Trail Sisters vs Vandal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail Sisters
Connect with a global community of women runners. Discover local and regional groups, engage in discussions, and find inspiration. This app fosters camaraderie and education for outdoor enthusiasts.
- Connect with local and regional groups
- Join discussion groups
- Global and local connections
- Camaraderie and education
- Inspiration for runners
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The Trail Sisters App is our vehicle for connection, camaraderie, education, inspiration and more! Join a local group, regional group or discussion group. Connect with Trail Sisters, both globally and locally!
Vandal
Discover and describe local places using user-generated tags instead of traditional reviews. Shape community culture by creating and upvoting unique tags, influencing others, and potentially monetizing your tag ownership.
- User-generated tags for places
- Tag ownership and follower system
- Community-driven content curation
- Potential tag marketplace for businesses
- Leaderboards for user influence
- Tag meetup and RSVP features
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Reviews? Ratings? Categories? We don’t play that. Vandal says more about a spot in ten tags than any four-paragraph review could do. And what even is ‘Coffee Shops Nearby’? How about a café tagged “clandestine napping”, “man bun baristas”, “spinning vinyl”, “pristine poop spot”, “donut itis”, and “ski lodge vibes”? That’s the beauty of Vandal: it’s a blank canvas for local explorers and culture curators alike to see the color in their community. Tags are the language of Vandal, but upvotes are the currency — that’s why you’ll want to be an early user and tag your fingers to the bone. If you’re the first person to tag a restaurant as “vegan”, you own that tag at that location. Yep, you! Anyone who upvotes it becomes your follower for that specific tag, which will be YUGE in the future as it means you can message those followers to gather at the location for some vegan-related antics… or, sell your tag and its followers to the restaurant itself once it joins Vandal as a business user. Drop out of college and tell your mom you’ve got a better idea: 1) tag, 2) influence, 3) ??? Vandal Roadmap: - Street Cred (Leaderboards) - Tag Meetup & RSVP Platform - Business Users - Tag Marketplace
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Vandal at none against Trail Sisters's shown. Vandal also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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.
Trail Sisters ships an update every 5 months, Vandal monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trail Sisters | Vandal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Trail Sisters LLC | Vandal Inc. |
Customer experience
Trail Sisters
Vandal
In-app purchases
Trail Sisters
No in-app purchases
Vandal
No in-app purchases
