Comparison

Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide vs RoadTrips!

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

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About

Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide

Explore Mount Rushmore National Memorial with a self-guided, narrated, and offline audio tour. Discover its history, creation, and surrounding controversies from various viewpoints. Make the most of your visit with flexible exploration and automatic audio playback.

Highlights
  • Self-guided narrated audio tour
  • Offline functionality
  • Automatic location-based audio playback
  • Multiple viewing angles
  • Historical and cultural insights
  • Flexible exploration
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Welcome to the self-guided, narrated, and fully offline driving tour of Mount Rushmore National Memorial! With this tour, you’ll see it from different angles, learn its history, and uncover little-known facts about its creation and the man behind it. Featuring riveting stories, a phenomenal narrator, and easy automatic audio, this app puts exploration in the palm of your hand! Mount Rushmore: See Mount Rushmore in a whole new way—both literally and figuratively! Seeing this incredible monument in person is nothing like the photographs, so get ready to be blown away. And to make your viewing even better, this tour leads you around the whole memorial site, featuring tons of different angles on these iconic faces. Plus, as you walk, you’ll learn everything there is to know about the story behind this memorial, including some things most folks never discover! Get to know the complicated sculptor behind it all, see a model of his original vision for the mountain, and find out why he wasn’t quite able to make good on his grand designs. Plus, get insight into the Lakota history of this mountain and the controversy that surrounds the monument to this day. Two million people visit Mount Rushmore every year. But you don’t just want to snap a picture or two and then leave, do you? Turn your trip into a rich historical expedition with this easy, totally flexible audio tour and make the most of your visit! TOUR STORIES: ■ Welcome ■ Gutzon Borglum ■ Avenue of Flags ■ Why These Four Faces? ■ Launching the Project ■ How Did They Carve It? ■ Trouble Brewing ■ The Hall of Records ■ Sculptor’s Studio ■ Presidential Trail ■ The Six Grandfathers ■ Ongoing Controversy ■ North by Northwest ■ Preservation ■ Adding New Faces? HOW IT WORKS: As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest. TOUR FEATURES: ▶ Freedom of travel No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like. ▶ Automatic play No muss, no fuss. Just follow the app’s built-in route to all the must-visit spots — the audio stories about everything you see will play automatically! ▶ Works offline Download the tour in advance and then use it seamlessly, even in areas with no service! ▶ Lifetime purchase No monthly subscription. No time limits. No usage limits. Enjoy this tour as many times as you like. ▶ Incredible stories Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and secrets of this famous site with the help of a top-tier narrator and fascinating stories written by experts. ▶ Award-winning app Featured on Thrillist and WBZ, this easy-to-use app won the Laurel Award for Technology from the Newport Mansions, who use the app for over a million tours per year. FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS: Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all of the stories. IMPORTANT NOTES: Download the tour ahead of time over data or WiFi for full offline use. Be sure your phone battery is fully charged or take an external battery pack. Continued use of the GPS can drain your battery. Allow the tour to access location services and GPS tracking features to play stories automatically during the tour. NEARBY TOURS: ■ Badlands National Park Make your trip a two-for-one by paying a visit to this strange, majestic landscape. Hear about the prehistoric beasts which once roamed this land, watch a sunset like no other, and even catch a glimpse of the local bison!

About

RoadTrips!

Features
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Road Trips — Plan Your Route, Know Your Cost Plan road trips with precision. Drop waypoints on an interactive map, get real route calculations, and know exactly what your trip will cost in fuel — or energy, if you drive electric. PLAN VISUALLY Build multi-stop routes directly on the map. Tap to add waypoints, search for places, drag to reorder. Each route segment is color-coded so you can see your journey at a glance. Switch between normal, satellite, terrain, and hybrid map views. KNOW YOUR COSTS Enter your vehicle's fuel consumption and local fuel price — Road Trips calculates the cost for every trip automatically. Driving an EV? Switch to energy mode and track kWh/100km and €/kWh instead. ROUND TRIPS & MULTI-STOP Plan complex routes with as many stops as you need. Toggle round trip mode to include the drive home. Each segment shows distance and travel time individually. SYNCED ACROSS DEVICES Your trips are saved to the cloud automatically. Sign in with email or Google and pick up where you left off on any device. Features: - Interactive Google Maps with place search - Multi-waypoint route planning - Fuel & energy cost calculator (gas + EV) - Round trip support - Color-coded route segments - Cloud sync via your account - Current location detection - Light & dark themes License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coding-turtle.org/roadtrip/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide4 screens
RoadTrips!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RoadTrips! at every 6 weeks against Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide's every 16 months. 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. Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year and RoadTrips! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide ships an update every 16 months, RoadTrips! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide versus RoadTrips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMount Rushmore Memorial GuideRoadTrips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer17 Mile Drive Day Trips, LLCLARS CHRISTIAN GROF

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Mount Rushmore Action+$99.991 Year
One-time9
  • Mount Rushmore Driving Tour$16.99
  • Custer State Park Driving Tour$16.99
  • Arizona Bundle$29.99
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  • Dakota Bundle$34.99
  • Crown Jewels of West$39.99
  • US East National Park Bundle$59.99
  • American Southwest Bundle$64.99
  • USA National Park$69.99
  • US West National Park Bundle$199.99
2 purchases

RoadTrips!

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Route Planning3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Unlock Route Planning7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide free?
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoadTrips! free?
RoadTrips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide or RoadTrips! have ads?
Neither Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide nor RoadTrips! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide or RoadTrips!?
Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide ships an update every 16 months, and RoadTrips! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mount Rushmore Memorial Guide was updated on October 9, 2026 and RoadTrips! on October 11, 2026.

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