Comparison

BackWay vs NINU

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

Head to head
About

BackWay

Easily save and revisit your favorite locations, even offline. Capture memories with photos and descriptions to create a personal travel log. Get simple directions and distance to find your way back.

Highlights
  • Save favorite locations
  • Add photos and descriptions
  • Offline navigation
  • Travel log functionality
  • Simple direction and distance display
Features
Currently charting
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BackWay helps you find your way back! EVEN OFFLINE! BackWay is an iOS app that helps you navigate around and save your favourite places. It is easy to save a location, just snap a photo, add some description and voila! You can also use BackWay as your travel log! If you want to go back to a location, BackWay will show you direction and distance in a simple UI!

About

NINU

Access crucial emergency contact numbers for multiple countries, including police, fire, and medical services. Offers first aid guidance and tools to create custom data masks for sharing personal information or trip details via SMS or WhatsApp.

Highlights
  • Nationwide emergency numbers
  • First aid audio guide
  • Quick search for important numbers
  • Customizable data masks (personal/trip)
  • SMS/WhatsApp data sharing
  • Business phonebook creation
Features
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The app contains nationwide emergency numbers for the following countries: ● North America: Canada, USA ● Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom In addition, the app also provides tools that may be needed in emergency situations A first aid audio guide provides chest compressions instructions with a 100 BPM counter. With the quick search you can quickly google important numbers such as Pharmacy emergency service. The city only has to be entered once and it will be saved. You can save these searched links easily to you 'Contacts' list. This keeps you more prepared. Business users can create a phonebook for their customers. Customers and users have the option to scan and load the phonebook into their NINU app using a QR code. This is an easy way for companies, hotels, cities, or any other business to keep their contacts organized and get them to customers. You can also create your own phone book to make calls or send SMS. Just send a pre-filled SMS or WhatsApp with your location, a pre-filled Personal Data Mask, or a Current Data Mask, to these created contacts, provided that all services are activated. Current data mask contains data about a current journey, trip or situation (e.g. skiing). The personal data mask contains information about the person, such as name, blood type, previous illnesses, required medication and other special features. Data masks can be sent via SMS or WhatsApp. Some countries offer emergency SMS services where the data mask functions can also be used. The following numbers are included: ● Police, Fire Department, Emergency (all countries) ● Emergency Doctors Care (most countries) ● Transporting to Hospital (most countries) The other countries to choose from often have often more or similar numbers, such as e.g. poison control, mental health care, help for kids and many more. Sources: Government websites of the states, and more.

Screenshots

BackWay4 screens
NINU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NINU at 100% against BackWay's 43%. NINU also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). BackWay's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

NINU is free to download; BackWay costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BackWay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of BackWay's written reviews are positive against 100% of NINU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackWay ships an update every 2 months, NINU every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 30, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
BackWay versus NINU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackWayNINU
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDares Core d.o.o.NALSO UG

Customer experience

BackWay

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

NINU

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BackWay

No in-app purchases

None

NINU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackWay free?
BackWay costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NINU free?
NINU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BackWay or NINU?
BackWay is rated higher. BackWay averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while NINU averages 4.0 from 6 ratings.
Do BackWay or NINU have ads?
Neither BackWay nor NINU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackWay or NINU?
BackWay ships an update every 2 months, and NINU every 2 weeks. Most recently, BackWay was updated on July 30, 2026 and NINU on September 16, 2026.

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