RT66 Guide vs Route 66 Centennial Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RT66 Guide
This app serves as a comprehensive travel guide for exploring "The Mother Road." It offers detailed information on points of interest, virtual passport stamping, audio tours, and turn-by-turn navigation to enhance your journey.
- Trip planning tools
- Thousands of Points-of-Interest details
- Virtual Passport
- Audio tours
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Selfie sharing
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The Route 66 Ultimate Guide is the perfect travel companion for traveling "The Mother Road." Plan your trip Details on thousands of Points-of-Interest (POIs) Stamp your Virtual Passport Audio Tours Turn-by-Turn Navigation Take and share Selfies Route 66 News Route 66 Event Calendar Field Guide VIP Membership and much more! This app is proudly made on Route 66 in the USA!
Route 66 Centennial Guide
Explore the historic Route 66 with detailed site information and built-in navigation. Discover 267 researched locations, listen to audio narratives, and save your favorites for an offline travel companion.
- 267 curated historic sites
- In-car audio narration
- Offline content access
- Favorites list creation
- Navigation integration
- AI-generated imagery
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Drive the Mother Road stop‑by‑stop. The Route 66 Centennial Guide gives you 290 deeply researched sites along the full 2,400‑mile route, with built‑in navigation that opens each stop in Apple Maps or Google Maps, plus the stories behind each site. Use it as your in‑car companion to stay on Route 66, discover what’s ahead, and understand the history as you go. Route 66 Centennial Guide puts 290 carefully researched historic sites in your pocket, covering all eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica. Whether you're a first-time traveler or a seasoned road warrior, this app transforms every mile into a story. WHAT'S INSIDE: 290 curated sites across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California Rich historical narratives for every site — researched, fact-checked, and written for the road. Professional audio narration — listen through your car speakers via Bluetooth while you drive. Build a personal favorites list with recommended visit times at each stop. Map your entire favorites list in Apple Maps with one tap, and navigate from site to site. Evocative AI-generated imagery with featured vehicles brings each site to life. Save the 4K high-resolution images directly to your Apple Photos library. No signal? No problem. Route 66 cuts through some of America's most remote landscapes — the Mojave Desert, the Texas Panhandle, and rural Oklahoma. Your content is always available, no data connection required (except for navigation). ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Pay once and own it forever — including all future updates at no additional cost. THE ROAD IS CALLING. 2026 is the year to drive it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RT66 Guide at Free against Route 66 Centennial Guide's $6.99. RT66 Guide also leads on ratings volume (120 vs 22) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Route 66 Centennial Guide's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
RT66 Guide is free to download; Route 66 Centennial Guide costs $6.99 up front. RT66 Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Route 66 Centennial Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Route 66 Centennial Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RT66 Guide has 120 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of RT66 Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Route 66 Centennial Guide's.
RT66 Guide ships an update every 4 weeks, Route 66 Centennial Guide weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RT66 Guide | Route 66 Centennial Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (120 ratings) | 4.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #19 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | McCoyCORE USA LLC | Poul David Rasmussen |
Customer experience
RT66 Guide
Route 66 Centennial Guide
Bugs and requests
RT66 Guide
Reported bugs
30 issues- Account creation errors due to formatting
- Download spinner never completes
- App crashes and requires endless updates
- Update never downloads
- Virtual passport often doesn't work
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- Menu selections don't always go to the right place
- App stops music/podcasts
- Navigation frequently stops
- App crashes when tapping a POI inside another POI
- App stops navigating when off-route
- Passport feature crashes app
- QR code for passport stamps not working
- New paid upgrade not working after updates
- Navigation doesn't work
- App doesn't register when user gets on the route
- Navigation only tells when to turn, not passing attractions
- App stops music or podcasts
- Navigation stops working
- App crashes when tapping POI
- Navigation stops when off-route
- Passport not stamping correctly
- Stats not being recorded
- GPS issues
- Navigation wants to take user on freeway, not Route 66
- Directions don't work
- Turn-by-turn voice directions not working
- App doesn't update location after pause
- App incorrectly records stopping at sights
- Internet connection required to create password
- Email already in use error for new accounts
Requested features
3 requests- Progress bar for downloads
- Tutorial on how everything works
- Dark mode option
Route 66 Centennial Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RT66 Guide
- Premium$9.991 Year
Route 66 Centennial Guide
No in-app purchases
