Offbeat Attractions vs TripsRUs
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
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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.
TripsRUs
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This app allows you to record and store many data elements about Road Trips. Data elements include dates of travel, odometer readings, companions, vehicle description, sites visited and more. Text fields in each of the sub-database categories of Sites, Lodgings and Roads are fully searchable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TripsRUs at Free against Offbeat Attractions's $0.99. Offbeat Attractions's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On ads, 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
TripsRUs is free to download; Offbeat Attractions costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Offbeat Attractions ships an update monthly, TripsRUs every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offbeat Attractions | TripsRUs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (846 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 846 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Modesitt | John Grauel |
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
TripsRUs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Offbeat Attractions
No in-app purchases
TripsRUs
No in-app purchases
Questions
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