Comparison

Mile vs Pike

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

Head to head
About

Mile

Easily locate and share your real-time highway mile marker on U.S. Interstate and state highways. Get precise location data even without a data connection and use it for navigation, incident reporting, or to help emergency services find you faster.

Highlights
  • Real-time milepost location
  • Offline milepost display
  • Share current location
  • Navigation to mileposts
  • Siri integration
  • Search for milepost locations
Features
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Know your mile marker location! Use Mile-1 to help emergency personnel or roadside assistance locate you faster. Mile-1 provides you with the most comprehensive and accurate highway milepost locator service ever built. Easy to use day or night, quickly find and share your real-time mile marker. Nearly every highway with markers in the U.S. is included, along with a growing list of river miles and railroad mileposts. Even if you lose your data connection, Mile-1 will still show your milepost. "Hey Siri, Get my milepost in Mile-1." Just ask Siri to get your current milepost. Check out our CarPlay app and CarPlay widgets too. Real-time mile marker locations right on your dashboard. Need directions or distance? Tap any milepost. The navigation button will use Maps to show you the fastest route to get there. Perfect for towing and roadside assistance. Click the share button to send your current location via messages, email, or your favorite app. Closures, construction, and incidents are often reported using mileposts as a reference. Mile markers function like an address on the highway. Quickly and easily search for these locations. It's the perfect companion for incident reporting and maintenance. Mile-1 Pro includes: Unlimited search and navigation Unlimited custom marker points Mile marker point manager - Save money by reducing location uncertainty and field documentation Mile marker map maker - Create custom maps with mile marker references. It's great for crash reporting on your socials or construction maps. Auto-tag and markup photos with accurate mile markers and timestamps Convert Latitude/Longitude to mile marker location These are just some sample headlines we see every day, but it's not so easy to locate exactly where these are. Mile-1 helps save the day! AZDOT, "State Troopers and emergency crews use mile markers to locate stranded drivers or those involved in crashes...emergency crews will be able to find you faster." KEZI, "Evacuation levels reduced for homes near Milepost 97 fire." NewsChannel20, "Illinois State Troopers and first responders were called to a crash on I-57 northbound near milepost 241 Wednesday afternoon." KqenNewsRadio, "I-5 Milepost 114 fire burns Tuesday night." National Park Service, "Detour implemented from Milepost 115 to 135 starting January 25, 2021." Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pike

This app acts as a highway copilot, showing upcoming exits with gas stations, restaurants, hotels, EV chargers, and rest areas. It provides details like turn direction and detour estimates, offering one-tap navigation to your chosen stop.

Highlights
  • Upcoming exit information
  • Gas, food, lodging, EV charging, rest stops
  • Brand logos for amenities
  • Turn direction at exits
  • Detour estimates
  • List view of all options
  • One-tap navigation integration
Features
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Pike is a highway copilot. Open it on the road and it shows you what's coming down the pike - every upcoming exit's gas stations, restaurants, hotels, EV chargers, rest areas, parks, and dog parks, complete with real brand logos. Pike figures out which highway you're on and which direction you're headed, then lines up every exit ahead of you like the blue logo signs on the interstate. Swipe through exits, tap a brand to get details and directions. WHAT YOU GET - Every exit at a glance: Gas, food, lodging, EV charging, rest stops, parks, and dog parks, all with brand logos you'll recognize - Turn direction: Know if it's a left or right off the exit before you commit - Detour estimates: See how far each stop is from the exit and how long the round trip takes - List view: Compare every option across all upcoming exits in one scrollable list - One-tap navigation: Open any stop in Apple Maps or Google Maps NO SETUP REQUIRED Pike works the moment you open it. No pins to drop, no addresses to type, no "add a stop" buried in a nav app. Your co-pilot just opens Pike and starts reading off options. Not on the road right now? Take a test drive from the home screen to see Pike in action. BUILT FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT Pike isn't a turn-by-turn nav app. It's the app your co-pilot opens when someone says "I'm hungry" or "we need gas" or "the dog needs a break" and you want a real answer in two seconds, not a detour through Google Maps search results. Pike covers interstate highways across the continental US.

Screenshots

Mile4 screens
Pike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Mile at free against Pike's free with in-app purchases. Mile also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 5) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). Pike's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Pike sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mile has 1.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Mile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mile ships an update every 3 weeks, Pike every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Mile versus Pike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilePike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnStarboard LLCThomas Johnell

Customer experience

Mile

All ratings1,330 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.8%

Pike

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mile

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to see tenths of a mile
  • Add search functionality
  • Add compass/direction of travel
  • Add map view showing all mile markers
  • Add ability to drop pins and share locations

Pike

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mile

Subscriptions2
  • Mile-1 Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Mile-1 Pro Annual$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Pike

One-time1
  • Pike Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Mile free?
Mile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pike free?
Pike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mile or Pike?
Pike is rated higher. Mile averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pike averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Mile or Pike have ads?
Neither Mile nor Pike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mile or Pike?
Mile ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pike every 6 days. Most recently, Mile was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pike on October 24, 2026.

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