Ryotei vs Simple Route Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ryotei
Record, replay, and analyze your travel routes with detailed elevation, speed, and distance data. Visualize your journeys on a map or graph, and add waypoints and photos to your recorded trips.
- Record travel routes
- Replay routes on map or graph
- Display elevation and speed data
- Add waypoints and photos
- Customizable route coloring
- List and calendar view for records
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Ryotei is a GPS travel log app that records your routes and lets you relive them with maps, photos, speed data, and elevation information. Whether you're touring on a motorcycle, driving, or exploring new places on a trip, Ryotei helps you keep a detailed record of where you've been and how you got there. Replay your routes on a map, view color-coded tracks based on speed or elevation, and browse photos taken along the way directly from the map. "Where did I ride that day?" "Which roads did I take?" "Where was that photo taken?" Save your journeys with routes, photos, and detailed travel data, then revisit them anytime. ■ Main Features 【GPS Route Recording】 • Record your routes using GPS • Start, pause, resume, and stop recording • Background recording support • Automatically resumes recording after an unexpected interruption • Store distance, speed, elevation, heading, and location accuracy • Multiple location tracking modes for different activities 【Route Replay】 • Replay recorded routes on the map • Relive your journey while reviewing speed and elevation changes • Easily revisit traffic delays, rest stops, and memorable sections of your trip 【Speed & Elevation Color Mapping】 • Display routes with colors based on speed or elevation • Quickly identify changes in speed and altitude along your route • Ideal for reviewing motorcycle tours and scenic winding roads 【Graph View】 • Display speed and elevation data as graphs • Analyze changes over time • Synchronize map playback with graph data 【Route Comparison】 • Overlay another route on the map • Compare different trips and routes 【Photo Features】 • Capture photos using the built-in camera while recording • Display photo locations directly on the map • Browse photos taken during your trip • View shooting date, location, heading, and elevation information • Share photos easily 【Map Features】 • Standard, Satellite, and Hybrid maps • Add and edit pins and waypoints • Support for map rotation and tilt 【Record Management】 • List and calendar views • Search by title, distance, maximum speed, or maximum elevation • Organize records with customizable color tags 【File Integration】 • Export routes in KMZ, GPX, and CSV formats • Import route files from external sources • Generate KMZ files including photos 【Apple Watch】 • Start, pause, resume, and stop recording on Ryotei on your iPhone from the Ryotei app on Apple Watch • Quickly launch Ryotei from a watch face complication 【Siri & Shortcuts】 • Start, pause, resume, and stop recording using Siri voice commands • Control recording without bringing Ryotei to the foreground ■ Recommended For • Motorcycle touring enthusiasts • Drivers who want to keep travel records • Travelers who want to revisit places they've been • Riders who want to analyze winding roads and scenic routes • Users who want to review speed and elevation changes • Anyone who wants to manage routes and photos together • Users who need GPX and KMZ export support More than just route recording. Ryotei helps you preserve and relive your motorcycle tours, drives, and journeys through maps, photos, and travel data.
Simple Route Tracker
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Simple Tracker is a simple app to track the routes taken by your children, husbands, wives, relatives or employees, couriers etc. The Simple Tracker application combines two interfaces - for the Parent ("Controlling") and for the Child ("Controlled") - switching is carried out during the Login process in the application. For the application to work: The basis of the system for monitoring and recording route information is based on the voluntary use of the application by people who are monitored. "Controlled" itself adds its controller - by entering the Identification number or scanning the QR code containing the Identification number. That is: while the application is running - control is exercised, when the application is completely closed (Terminated) - there is no control. Also, the "Controlled" has the opportunity at any time to check who controls him and remove the "Controller". The main idea of the application is that parents have the opportunity to immediately see the route of their child. Application work: To use the application, you must be authorized, give access to tracking the geolocation of the device from the Child (it is recommended to set "Always" (Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> Simple Tracker), add a Parent(!) in the Child interface, the tracked Child will appear in the Parent's interface. Authorization available: by mobile phone number by email, via appleId. The application interface for the Child has the following functionality: display of the current geolocation (on the map), adding tracking Parent, view the list of tracking Parents, deleting tracking Parent. The Simple Tracker for Baby app must be running and can be hidden in the background. !Authorization must be passed. !!Attention, if the Application in the interface mode for the Child is closed (terminated), then the application will not function! The application interface for the Parent has the following functionality: Tracking the last loaded location (when the app is in child interface mode - that is, it is in (foreground or background) mode), View the route taken by the Child for the previous 30 days. A parent can track multiple children (the current version is limited to 5 devices).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Route Tracker at Free against Ryotei's $3.99. Simple Route Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On 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
Simple Route Tracker is free to download; Ryotei costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Ryotei | Simple Route Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thirdware.jp | Maksim Ponomarev |
In-app purchases
Ryotei
No in-app purchases
Simple Route Tracker
No in-app purchases








