Backroads vs Inside Lisbon Tours
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!
Inside Lisbon Tours
Discover detailed information about your tour stops, receive real-time itinerary updates, and easily communicate with customer support. Book future adventures with this comprehensive travel companion.
- Detailed stop descriptions and photos
- Up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications
- Direct chat with customer support
- Book future tours
- All tour information at your fingertips
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The Inside Lisbon Tours application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive team is always just a tap or call away! » Chat with our customer support team. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See descriptions and photos of all stops on your route. » Book your next Inside Lisbon tour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inside Lisbon Tours at 100% against Backroads's 52%. Inside Lisbon Tours also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Backroads's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 7). 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.
Inside Lisbon Tours holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. 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 100% of Inside Lisbon Tours's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Inside Lisbon Tours every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backroads | Inside Lisbon Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backroads | Inside Tours Lda |
Customer experience
Backroads
Inside Lisbon Tours
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Inside Lisbon Tours
No in-app purchases
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