USA Rest Stops vs RestMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USA Rest Stops
Easily locate nearby rest stops across the US, including highways and turnpikes. Browse by state or view them on an interactive map. Discover facilities, hours, parking availability, and read reviews before you stop.
- Browse by state and interstate
- Interactive map view
- Facility and hours information
- Favorite rest stops
- Send to navigation apps
- Parking availability
- User reviews
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This app will help you easily find the nearest rest stop on the US, including Interstates, US highways, and state highways! You can browse by state and interstate or you can browse on a map. This app will show you the traditional rest areas as well as welcome centers and service plazas on turnpikes. Key features: - Map view allowing you to see how far the next rest stop is. - Easily search by state or state and highway - Shows available facilities and hours (if available) - Mark rest stops as a "favorite" - Send rest stop to various navigation apps - Shows number of car and truck parking (if available) - Check in to rest stops to earn badges - Show rest stops along a route to a city We strive to make sure the information is as accurate as possible. If you find any errors or omissions, please feel free to let us know! The GPS is used in the background only when you ask to receive a notification about a particular rest stop. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
RestMap
This app helps you find quality restrooms at various locations during road trips, even offline. It offers AI-powered ratings, turn-by-turn navigation, and the ability to share your findings. It also includes family-friendly features and EV charging information.
- AI-powered restroom quality ratings
- Offline navigation and directions
- Shareable location cards
- EV charging station information
- Family-friendly stop filtering
- Daily geography puzzles
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Your Intelligent Road Trip Companion AI quality scores for 2M+ locations. Find restrooms, plan stops and follow your trip worldwide. FINISH TRIPS WHEN YOU PARK Your trip can finish when you park near your destination. A remaining walk keeps it open. RESTMAP ON CARPLAY - FREE Follow turn-by-turn guidance on a compatible CarPlay display. Use Quick Find for a stop and Where To for nearby stops or stops ahead. RESTROOM IQ - FREE RestRoom IQ turns 6 data sources into explainable quality grades from A+ to F. New trip shares use the app's RestRoom IQ letter scale. Sources include: - OpenStreetMap facility data - Refuge Restrooms safety and inclusion data - Apple place information - RestMap ratings and reviews, where available - Brand reliability profiles - Open Charge Map charging data FIND WHAT YOU NEED - FREE - Quick Find: one pick with a map preview, its RestRoom IQ grade, routed travel time and hours checked for arrival - Find Best for AI-ranked nearby choices - Accessible, family, changing-table and inclusive-restroom filters - Hours, amenities and source labels when available - In-app driving and walking guidance - Rate your experience and answer facility questions in one editor PLAN ROAD TRIPS - FREE Build trips with suggested restroom, food, fuel, charging and overnight stops. See detour cost, quality grades, stop reasoning and warnings for long gaps. Follow your route and see the next stop on the Lock Screen. Share destination and arrival updates when you choose; stop sharing any time. Links expire automatically. YOUR JOURNEY See your activity, badges, characters and Passport in Your Journey. Explore Community Atlas regions and collect Passport stamps from your past and new ratings. Your Month in Review retells a completed month with a seasonal backdrop. RESTMAP PREMIUM - OPTIONAL Premium adds tools to prepare trips and revisit research: Place Reports A personal guide to a destination or town: activities, food for your diet, hours, tickets, step-free and stroller access, restroom needs and events for your dates, with sources and what to confirm. Trip Reports Review a saved plan with a day-by-day report: timing, stops, weather and decision points. Keep it or share a PDF. Your first Trip Report is free. Offline Trip Packs Save guidance, stops, IQ scores, forecasts, sourced facts and a glovebox card for a trip. Cached data available offline. Live traffic, rerouting, changed hours and forecast updates need a connection. Trip Library and Inspector Search saved and completed trips, revisit Place and Trip Reports, and export supported trips to GPX or Calendar. Inspector researches hours, access and missing details, shows its sources and tells you when a detail is uncertain. Deep Inspect is also available with Inspector Credits. WORLDWIDE, WITH HONEST COVERAGE RestMap is globally available. Defaults are most extensively tuned for the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and France. Coverage varies by area and source; access and hours may need confirmation. PRIVACY WITH A CLEAR CHOICE No account required. Precise location is used on your device for nearby results and navigation; RestMap does not store it as a travel history on its servers. Place and Trip Reports are created only when you ask. Before sending reviewed trip information - including opaque report stop/place IDs and approximate public-place stop locations - for AI processing, RestMap shows the AI report data and the separate same-place Inspector matching envelope, including which stop/place/name/type fields appear in both and which additional exact fields stay with RestMap. No ads. No cross-app tracking. Everything that was free before RestMap Premium stays free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built by a dad and his 11-year-old son.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RestMap at 100% against USA Rest Stops's 42%. RestMap also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). USA Rest Stops's advantage is ratings volume (258 vs 14) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. USA Rest Stops sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and RestMap sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RestMap holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USA Rest Stops has 258 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of USA Rest Stops's written reviews are positive against 100% of RestMap's.
USA Rest Stops ships an update every 6 weeks, RestMap every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USA Rest Stops | RestMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (258 ratings) | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Innovative Software Technology, LLC | PETR JORDAN |
Customer experience
USA Rest Stops
RestMap
Bugs and requests
USA Rest Stops
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when selecting state view
- White/blank screen on app launch
- Map freezes and locks up completely
- Pinch-to-zoom not responsive
- Direction filter reverses results (South shows North)
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- Cannot find current location
- Server timeout errors
- WiFi recognition failure
- Review submission button non-functional
- App incompatible with iPhone X and newer devices
- Satellite view switching causes crashes
Requested features
10 requests- CarPlay and Android Auto support
- Legend/key explaining all symbols and icons
- Easier review submission process for rest areas
- Display exact mileage between rest stops
- Route planning functionality
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- Offline mode capability
- Improved color contrast for sunlight readability
- Edit and delete review functionality
- Bidirectional accessibility marking for rest stops
- Current location auto-detection on map view
RestMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
USA Rest Stops
- National Parks Upgrade$1.99
- Remove Ads Upgrade$1.99
RestMap
- RestMap Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- RestMap Premium — Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Quick Wipe$0.99
- Fresh Towel$2.99
- VIP Treatment$4.99
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- RestMap Premium — Lifetime$34.99







