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.
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.
- Detailed trail maps
- Trail descriptions
- Photos of trails
- Route to trailhead
- GPS trailhead locations
- Local star ratings and comments
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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.
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.
- Vacation planning
- Trip planning
- Weekend getaway ideas
- Discover local activities
- Explore northern Michigan
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Sleeping Bear Trails | Visit Petoskey Area |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | 4.9 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Reid | Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau |
Customer experience
Sleeping Bear Trails
Visit Petoskey Area
In-app purchases
Sleeping Bear Trails
No in-app purchases
Visit Petoskey Area
No in-app purchases
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