Comparison

Trail Router vs Monster Miles

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Trail Router

Discover new running paths with an intelligent routing algorithm that prioritizes parks, forests, and water features while avoiding busy roads. Create custom routes or let the app automatically plot round trips based on your preferences for nature, lighting, or terrain.

Highlights
  • Automatic round-trip route plotting
  • Manual point-to-point route creation
  • Preference for nature and water
  • Avoids busy roads
  • Route export to GPX/KML
  • Customizable route preferences (nature, lighting, hills)
Features
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Trail Router helps you discover new running routes. Our routing algorithm prefers paths that go through parks, forests or by water, and avoids busy roads wherever possible. Here's a few things you can do with Trail Router: * Automatically plot a round-trip route of a desired distance. * Manually create your own point-to-point route that prefers greenery and water. * Choose whether you'd prefer routes that involve nature, well-lit streets or a lack of hills. * Export your routes to GPX or KML, suitable for use on GPS watches

About

Monster Miles

This app transforms your daily steps into in-game points to battle virtual monsters. Explore and discover items as you walk, encouraging physical activity.

Highlights
  • Convert steps to game points
  • Battle virtual monsters
  • Discover booster items
  • Encourages outdoor activity
  • RPG gameplay mechanics
Features
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**NOW FREE!** **WHAT IF YOUR DAILY STEPS POWERED A GAME?** Monster Miles is a **walking game, step counter and monster-battling adventure** all in one. Turn your real-world steps into progress. Walk to discover monsters, battle creatures, earn rewards and grow stronger. Whether you're trying to walk more, hit your daily step goal or simply make exercise more fun, Monster Miles turns everyday movement into a game. **The more you walk, the more you can play.** **WALK, TRACK & DISCOVER** Track your daily steps while unlocking new monster encounters. Your real-world movement powers your adventure. **BATTLE MONSTERS** Take on monsters, earn rewards and test yourself against bigger challenges in Boss Mode. **BOOST YOUR STEPS** Discover items and step multipliers that help you progress even further. **BUILD YOUR 5K STREAK** Reach 5,000+ steps each day and build your walking streak. Turn your daily step goal into a challenge worth completing. **MONSTER MOTORWAY** Put your hard-earned steps to use in Monster Motorway for another way to play. Monster Miles combines a **pedometer, walking tracker, fitness game and monster adventure** to make getting active more fun. No complicated workouts. Just put your phone in your pocket, start walking and let your steps power the game. **Monster Miles is NOW FREE! Start walking, hit your step goals and see how far your adventure can go.**

Screenshots

Trail Router4 screens
Monster Miles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trail Router at none against Monster Miles's 1. Trail Router also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.1). Monster Miles's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Monster Miles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trail Router asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trail Router ships an update every 2 weeks, Monster Miles every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Trail Router versus Monster Miles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrail RouterMonster Miles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSam CrawfordOrangePear

Customer experience

Trail Router

All ratings33 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative10.0%

Monster Miles

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trail Router

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Monster Miles

One-time1
  • Monster Miles +Plus$0.99

Questions

Is Trail Router free?
Trail Router is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monster Miles free?
Monster Miles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trail Router or Monster Miles have ads?
Neither Trail Router nor Monster Miles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trail Router or Monster Miles?
Trail Router ships an update every 2 weeks, and Monster Miles every 2 days. Most recently, Trail Router was updated on November 7, 2026 and Monster Miles on November 6, 2026.

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