511 Alaska vs Dryv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
511 Alaska
This app offers real-time traffic and road condition reports across Alaska's major highways. It uses GPS to provide location-specific information, camera feeds of road conditions, and allows users to submit incident reports.
- Real-time traffic updates via GPS
- Road condition camera images
- User incident reporting with voice recording
- Location search by map, highway, or community
- Zoomable map with clickable traffic icons
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The Alaska 511 app provides travelers with state-wide traffic and road condition reporting, covering major highways in Anchorage, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Glennallen, Haines/Skagway, Juneau, Kenai, Tok, Wasilla/Palmer, Valdez and more. Providing a user-friendly map based interface, the simple navigation through the app’s features creates a seamless travel experience for users. Utilizing GPS location, the app presents traffic information from the user’s current location. This feature-filled app includes: - Real-time updates of traffic information based on the user’s GPS location - Camera images of roadway conditions, incidents, construction, and other hazards - A Feedback feature to submit AKDOT traffic incidents with easy to use voice recording - Quick-select location options by map, highway, or a specific community - A zoom-enabled map with clickable traffic icons - Traffic reports of current GPS location Know before you go! Check the Alaska 511 app before getting on the road. Have a passenger check updated traffic information while driving or pull over safely to avoid distracted driving.
Dryv
Book short-term car rentals conveniently through this app. It displays available booking times and acts as your car key for locking and unlocking. Users must document the car's condition with photos before and after each rental.
- Book short-term car rentals
- View available booking times
- Use phone as car key
- Lock and unlock car
- Document car condition with photos
- In-app credit/debit card payments
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This app will allow approved users to book a short-term car rental service at their fingertips. The app will only advertise times that are OPEN for users. There is a $9.99 monthly subscription fee per user. Approved user will pay through app to book slot with credit or debit card. This app will also serve as the car's key and will be used to lock and un-lock the car. Before and after use, the user will take a 360 degree photo of the car and note any damages or scratches on the car.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dryv at 100% against 511 Alaska's 40%. Dryv also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 511 Alaska's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Dryv holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 511 Alaska has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of 511 Alaska's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dryv's.
511 Alaska ships an update every 5 months, Dryv every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 511 Alaska | Dryv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IBI Group | Rent Centric, Inc. |
Customer experience
511 Alaska
Dryv
In-app purchases
511 Alaska
No in-app purchases
Dryv
No in-app purchases









