Offbeat Attractions vs Roadside Attractions Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offbeat Attractions
Discover over 22,300 unique and quirky roadside attractions across the US. Find fun, oddball, and strange places to visit, complete with addresses, weather, images, and contact information. Plan your route and get driving directions to these unusual destinations.
- Extensive database of 22,300+ attractions
- Address, weather, and contact information
- Flickr image search
- Internet search for attractions
- GPX file import for route planning
- Driving distance and time calculation
- Route display to attractions
- Submit new attraction suggestions
Read full descriptionHide full description
Traveling to San Diego? Visit the World's Largest Lemon. In Las Vegas? Visit the Glow-In-The-Dark Kiss Mini-Golf. Stopping in Chicago? Visit the Hill Street Blues Police Station. Choose from over 22,300 offbeat roadside attractions from around the US! This app lists places and things that you would not normally think of visiting. These attractions are fun, oddball, strange and sometimes normal but have a uniqueness to them. Also included with each location is the address, weather, images from a Flickr search of the location, Internet search of the attraction, URL and phone number (if they exist), and more. - Import GPX files; this makes it much easier to find offbeat attractions along your route. - Show the driving distance and time between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Show a route between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Send offbeat attraction data directly to our Road Trip Planner app, or to Apple Maps. - Ability to submit new offbeat attractions for review and inclusion in a future update.
Roadside Attractions Guide
Discover unique points of interest, from quirky statues to natural wonders, on your road trips. Plan your journey by exploring nearby attractions, adding them to a "Want to Do" list, and tracking your progress. Share your experiences with photos and feedback.
- Discover nearby oddities and wonders
- Plan trips and create "Want to Do" lists
- Track visited attractions
- Add personal feedback and photos
- Detailed descriptions and maps
- Search by category or route
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Roadside Attractions app by TripBucket guides road trip travelers to nearby oddities, museums, statues and natural wonders all over the world. The app uses advanced technology to help users plan a trip, either on site or before their visit. The "Things to Do" option allows travelers to review all of the points of interest on their route and add items to a "Want to Do" list. App users can off check off selected items during their trip. Users can also add personal feedback and images to share with others via social media. App Features: · Detailed descriptions, maps, relevant articles, tips and things to do · Build and track a personal "to do" list · See what's nearby · Hundreds of photos detailing locations · Search for things to do or find them by categories · Current weather conditions · Directory of major upcoming events and festivals · Read about and see photos of what others have done · Add personal tips, things to do and photos TripBucket users enjoy a bucket list-type format for all the must do's and see's all over the world.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Roadside Attractions Guide at Free against Offbeat Attractions's $0.99. Offbeat Attractions's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 14%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Roadside Attractions Guide is free to download; Offbeat Attractions costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Offbeat Attractions against 4.6 for Roadside Attractions Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 850 and 427 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Offbeat Attractions's written reviews are positive against 14% of Roadside Attractions Guide's.
Offbeat Attractions ships an update monthly, Roadside Attractions Guide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offbeat Attractions | Roadside Attractions Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (850 ratings) | 4.6 (427 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 850 — better | 427 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kyle Modesitt | TripBucket Inc. |
Customer experience
Offbeat Attractions
Roadside Attractions Guide
Bugs and requests
Offbeat Attractions
Reported bugs
2 issues- Database open errors
- Difficulty using the app and website
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to add/suggest new attractions
- Provide more details and photos for each attraction
- Allow users to plan trips and see attractions along the route
Roadside Attractions Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Offbeat Attractions
No in-app purchases
Roadside Attractions Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Offbeat Attractions free?
Is Roadside Attractions Guide free?
Which has better reviews, Offbeat Attractions or Roadside Attractions Guide?
Do Offbeat Attractions or Roadside Attractions Guide have ads?
Which is updated more often, Offbeat Attractions or Roadside Attractions Guide?
Other comparisons
