BoardingArea vs Points Path
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoardingArea
Access a curated collection of top travel blogs in one convenient app. Filter content to your preferences, bookmark articles for later, and easily search for news. Enjoy quality travel insights from experienced bloggers.
- Curated travel blog content
- Content filtering by preference
- Bookmark articles
- Browse and search news
- Hand-selected quality blogs
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BoardingArea was developed by the same people who founded some of the most popular business travel and frequent flyer websites on the Internet and for more than 25 years, we’re continuing to do so by compiling the best travel blogs all in one place. Each blog in the BoardingArea network has been hand selected by our team for its quality of content, its timeliness and, last but not least, for its entertainment value. What our app will deliver: - Access to quality and hand selected travel news - Set preferences to filter to the content you need - Bookmark articles for later reading - Browse and search news
Points Path
This tool integrates with Google Flights to display both cash and points prices for flights. It helps users determine the best time to use their frequent flyer miles for award travel.
- Integrates with Google Flights
- Displays cash and points prices
- Award flight search engine
- Finds best travel rewards deals
- Compares flight costs
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Add frequent flyer points prices to Google Flights & find the best deal with your travel rewards! If you’re never sure when’s the best time to use your frequent flyer miles, this is the tool you’ve been waiting for! Points Path is the first award flight search engine that runs directly in Google Flights, and provides both the cash price and points price of every flight in a search.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Points Path at 5.0 against BoardingArea's 3.7. Points Path also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). BoardingArea's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Points Path holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BoardingArea's written reviews are positive against 56% of Points Path's.
BoardingArea ships an update monthly, Points Path every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardingArea | Points Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ran Decisions, Inc | Tripsight Inc. |
Customer experience
BoardingArea
Points Path
In-app purchases
BoardingArea
No in-app purchases
Points Path
No in-app purchases
