Backroads vs Tours for Today
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!
Tours for Today
Discover detailed information about your tours, including descriptions and photos of all stops. Stay updated with real-time itinerary notifications and easily chat with customer support. Book your next adventure directly through the app.
- Detailed tour information
- Itinerary notifications
- Customer support chat
- Stop descriptions and photos
- Tour booking
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The Tours for Today 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 Tours for Today tour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tours for Today at 100% against Backroads's 52%. Tours for Today also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). Backroads's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 8). 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.
Tours for Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backroads has 69 ratings behind it against 8, 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 Tours for Today's.
Backroads ships an update every 4 months, Tours for Today every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Backroads | Tours for Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — 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 | TOURISM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 360, S.L |
Customer experience
Backroads
Tours for Today
In-app purchases
Backroads
No in-app purchases
Tours for Today
No in-app purchases
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