (62 vs 7). RideShare2Vote's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 62 ratings behind it against 7, 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 50% of RideShare2Vote's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, RideShare2Vote every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | RideShare2Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) — better | 2.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — 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 | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | RIDESHARE2VOTE, LLC |
Customer experience
Backroads
RideShare2Vote
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
RideShare2Vote
No in-app purchases
