Comparison

Sleeping Bear Trails vs Visit Petoskey Area

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

Head to head
About

Sleeping Bear Trails

Explore a national park with detailed trail maps, descriptions, and photos for hiking, biking, skiing, and more. Get directions to trailheads and discover local insights for an enhanced outdoor experience.

Highlights
  • Detailed trail maps
  • Trail descriptions
  • Photos of trails
  • Route to trailhead
  • GPS trailhead locations
  • Local star ratings and comments
Features
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Hike, bike, snowshoe, cross-country ski, and even ride your horse on designated trails through the dunes and woods of this National Park in northern lower Michigan. Find your way with this unique guide which includes detailed descriptions and maps of each trail, routing from your current location to the trailhead, GPS locations of trailheads, and photos. A good reference for walkers, hikers, cross-country skiers, families, seniors, and people needing easy access information to this park, this app will be used regularly by the frequent visitor, and is unrivaled for first-timers. Get the most out of your visit to the Lakeshore recently named “The Most Beautiful Place in America” by viewers of Good Morning America. Up-to-date information includes details about the New Bike Trail, which you won’t find anywhere else. This app was developed by knowledgable locals and includes Aunt Jane’s personal star rating and comments about each trail.

About

Visit Petoskey Area

Plan your ideal vacation or weekend getaway to Michigan's premier northern destination. Discover adventure sports, biking, water recreation, and golf in Petoskey and surrounding communities.

Highlights
  • Vacation planning
  • Trip planning
  • Weekend getaway ideas
  • Discover local activities
  • Explore northern Michigan
Features
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The Petoskey Area app is designed to help you discover places, events, and activities to add to your vacation, trip, or weekend in the Petoskey Area! Petoskey and its neighboring northern Michigan lakeside communities of Harbor Springs, Bay Harbor, Boyne City, Boyne Falls, Alanson, and Bay View make up the premier vacation destination in Michigan. Among the many things to do in the Petoskey Area are adventure sports, biking, water recreation, outstanding golf courses, the Petoskey Wine Region, and much more. Visit the area to slow down in the spring and fall or go full-throttle in the summer and winter, with tons of things to do, it’s kinda unreal.

Screenshots

Sleeping Bear Trails4 screens
Visit Petoskey Area4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Visit Petoskey Area at 164 against Sleeping Bear Trails's 8. Sleeping Bear Trails's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sleeping Bear Trails against 4.9 for Visit Petoskey Area. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visit Petoskey Area has 164 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sleeping Bear Trails ships an update every 4 months, Visit Petoskey Area every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sleeping Bear Trails versus Visit Petoskey Area: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleeping Bear TrailsVisit Petoskey Area
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better4.9 (164 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan ReidPetoskey Area Visitors Bureau

Customer experience

Sleeping Bear Trails

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visit Petoskey Area

All ratings164 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sleeping Bear Trails

No in-app purchases

None

Visit Petoskey Area

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sleeping Bear Trails free?
Sleeping Bear Trails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visit Petoskey Area free?
Visit Petoskey Area is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sleeping Bear Trails or Visit Petoskey Area?
Sleeping Bear Trails is rated higher. Sleeping Bear Trails averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Visit Petoskey Area averages 4.9 from 164 ratings.
Do Sleeping Bear Trails or Visit Petoskey Area have ads?
Neither Sleeping Bear Trails nor Visit Petoskey Area shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sleeping Bear Trails or Visit Petoskey Area?
Sleeping Bear Trails ships an update every 4 months, and Visit Petoskey Area every 3 months. Most recently, Sleeping Bear Trails was updated on October 23, 2026 and Visit Petoskey Area on October 22, 2026.

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