Plan My Walk vs Roady
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plan My Walk
Discover over 3,000 hiking tracks, huts, and campsites across New Zealand. Plan your adventures with detailed track information, weather forecasts, and safety alerts. Build custom routes and share trip details with emergency contacts for a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience.
- 3,000+ NZ tracks, huts, and campsites
- Search and filter functions
- Detailed track information
- Multiple map views
- Weather forecasts and alerts
- Custom track builder
- Emergency contact trip planner
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The free Plan My Walk app makes it easy to find tracks, huts and campsites across Aotearoa New Zealand and plan a safe and successful trip • 3,500+ NZ tracks, huts and campsites • Easy search functions and filters • Essential track information • Three map views including LINZ Topo and satellite maps • Personalised map experience with your completed trips and those on your wishlist • Weather forecasts and warnings • Official track alerts, such as closures • Reviews and photos including star ratings, and tags for safety tips and points of interest • Customisable gear lists • Custom track builder for off-the-beaten-track adventures • Trip planner that sends key details to your emergency contact • Official safety videos and Virtual Track Guides for selected popular tracks • Highlights pages make it easier to explore with key information on top hiking and tramping destinations, including helpful resources and trip recommendations The free Plan My Walk app supports you to get out and enjoy your adventure safely.
Roady
Discover hidden local gems like walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints in New Zealand and Australia. Plan your road trip with reliable information and share your own travel experiences.
- Discover local walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints
- Access reliable travel information
- Plan NZ and AUS road trips
- Tick off experiences and earn badges
- Climb the leaderboard
- Create a travel profile map
- Share ratings and tips
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Finding things to do in new places can be tough. We got sick of Googling “best things to do in XYZ” and finding the same results each time. We wanted local knowledge, the walks, waterfalls, swimming holes and viewpoints that we didn’t know existed. But finding these, let alone getting any reliable information on them to plan an NZ or AUS road trip, isn’t easy. So Roady set out with a mission to give travellers easy access to local knowledge, no matter where they are. After years of travelling around the country capturing content and learning about these places, we’ve built a travel app that includes our favourite spots and key information that we would have wanted in one place. Tick off experiences as you travel the country, earning badges and climbing the leaderboard along the way. By ticking off an experience, you’ll create a record of your travels on your profile map. Upload a photo, leaving a rating and sharing a tip to provide your own local knowledge for others. Follow us on Instagram @roadynz [:mav: 2.71.0]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plan My Walk at none against Roady's 13. Plan My Walk also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Roady's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 43%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Roady sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Plan My Walk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plan My Walk holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Plan My Walk's written reviews are positive against 71% of Roady's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Plan My Walk ships an update every 2 months, Roady every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plan My Walk | Roady |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better | 4.4 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.6% of reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mountain Safety Council | Roady Travel Limited |
Customer experience
Plan My Walk
Roady
User reviews
Plan My Walk
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Very useful for planning walks/tramps
- 🗺️ Great for mapping routes
- ✅ Helps ensure things go to plan
- 🌍 Well-informed, especially for NZ
- 🆘 Includes emergency contacts and DOC notification
Room to improve
- 👎 Doc website not easy to navigate
- 🤔 Not user friendly, needs time to understand
- ❓ Can't figure out how to start the trail
- 📶 Doesn't load without internet connection
- ⚠️ Constantly prompts to turn on notifications
Roady
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Discover hidden gems
- 🗺️ Great for road trips
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- ✅ Easy to tick off places
- 💡 Inspiring and fun
Room to improve
- 💰 Too many paid features
- 💸 Now requires payment
- 🔒 Content behind paywall
- 📉 Going downhill
- 🤔 Not free anymore
Bugs and requests
Plan My Walk
Reported bugs
16 issues- Login screen text and buttons are invisible
- App no longer loads and is stuck on the opening screen
- Authentication code not received
- App restarts when viewing tracks on the map
- App continuously restarts/reloads
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- App crashes on the map
- App restarts when filtering tracks
- App restarts on the main page
- App crashes every 10 seconds or restarts when interacting with map/tracks
- App crashes and restarts when Location Services is enabled
- App keeps refreshing every few seconds
- App keeps backing out every 5 seconds
- App constantly restarting when trying to download maps
- App restarts when under strain (e.g., zooming map)
- App not saving the date when planning a future walk
- App reverts to the current day when trying to add a walk
Requested features
4 requests- Option to download tracks as .gpx
- UI/UX update for custom route navigation
- Include inclines and side elevation of tracks
- Allow users to create their own routes
Roady
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot access bucket lists or add items
- Photos won't upload (not jpeg)
- Submit button doesn't work on survey
- Bug at the start - cannot use app
- Crash issue (now fixed)
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- Occasional issues with ticking off activities
- Images won't upload
- Slow page loading
- Bugs that sometimes close the app
- Unable to reset password
Requested features
10 requests- Version for Europe
- Add/suggest places
- Offline mode
- Ability to hide/color-code map pins
- "Along the way" feature for routes
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- Ability to tick off places without posting a picture
- Add local recommendations
- Access other photo options besides photo library
- More locations off the beaten track
- Paid vs free option for locations
In-app purchases
Plan My Walk
No in-app purchases
Roady
- AUS Explorer - Monthly$4.991 Month
- NZ Explorer - 3 monthly$5.993 Months
- NZ Explorer - yearly$9.991 Year
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- AUS Explorer - Yearly$12.991 Year
- New Zealand Access$5.99
- New Zealand Access$7.99
- New Zealand Access$12.99
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- Australia Access$14.99
- NZ Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$19.99
- Australia Access$19.99
