Comparison

Trip Plan vs Great Hikes

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

Head to head
About

Trip Plan

This app helps you plan your road trips by suggesting optimal routes and identifying essential stops like food, fuel, and ATMs. It allows you to search for specific categories, view results on a map or list, and save them for offline access. Set reminders for your planned stops.

Highlights
  • Route optimization
  • Search for food, fuel, ATMs
  • View results on map or list
  • Save results for offline use
  • Set visual or audio reminders
  • Search by specific categories
Features
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They say it’s not the destination but the journey that matters. Trip Plan makes every trip a breeze. Trip Plan is great for life’s travelling necessities like food, fuel and bathroom stops. It suggests the optimal route between your current location and final destination and displays the possible stops via restaurants, ATMs, petrol stations within a 200 kilometers distance near the route. Not only does Trip Plan help you decide where to stop but also the fastest route to get there. Want something more that pit stop food? Search for particular types of food outlets with this handy app. Trip Plan even has links to the websites, on which you could browse the menu, and contact numbers if you want to phone ahead with your order. No phone signal or wifi, no problem. Trip Plan allows search results to be saved and displayed when travelling through signal and wifi blackspots. Search results can be viewed on a map or in list format. Not sure where to stop or how far to the next fuel station? And want to grab some food with your gas. To locate the optimal stop to spot, searches containing multiple categories display results on one map, with customized pins for each category. Handy right? It’s even possible to narrow search results to show only your bank’s ATM or your favourite type of food. Set a visual or audio alert for a reminder as you approach your target pit stop. Features include: •Location search for food outlets, ATMs, fuel, bottle shops and public transport. •Search multiple categories with single results screen display. •View search results on a map or list. •Narrow search results to preferred suppliers. •Search result information include phone number and website information. One click to call functionality. •Save and display results for future convenience. •Set visual or audio reminders. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. Other features: •Trip Plan is able to pin point your current location and find gas stations, ATMs and bank branches, food outlets, train stations, bottle shops and/or supermarkets within 2 kilometres distance. •Trip Plan can be used to find food outlets , ATM, bank branches and petrol stations, train stations, bottle shops and/or supermarkets within 2 kilometres distance of any specific location when an address is entered. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. More features coming soon … All comments and feedback are welcome: contact@telkitty.com.au Disclaimer: This application should only be used as a guide only. Although all due care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the data, no responsibility is accepted for any errors, omissions or out of date information.

About

Great Hikes

Explore New Zealand's premier walking tracks with this free offline app. Access detailed track information, maps, and hundreds of photos. Features live GPS mapping and rich content on history and natural features.

Highlights
  • Offline track maps
  • Mobile GPS mapping
  • Hundreds of pages of content
  • Track section descriptions
  • Thousands of photos
  • Live GPS mapping
  • 3D video flythru
Features
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The only free mobile app designed for all the Department of Conservation New Zealand Great Walks. The Great Walks are the premier walking tracks around New Zealand through some of the best scenery in the country. Huts and tracks on the Great Walks are of a high standard and popular with local and international visitors. Once a track is download it works fully offline, offers mobile GPS mapping and has hundreds of page of content. Content includes: - Track section descriptions and maps - 1,000's of photos of huts, heritage & highlights - rich content about history and natural features - live GPS mapping - elevation profile and 3D video flythru

Screenshots

Trip Plan4 screens
Great Hikes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Plan at 100% against Great Hikes's 55%. Trip Plan also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Great Hikes's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Great Hikes is free to download; Trip Plan costs $0.99 up front. Great Hikes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trip Plan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trip Plan ships an update every 20 months, Great Hikes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 2 level
Trip Plan versus Great Hikes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrip PlanGreat Hikes
Price$0.99Free — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB133 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYiz Pty LtdGary Patterson

Customer experience

Trip Plan

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Great Hikes

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

None

Trip Plan

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Great Hikes

One-time1
  • Lake Waikaremoana$0.99

Questions

Is Trip Plan free?
Trip Plan costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Great Hikes free?
Great Hikes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trip Plan or Great Hikes have ads?
Neither Trip Plan nor Great Hikes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trip Plan or Great Hikes?
Trip Plan ships an update every 20 months, and Great Hikes every 2 months. Most recently, Trip Plan was updated on June 4, 2026 and Great Hikes on July 21, 2026.

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