Mudflap vs Idaho 511
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mudflap
Save on diesel fuel at over 2,800 truck stops nationwide with instant discounts. Access free, truck-safe GPS navigation that avoids low bridges and weight restrictions. Simply link your card to start saving.
- Instant diesel discounts
- 2,800+ truck stop locations
- Free truck-safe GPS navigation
- Avoids low bridges and weight limits
- Debit/credit card integration
- No credit checks or waiting periods
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Mudflap helps drivers save BIG on diesel with instant discounts at 3,600+ truck stops across the U.S. including TA Petro, Speedway, Kwik Trip, Sapp Bros, Casey’s, Maverik, Circle K, AMBEST, Road Ranger, and more. Mudflap also provides FREE, Truck-Safe GPS Navigation. Get free, reliable routes that avoid low bridges, weight limits, and restricted roads. Navigate to any destination—or route to your next fill-up with confidence. To get started: • Download our secure app • For diesel discounts, choose a Mudflap truck stop • Connect your debit or credit card and get a fuel savings code in the app No credit checks, waiting period, or hassles. Download Mudflap to get diesel discounts and free truck-safe navigation today! Have questions? The Mudflap support team is available 24/7. Call 888-885-3835 or email support@mudflapinc.com.
Idaho 511
Get up-to-the-minute highway and traffic updates for safe route planning. View road conditions, incidents, closures, and weather alerts on a zoomable map. Receive audio notifications for important road events.
- Real-time highway and traffic information
- Zoomable map with road conditions
- Incident and road closure alerts
- Weather radar and alerts
- Audio notifications for road events
- Camera feeds and message signs
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The Idaho 511 app provides near real-time highway and traffic information to drivers to help them safely plan their route. This includes information on construction, incidents, road closures, and weather alerts on roads across the province. This app features a scrollable, zoomable map that displays: • Road Conditions • Traffic Speeds • Incidents • Construction • Road Closures • Cameras • Message Signs • Rest Areas • Mountain Passes • Weather Radar • Weather Alerts • Weight Stations • Truck Ramps The app also features audio alerts that notify drivers of incidents, construction, road closures, and other road events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mudflap at 78% against Idaho 511's 4%. Mudflap also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Idaho 511's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Mudflap holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mudflap has 4.7K ratings behind it against 102, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Mudflap's written reviews are positive against 4% of Idaho 511's.
Mudflap ships an update every 2 weeks, Idaho 511 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mudflap | Idaho 511 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.7K ratings) — better | 1.6 (102 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 3.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 102 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mudflap Inc | IBI Group |
Customer experience
Mudflap
Idaho 511
User reviews
Mudflap
From 4.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Significant fuel savings
- 🔍 Convenient fuel price comparison
- ⚡ Easy to use app
- 🤝 Helpful customer support
- 🌟 Great app overall
Room to improve
- ⏳ Lengthy account verification process
- 💳 Long hold times on payment cards
- 🚫 Limited participating fuel stations
- 🤔 Unclear policies and requirements
Idaho 511
From 102 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cameras and weather reports are helpful
- 👍 App provides camera locations, road conditions, and closures
- 👍 App is reasonably accurate and well-thought-out
- 👍 Great free solution for traveling
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't display road conditions, only 'no report'
- 🐛 Login issues and failures
- 🐛 Non-functional and useless in many aspects
- 🐛 Inaccurate map and road closure information
- 🐛 Outdated road reports and delays
Bugs and requests
Mudflap
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent discount amounts
- Unexpected account deactivations
Requested features
4 requests- Expand fuel station network
- Faster account verification
- More transparent policies
- Improved payment processing
Idaho 511
Reported bugs
66 issues- App doesn't display road conditions, only 'no report'
- Unable to sign in to the app
- No option available for notifications
- Map is rarely accurate
- Highways closed or slow with traffic, app shows nothing
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- Feedback email won't allow sending feedback
- Login fails after update
- Cannot log in
- ITD doesn't update road reports
- Interstate shut down for hours, app says nothing
- App routes over demolished bridge
- System bugged out multiple times
- Cannot get route to work
- Must sign in every time
- App shows 'ghost messages' for issues along routes
- App won't load on iPad
- Road pics cannot be expanded
- Log-in doesn't work, account locked
- App is garbage, super difficult to login, keeps forgetting user
- App shows roads as safe when treacherous
- Can't clearly see closed roads
- Camera locations don't show up
- Lots of wrong information
- Update is ridiculous, not useful
- Weather advisories no longer shown by affected region
- Weather radar feature causes phone to go into rave mode
- Icons are too small
- Too many icons on the map
- No ability to change map mode
- New app and website are terrible & dangerous
- Doesn't show road closures unless zoomed in, tiny icon
- Closed roads indicated only if you sign up, small red dot
- Login is a privilege, not a guarantee
- App is not reliable and not user-friendly
- New update is a huge step backwards, disaster
- App is worthless, as much information as a paper map
- App is downright dangerous, showed green when roads were snow-packed
- No camera views available from within the app
- Information is not real-time
- New app continually having issues, can't view anything
- Login process doesn't work, locked out of account
- Weather by Environment Canada is confusing
- Previous app was better at quickly knowing road closures
- Need to locate little 'closed' sign instead of whole road red
- Update made it terrible, road closure shows only a dot
- Old app was much better, why can't closed roads show as red?
- Clumsy, inaccurate, hard to read webcam pages
- Ruined web-based pages too
- Update made it useless for road conditions
- Doesn't update map, closure still shown after a week
- Missing weather stations from old app
- Old app was better, road conditions not updated in real time
- Road conditions not accurate since inception of 'improved' app
- Map doesn't show road closures unless destination is put in
- Missing clear road closure marking, only small sign when zoomed in
- Can't zoom in on cameras anymore
- Road conditions are so out of date, misleading
- Login is ridiculous, don't want alerts for every little thing
- Weather stations only give air temp and humidity, useless
- Too hard, old map was better
- Worthless, doesn't give detail, info was wrong
- New app does not have detailed reports like the old one
- Terrible new 511 upgrade
- Not able to enlarge road views
- New online and app are not improved, don't give expected info
- Cannot log into app, login failed repeatedly
Requested features
16 requests- Option for notifications
- Real-time location down to the nearest 10th of a mile or map coordinates
- Posted speed for the current location
- Ability to expand road pictures
- Detailed road condition reports (dry, wet, slushy, icy, snow-covered)
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- Show entire closed portion of road in red
- Ability to log in without frequent sign-in
- Ability to change map mode (e.g., satellite image)
- Bring back the old internet website and old app
- Make closed roads show as red again
- Improve webcam page readability (contrast)
- Provide real-time info
- Restore weather stations that show road slickness/wetness
- Allow users to go from camera to camera down the freeway
- Allow enlargement of road views
- Return to old version with clear camera indicators for closures
In-app purchases
Mudflap
No in-app purchases
Idaho 511
No in-app purchases
